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Welcome to our group!

scouting since 1994

1st Blackwater Valley is a traditional Scout Group serving the Ash Vale and Mytchett area since 1994, now over 25 years old (more than a quarter of a century!). We meet at Carrington Lane Recreation ground. You can find us on What3Words(wasp.poppy.stops), or Google Maps.

Today we have leaders who were Beavers in our group (see Leaders) and over that twenty-five years we have acquired a Scout Hut in 2003 which we are now looking to re-new (see Our Scout Hut).

We are proud owners of a minibus named “Long John Silver” and a trek cart (see Vehicles), all of which allows our sections to decide whether they want to do something, rather than ask, “can we?” We also used to own a large red coach named “Mildred” but sadly, in 2024 we had to make the difficult decision to sell her because of the cost of operating and maintaining.

News

Oct
05

Quiz Night – 7th December

We will hold another quiz night at our Scout hut with food and refreshments. Please save the date as more details are to follow!

Oct
05

Christmas Fair 2024 – 23rd November

Our Christmas Fair returns with lots of prizes to be won and Santa to visit! Please drop in on Saturday 23rd November 10am-12!

Sep
21

Farewell Mildred

It is with a heavy heart that the group has sold our beloved Bedford coach, Mildred. After several turbulent years, the group has to continually adapt in order to keep providing excellent scouting opportunities for our children. Mildred has been a massive part of that mission over the years, allowing our sections to travel whenever […]

May
30

Quiz Night 15th June

Saturday 15th June 19:00 At our scout hut. Our next quiz is fast approaching, so please book your teams now. The teams can comprise any number and participants have to be over 14 years of age. The price of the ticket is £8 per person and £6 for under 16s. This includes a challenging quiz […]

May
25

New Leader Training Weekend

25th & 26th May 2024 One of the greatest assets of our group is that most of our current leaders were also once our beavers! This weekend was an excellent training experience for our new leaders and comprised many of the basic scouting skills. To see our young leaders develop and build the foundation for […]

Apr
27

Skip Johnson Memorial Hike 2024

Our group took part in the second Skip Johnson Memorial Hike at Mortimer Scout HQ. It was a difficult hike but fortunately, the rain held off! Well done to all who took part and made it an amazing event.

Mar
11

Quiz Night Success!

A big thank you to all of those who attended on Saturday and made it such an enjoyable event. A special thanks to Darren (our Cub Master) for organizing the quiz on Saturday and also to Mike (Trustee) who helped on the catering front. When all the money is in we will have made a […]

Feb
15

Quiz Night Saturday 9th March 2024

Quiz Night Saturday 9th March – 19:30 for a 20:00 start. Ash Football Club, Shawfield Rd, Ash, Aldershot GU12 6RB We are excited to announce the return of our in person quiz night! Tickets are £8.50 per person and include a ploughman’s supper. Teams of up to a maximum of 8 but there is no […]

Jan
27

World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS)

A small selection of our leaders paid for themselves to attend the WFIS general assembly because of our group currently lacking the funds to cover the costs. They flew to Portugal to accept our invitation to become full members after successfully completing our probationary period. Our group now joins over 150 affiliated groups in 65 […]

Jan
08

We need your help!

EVERYONE PLEASE READ! Whether you are a past or present member, we desperately need your help. As many of you are aware, we need a new scout hut. Our current hut was a temporary building with an end of life around the late 90s. We have kept it serviceable until now, but we are losing […]

More News….

Section Updates

Oct
10

Seniors: Wood Store Update

This week our seniors starting stacking our new wood store ready for the winter.

Oct
02

Scouts: Cooking Night

This week our scouts cooked up a treat, homemade sausage rolls! However, we don’t have an oven in our scout hut so they had to find an ingenious way to achieve their baking. Who knew you can turn a coalman’s stove into an oven? They were, of course, absolutely delicious!

Sep
25

Beavers & Cubs: Hama Beads

This week our beavers and cubs were exploring their artistic side by experimenting with Hama beads. These beads you can iron after arranging to permanently connect them into any sort of shape or design.

Sep
19

Seniors: Wood Store

Second week back and our seniors are already pressing on with this term’s activities! For many years, we have wanted our own wood store so we can keep the firewood for the group nice and dry. Tonight, we have laid the foundations for something great. Check back for more updates as the project progresses!

Sep
18

Beavers: Birthday Wall

The beavers have been very busy making a new board we can track birthdays on (as we are good at forgetting!). Each month of the year is on a different British native leaf and we all make a cut-out of ourselves to go around too!

Sep
11

Beavers: Fruit & Veg

Last term, our beavers planted a mix of fruit and veg plants. The ‘fruits’ of their labour are now paying off with some wonderful tomatoes, gorgeous strawberries and some very shy carrots. For a year where the garden hasn’t done particularly well with the weird weather patterns, I think our beavers have excelled!

May
30

Beavers & Cubs: Flower Festival

Our Beavers and Cubs have worked extremely hard on their display for St Mark’s Flower Festival, which runs 31st May to 3rd June 10am – 4pm daily. Well done to all involved for such amazing work!

May
25

New Leader Training Weekend

25th & 26th May 2024 One of the greatest assets of our group is that most of our current leaders were also once our beavers! This weekend was an excellent training experience for our new leaders and comprised many of the basic scouting skills. To see our young leaders develop and build the foundation for […]

May
22

Cubs: Vegetable planting & Bug Houses

This week our Cubs planted some vegetables and made bug houses. Can you identify what they planted?

Apr
25

Seniors: Hobo Stoves

This week our seniors made Hobo Stoves, these are small stoves which are often made from tin cans with legs attached. They have great ventilation meaning they burn really efficiently. 

More Section Updates….

 

 

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