Have you thought about making a New Year’s resolution to volunteer in your local community?

If giving back is on your list for 2025, there’s no better place to start than by volunteering with the 23rd Bromley Scout Group! Volunteering brings so many benefits, including:

• Building lifelong friendships
• Giving back to your community
• Supporting the next generation
• Developing leadership and teamwork skills
• Gaining valuable experience for your CV

Interested? Check out our current volunteer opportunities and find out how you can get involved with us today: https://23rdbromleyscouts.org/wordpress/volunteer/

Let’s make 2025 the year of volunteering and community spirit!

The magic is waiting…don’t miss your chance to experience the enchanting Cinderella Pantomime in January!

Performances are on Thursday 9th January (7.30pm), Friday 10th January (7.30pm) and Saturday 11th January (4.00pm and 7.30pm).

Tickets are now available for purchase, so grab yours before they sell out! It’s going to be a night filled with laughter, music, and fairy-tale fun.

Tickets cost £7.50 for Adults and £6.00 for Children. They can be booked by emailing Scoutpanto@aol.com or texting 07810426666

Book your tickets now and be part of the magic!

Save the Date!

Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon or evening of entertainment! Join us for our Gang Show on Saturday 1st February 2025.

All sections (and the Brownies) will be taking part, with each putting in a short performance to entertain the audience.

More details and ticket information will be coming your way in early January. Stay tuned!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Christmas Fair yesterday. We raised an amazing £650.37. And most importantly, had some great fun throughout.

A huge shout out to all the amazing volunteers from 6 year old beavers up to our 60(cough) plus helpers. We couldn’t have done it without you.

If you would like to join our team of incredible volunteers, we are ready to welcome you on to the team. Whether it’s helping at weekly meetings, being on our trustee board or assisting at one of the events for our young people we have a role for you.

We have been given the opportunity to support Bromley Rotary with their Santa and Sleigh collections this year. This is an initiative that we have supported over recent years – not only is it a thoroughly rewarding experience, but it also a fantastic source of fundraising for the group.

We are looking for adults to help us with the collections on Thursday 12^th December. It will start around 5.30pm and finish by 8.30pm – but we split the evening into two slots so we hope to have enough volunteers so people are only needed for circa 90 minutes.  

If you are able to spare some time to support this festive event, please either comment below, send us a message on Facebook, or drop us an email on admin@23rdbromleyscouts.org.

Daniel Snook’s funeral will be on Thursday 5th December 2024 at 10.00am at the Bluebell Cemetery, Halstead, TN14 7AE.

After the funeral there will be a gathering at the 23rd Bromley Scout HQ, Homemead Road, Bromley, BR2 8BB.

The family have asked that people let them know if they will be attending – snook.family@talk21.com / 0770 903 9302 / 0208 460 3269.

Family flowers only but donations can be given to Bromley Mencap to further their work at The Lodge. Details on how to donate are on Bromley Mencap’s website at the link below and donations can be made online, by bank transfer, cheque or over the phone. Please indicate that your gift is for The Lodge. Bromley Mencap is also happy to accept donations via cash or cheque on the day.
https://www.bromleymencap.org.uk/get-involved/donate-now

Ahead of Daniel Snook’s funeral details on how to donate are on Bromley Mencap’s website at the link below and donations can be made online, by bank transfer, cheque or over the phone. Please indicate that your gift is for The Lodge. Bromley Mencap is also happy to accept donations via cash or cheque on the day.
https://www.bromleymencap.org.uk/get-involved/donate-now

For those unable to attend there will be a live stream:
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It has been another fantastic year for the 23rd Bromley Scout Group. We are are pleased to publish our Annual Report & Accounts Year Ending 31 March 2024, following our official AGM in September

It is with great sadness that we announce Daniel Snook, son of Marina and Tim Snook, passed away yesterday (28/10/24).

Daniel was a member of the group while he was growing up, and was a leader with Baloo Pack for a number of years.

We send our condolences to Marina, Tim, Jonathan and all the family.

It’s only 6 weeks until the next fund-raising event on Saturday the 23rd November which will be the Group’s “Christmas Fair”.  Please put the date in your diary so you can attend, have some fun and buy some bargains!

Could we please just remind you that we would be very grateful for any donations of unwanted gifts or nearly new items of toiletry/jewellery items and complete toys and jigsaws which can be delivered on a weekly basis to the HQ when your son/daughter goes to their Scout meeting. 

All monies raised at this event will go directly to the Group Funds which are used for the maintenance of the HQ and general running of the Group.

Your support would really be appreciated.

 David Wilcox