Category: Group News

We have a list of maintenance jobs that need doing in and around the Scout HQ building to keep the hut water-tight, secure, habitable and safe for our children to use.

If any parents have the necessary practical skills to assist with any of this work and would be willing to offer some time to help with the jobs that desparately need doing, please do get in touch – we will put your skills to good use.

Jobs outstanding at the moment include:

Painting garage doors, replacing gates, pointing, repairs to fencing, pipes and guttering repairs, drain design reworkings, wall cladding replacement.

The grounds around the scout hut need regular maintenance such as cutting the grass and trimming hedges.

The next waste paper collection and HQ maintenance day will be:

Saturday 14th February

We have substantially increased the number of houses we have notified about our collections and hope that this will result in many more papers to collect. Of course, that means we will be needing many hands to help unload the van and trailer, fill the skip and collect papers on the streets into piles to make it easier for those in the van to pick up.

The van will be dropping papers off at the hut several times during the morning but as this is our first time on our new route we’re not sure exactly when the drop times will be.  Please be patient and bear with us – we’re trying to make things work more efficiently so there’s less hanging around for everyone but we may not get it right straight away.

Parents, Leaders, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers – please do try to come along and help if you can, anytime from 9am. Proceeds from the waste paper go towards funds for the Scout Group, activities for the kids and help keep subscriptions down.

One of our scouts has been lucky enough to be selected to join the North Yorkshire & Cleveland Scout Unit attending the next World Scout Jamboree in Japan in July this year.

Shortly after being selected, Eliot gave a talk to all the sections about the adventure ahead and he has been busy over the last year raising funds to pay for his trip. We look forward to welcoming Eliot back after the summer to hear all about it.

Follow Eliot’s journey on his own website here.

This is where you’ll find general group news and information about paper collection days, etc.