Tonight the Beavers and Cubs have been very busy. For one of their badges, the Beavers had to do a small talk to everyone in the Colony and to some of the Leaders, on their favourite hobby. They stood in…
Lots of Old Photos
If you take a look in the Gallery, you will see that there are now lots more photos from various activities the Group has done over the last 20 odd years! Please take a look and see if the younger…
Beaver’s Creative Challenge Badge
The Beavers recently did some scientific experiments as part of the Creative Challenge Badge they were working on. You can see pictures in the *new* gallery.
Annual Cub Camp with 99th Berry Hill Cubs
Over the last weekend, our Cubs held our annual camp with our friends from 99th Berry Hill Cubs at Barnswood. As usual on the Friday evening, it was the usual chaos of arriving, unpacking, the Cubs from the different Packs…
Visit by Oxfam to Cubs for Global Challenge Badge
The Cubs had a visitor from Oxfam so they could complete their Global Challenge badge. They learned about what Oxfam does and who they help and made a totem pole to illustrate all of Oxfam’s activities. All the Cubs have…
Three Beavers recieve their Bronze Chief Scout Award!!
On the 5th February 2010, three of the Colonies Beavers recieved their Bronze Chief Scout Award badges and certificates. They have all worked extremely hard to gain this award and will hopefully continue with this attitude in Cubs to gain their…
Beavers Visited by the Police!
Last week the Beavers were visited by the Police! They were visited, not because they had been naughty, but for the Friendship Challenge! The Beavers even went home with a goodie bag! See more photos in the gallery
Lots of Awards at Scouts
Tonight we were pleased to have the District Commissioner join us at our Troop meeting to give out some awards. First of all, he presented a Chief Scout’s Gold award to the first Scout in the Troop to achieve this…
A Couple of Bits of Good News
It’s nice to be able to mention a couple of items of good news. First of all, one of our Scouts has just completed all the requirements to gain his Chief Scouts Gold Award. This is our first Scout to…
2009 Annual General Meeting & Awards
Last night we held the Group’s AGM. As well as the usual item we had a couple of special ones. When it came time to elect the Group Executive Committee each of the committee members got given a hat to…
Scouts Using Stoves and Doing the DIY Badge
The Scouts are currently doing a number of badges at the same time. They are looking at various criteria for camping to gain their Outdoor Challenge or Outdoor Challenge Plus badges. One of the areas they are looking at is…
Cub’s Home Help Badge
The Cubs started their Home Help Badge last night. They cooked, served and washed up after making beans on toast for themselves. They haven’t finished yet however! They will continue with the badge over the next few weeks! More photos…