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…

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Summer Fair this Saturday

Don’t forget the Church’s Summer Fair on Saturday at the Hall. Be there for about 1.00 – 1.30pm and it will finish at around 3.00pm at the latest. Lots of bottles needed for our Tombola please!

Bag Packing

Yesterday, along with Porthill Guides, we did a bag pack at Asda. We were raising money for the Church Hall where we both meet. We had a great turn out and thanks to the generosity of Asda’s customers, we raised…

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Graham and Pat Bourne

We’re very please to read in the Sentinel that Graham and Pat Bourne from Potteries North District have both been awarded the Silver Acorn Award. 1st Porthill Scout Group have known Pat and Graham for many years, especially when they were both…

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2012 St. George’s Day Parade

Yesterday, despite the rain, members of the Group attended Newcastle District’s St. George’s Day Parade through Newcastle Town Centre. We had an excellent turn out and all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts looked really smart. For the second year the…

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Drum Corps Band Inspection

Tonight, the Drum Corps had its first annual Band Inspection. All Scout Bands have a yearly inspection to ensure that they uphold the correct standards for a Scout band which performs in public. Happily we passed! Some of their performance…

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Our Remembrance Site

Today we are relaunching the part of our website that pays tribute to the members of the Troop who were killed in World War 1 and World War 2. When it was originally set up in 2005, the site had…

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Old Photos

I’ve just added some photos from old activities to the Gallery. See our trip to London in 2003, the Family Evening in October 2003, the Scout’s camp at Kibblestone in July 2004 and the Scouts wide game at a wet Bradwell Woods…

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Capitation

The Scout Association Capitation fees (annual membership fee including young person’s insurance) are now due. This year the fee has been set at £28 per member. Please note that Families having 2 or more children in the group pay  £23…

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A Busy Weekend

Members of the Group have had busy and varied weekend. On Friday the Beavers and Cubs had their Christmas parties. The Beavers played silly games, had lots of food and had presents and the Cubs went to see Alvin and…

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Remembrance Sunday Parade

Our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts along with the Brownies and Guides, today paid respect to those who have been killed in wars, by parading round Porthill, led by our drum band and then by joining the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church…

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2011 Group Annual General Meeting

Friday saw the Group’s Annual General Meeting. This is where everyone connected with the Group gets to see what each section has been up to over the last year and also to do the ‘formal’ stuff, approve the year’s accounts…

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