1st Blackwater Valley B-P Scout GroupA 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 fantastic £390 and £64 of this was made on the raffle drawn on the night.
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 minimum number and entrants need to be 16 years and over.
There is a bar on the premises and we will be holding a raffle during the evening.
Please email us at with the number in your team and team name. We will then send you payment details.
We have limited capacity and it will be first come first served, so let us know ASAP to reserve your tickets!
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 countries, combining to make a staggering 7 million individuals.
Richard, our GSM, commented, ‘I am pleased to advise that our Scout Group was accepted as a full member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) at their General Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal on last Saturday. The acceptance vote was unanimous, and our three young leaders were greeted with a standing ovation when we were invited into the meeting. There were some 150 Scouts there from many countries and the majority were young leaders!’
Through our membership we can now network with Scouters around the globe.
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 the battle. All the grants we are applying for require us to submit a large amount of evidence about how we serve the community. With a new hut, we would also be keen on expanding our home to other community users and charities. We already have several interested parties.
BUT WE NEED YOU!
Anyone who was in our group as a child, helped us as a leader, had children in our sections, is currently a member, or just assisted in any other way. We would be most grateful if you could please write a letter of support (doesn’t have to be long), stating how you believe our group has helped you or your family. Think of this as a simple testimony of your experiences with us. That is all we ask!
You can send your letter of support via email to:
Or fill in our contact form.
THANK YOU!
We wish everyone in our scouting family a merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Please enjoy the holidays and we can’t wait to see you again on our return, which will be 10th January 2024.
Our Christmas fayre was a great success and we thank all those who helped and attended. We would also like to thank our long running partner, Mytchett Centre, for allowing us to host it in their hall.
Save the date! Our Christmas fayre will be returning to the Mytchett centre on the 25th November from 10am – 12pm. There will be lots of games to play, sweets to be won and Santa to see! We look forward to seeing everyone and their family. All our welcome, so no need to be a member of our Scout group.
After last year’s wonderful camp locally in East Horsley, this year we headed to a lovely farm in Holsworthy, North Devon. Long-time friends of the group, Mike and Linda at Crinacott Farm, have hosted many memorable summer camps for us over the years and we are very excited to had been invited again. In a flash, Mildred (our big red bus) was pulling away from the Scout hut and we were on our way!
Summer camp normally comprises our Scouts and Senior Scout sections, but this year we also welcomed our Cub section for the beginning of the week. Whilst the weather fulfilled its brief as a British summer, there were no damp spirits in the camp – there wasn’t time! From shooting to sailing, from canoeing to singing around an open fire. You name it; we did it!
We would like to extend our thanks to Mike and Linda for hosting a brilliant camp and we hope to be back soon!
I would like to say an enormous thank you to all those helping at our stall today at Ash Fete. We had some great activity photos, section information and, of course, some fun games to play! It was great to see all those visitors. If you visited our stall and want to enquire about our group, don’t forget to head to our contact us page.
On the 1st April 2023 was the inaugural Skip Johnson Memorial Hike, where teams across counties competed in a blind route hike in the fastest time. Fortunately, our leaders bought it home for our group. Well done! Neil Johnson kindly visited to present the shield in person. Skip Johnson was his father and played a very important role in bringing scouting to thousands of children in the UK over his lifetime.
