District Camp Hope Hill 201455 Beavers, Cubs & Scouts & Explorers and six Leaders camped at Gravesham District Scouts’ Hope Hill campsite at the...
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28th October 2014
District Camp Hope Hill 2014 55 Beavers, Cubs & Scouts & Explorers and six Leaders camped at Gravesham District Scouts’ Hope Hill campsite at the begining of the month with other Groups from Swanley District. The Scouts, Cubs and Explorer started camp on Friday night with a disco, after which, some of the Scouts spent most of the night talking, but others got a good night’s sleep. Saturday morning was bright, and a number of parents arrived early to help prepare breakfast. After breakfast the whole camp of some two hundred and fifty plus scouts assembled for flag break (including 16 of our Beavers who had just joined us). Thirty five explorers were then bussed in a vintage Routemaster, driven by ex Eynsford Scout Richard Abel (Landscapes) to a nearby paint balling venue at Longfield, for four or so hours of chasing about in woodland. Meanwhile the Scouts, Cubs, and Beavers ran riot around the camp site. There were all sorts of activities laid on, from Air Rifles to...
24th March 2014
Troop Paintball activity day Yesterday the Scout Troop took part in a Paintball activity day one of the first allowed since the rules on Paintball were relaxed at the end of last year. The event took part at Mayhem Southeast's Sidcup site as part of the wider Kent Scouts Section programme. 24...
18th March 2014
Scouts Win Swanley District Swimming Gala Our Scout swimming team regained the trophy they won in 2012 at the recent Swanley District Swimming Gala held at Whiteoak Pool in Swanley on 8th March 2014. They won 3 out of the 5 races in the Scout Section events plus a second place in the 4 x 1...
17th February 2014
Cub Pack wins 2014 Chi Chi Trophy Congratulations the team from our Cub Scout Pack who beat off 6 other teams from Swanley District to win the Chi Chi Trophy at the weekend. The annual competition comprised teams of 4 Cubs plus a Leader who took part in a 5 round quiz and 5...
14th February 2014
Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers Once again we are collecting Active Kids vouchers in the hope that between us we can collect enough to get some games equipment for the Group to use. If you are offered any Sainsbury's vouchers but are inclined to say "no thanks" please...
4th February 2014
Beavers Invested At their meeting last Friday our Beaver Colony was declared officially open when 15 of the 18 Beavers were invested into the Scout Movement. The Group is very pleased to have been able to re-open the Beaver Colony after 2 1/2 years and hope it continues to feeb the...
31st December 2013
Pounds4Paper 2013 Our monthly Newspaper & Cardboard collections gathered a mammoth 29.5 tons in 2013 raising a fantastic £2,500 for the young people in the Group. All the money raised by the Scouts & Explorer Scouts who help at the monthly collections helps subsidise their...
23rd December 2013
Beavers re-opens! We recently had the pleasure of re-opening our Beaver Colony after it being closed for 2 years due to the lack of and Adult Leader team. Debbie Roberts who was previously an Assistant Leader with the Cub Scout Pack, has stepped forward to run the section and will be ably...
10th November 2013
Eynsford Village Remembrance 2013 The whole Group was proud to lead the village in it's Act of Remembrance on 12 November at the War Memorial. We were delighted to be joined Guides, Brownies & Rainbows and parents from all sections, with in excess of 60 young people taking part. At the...
1st October 2013
Help UK Scouting to music chart No. 1 The Scouts Bright Sparks Single ‘Let It Out’ is now available to pre-order from iTunes. We are aiming for chart success so please show your support and buy the single. ...