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…
Bag Packing
Members of the Group spent today bag packing at Marks and Spencer in Hanley. We managed to raise £587 for the Group. Thanks to everyone for taking part and their hard work!
Family Camp Video
At this year’s Family Camp, I managed to video a few of the activities. In the video you can see the camp site in the rain (just for a change), the Beavers and Cubs making their pirate equipment, the BBQ and finally…
Our 2nd Family Camp
On the weekend of 28th – 30th May the Group held its second Family Camp (our first was for our Centenary in 2008). This time we stayed at Barnswood Scout Camp, which is near to Rudyard Lake. Everyone arrived on…
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!
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…
Camping at Beaudesert in the Snow – 8th – 10th January
Most people I work with thought that going to camp in January was a mad idea, especially in the middle of the coldest winter for years, but just under thirty Scouts and Leaders arrived at the snow covered campsite on…
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!!
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…
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…
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.
Harry Tyler – Gone Home
The Group is saddened to learn of the recent death of Harry Tyler. Harry was for many years a constant fixture at Kibblestone Scout Camp, and what he didn’t know about the camp site and Scouting wasn’t worth knowing! I…
Thank You from Sharon
From Sharon Hickton – Thank you for the lovely gifts that I received at the AGM. I still cannot believe that I didn’t twig on and Paul kept it a secret. I was very touched and yet again many thanks…
