On Thursday evening the Explorer Unit spent some time giving the garden a little bit of TLC!

We have topped up the ink cartridge recycling envelopes in the lobby of the HQ. 

You can raise money for the group by putting a used ink cartridge in the envelope and popping it in the post box – it couldn’t be simpler!

This week our Explorers undertook the Foodbank Challenge.

They met at a local supermarket and each group were given £13. With this they had to buy 26 items that were to be donated to the local Foodbank – each item had to start with a different letter of the alphabet.

It was great to see how seriously the Explorers took the challenge and the vast number of items that they have been able to donate.

Well done to one group who managed to buy all 26 items with 10p to spare!

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Sports Day yesterday – we all had a great day despite the occasional downpour!

Well done to all who took part and those who won Awards. Certificates will be handed out the section meetings in the coming weeks.

What we wear when we Scout…

As part of the UK Scout Association Skills for Life plan, they said they’d review the Scout uniform. This will help them understand what Scout members currently wear and explore other options of what could be worn. The public and all members now have the chance to have their say, and views on variations to suit the needs of Sea Scouts, Air Scouts, faiths and nations are encouraged.

Once you’ve completed the 15 minute survey, please encourage other volunteers, young people and their parents or carers to share their views too.

The online questionnaire, run by PopulusLive, will close on 7 July 2019 and it can be found at – scouts.org.uk/whatwewear.

The UK Scout Association are committed to remaining a uniformed movement. If changes are proposed, they’ll include a substantial period of transition. No decision has been made at this stage, and there are no immediate changes to uniform.

This year is the Group’s 80th Anniversary and to celebrate there was a weekend of celebrations for all ages.

On the evening of Friday 11th October there was a Dinner Dance at Cherry Lodge Golf Club which was attended by past and present leaders / supporters, as well as former members.

On Saturday 12th October there was a Fun Day at Wilberforce Scout Centre. There were activities for all ages, a sizzling BBQ and a fantastic cake baked by Laura Evans!

Thanks to everybody who came along to celebrate 80 years of providing life changing Scouting experiences to our members.

Below are a selection of pictures from the weekend:

Congratulations to two of our Explorer leaders who were recently presented with long service awards – with the help of a feathered friend who happened to be visiting Explorers.

Claire Pester was presented with her 20 year service award, and Ellen Alexander was presented with her 5 year service award.

The group are really grateful for all of the time that both have commited to giving Young People brilliant Scouting experiences over the years.

As a Scout Group we will be supporting the St Christopher’s Hospice Fun Walk on Sunday 19th May by manning a check point. Our main duties will be to provide encouragement to participants and to guide them in the right direction. Based on previous years approximately 3,000 people have done the walk each year.

Our check point , No 11 is by Ashmore Farm off Ashmore Lane accessed just past The Crown Inn at Leaves Green. It is just under half way of two of the longer routes of the Fun Walk and accordingly we are told to expect at our people at our check point from circa 9.30am with the last people passing by about 2.30pm.

As well as supporting a local charity this is an opportunity for us to promote the 23rd Bromley in the local community, if you can spare sometime you would be very welcome to come along anytime during the day (either in uniform or wearing a Group Scarf if you are a uniform member of the Group).

If you or your family are taking part in the walk look out for a special warm welcome at checkpoint 11 .

More details about the event can be found at:
https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/funwalk

It was brilliant that over 80 people came along to the BBQ and Campfire at Wilberforce in memory of Mick Golding this weekend.

There were people of all ages present to reflect on the fond memories they had with Mick over the years. Sue and T put on a brilliant campfire and Mick would have been proud about how big the campfire was!

Thanks in particular to Ian Powell for all his hard work in organising the event.

We are delighted that over 60 people have already signed up for the BBQ and Campfire that we are holding in memory of Mick Golding at Wilberforce Scout Centre on Saturday 27th April 2019.

In order to allow us to appropriately cater for the event, we ask that everybody books by Tuesday 23rd April at the latest. If you havent book yet, or know others who havent, please do so when you have a moment.

For more details, including booking tickets, please click here.