Please click here to see information regarding family camp. It will be updated with more information as we get closer to the camp, so please check back regularly.
A Well Deserved Award
Many congratulations to the Group’s treasurer, Kevin, who was given his 5 Year Service Award on Sunday, by the District Commissioner. Congratulations Kevin!
A Generous Donation
The Group is extremely grateful to Churchill China for their generous donation of plates, bowls and mugs for our forthcoming family camp.
Bag Packing
The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have been bag packing at Marks & Spencer today and we’ve made a whopping £579.12! Many thanks to all who came and huge thanks to Sharon who organised it and Natasha who stayed all day!
New Trailer
The Group is pleased to announce that we have bought a new box trailer. This will enable us to take all the equipment for camps etc. in just one trailer, rather than lots of peoples’ cars. We’d like to thank…
A New Video
I’ve recently found a few short videos of activities the Group has done in the past, so I’ve put them together and here they are. They are not that great and not to be taken seriously, but are quite funny…
New Youngest Member of the Group!!
A huge congratulations to our GSL and his wife for the birth of their beautiful baby…what a great end to the year!!
Happy Christmas
All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and adult helpers from 1st Porthill Scout Group would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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…
Christmas Is Coming!
Don’t forget that when you are doing your Christmas shopping, if you use our shop http://www.buy.at/porthillscouts , we get a percentage of the money you pay. It costs you nothing and all your favourite online retailers are available! So please…
Church Cristmas Fair
We are pleased to report that on Saturday 21/11/09, at the Church’s Christmas Fair, the Group raised over £60 on its Bottle Tombola stall for the Church. Thanks to to all who came and took part.
The Missing Photograph’s Companion
Back in May we talked about trying to find an old photo that was taken of the Troop in January 1926 (as we now know). We had a vague photo of it and that was all. It was taken to…
Beaver Leaders Invested
Tonight Rachael and Jodie were invested as Beaver Leader and Assistant Beaver Leader respectively. Many congratulations to them both. More photos are in the gallery.
In the Army
We are proud to hear that another of our ex Scouts, Lee Hammond, has recently joined the army. Lee joins two of our other ex Scouts, Tom Lawton & Jason Peach serving in HM Forces.
Money From Our Shop
We had a cheque for £20 from our online shop the other day. Every time someone uses our shop to buy items over the internet, we receive a small percentage of the money paid to the retailer! So when you…
