Purple Angel Campaign
September was Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. As part of their Community Impact Badge the Cubs and Scouts of the Group invited founder Norrms McNamarra of Purple Angels Dementia Awareness, to join them and discuss dementia with the young people. They learnt more about how this disease effects people in their everyday lives and how they …
Make Your Mark 2017
Make Your Mark 2017 During September, the Scouts took part in the ‘National Make Your Mark Campaign’. -0- Make Your Mark gives a unique opportunity to reach out to young people who go on to become opinion formers and leaders of the future. -0- Joining with over 900,000 young people from every corner of the …
Remembrance Parade 2016
The years Remembrance Service was attended by a total of 63 members across all three sections of our scout group. All of the Leaders were very proud of you all, their behaviour was outstanding and we received numerous complimentary comments from the congregation including how smart we all were. Well done to our flag bearers Tallulah and …
Shelterbox visit the Cubs
Shelterbox Visit the Cubs The Cubs have recently been learning of the work that the international charity Shelterbox does. Ian, from the Rotary Club explained that the Charity supplies aid in the form of ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits. The Cubs learnt that the sturdy green ShelterBoxes contain family-sized tents specially designed to withstand the elements and provide people …
It’s a Knockout – Scouts Style
Its a Knockout – Scout Style Scout troops from the 1st Marldon, 3rd Torbay & 15th Torbay got together for an It’s a Knockout style evening at the District Campsite in Torquay. Over 50 scouts from the groups worked together with challenging problem solving bases. There was an assault course, four person Sack Race, Wellie …
Cubs Spring Camp
In March The Cubs were on their Spring Camp, with some new Cubs just moved up from Beavers, we went on a hike down to Watcombe Beach to earn the Navigators Level 2 Badge. Some of the Cubs managed to see more of the hike than the others “I really enjoyed the long walk we …
Beavers Visit to Dinosaur World
Beavers Visit to Dinosaur World
The Great Beaver Bake Off
The Beavers took over the kitchen at the District Headquarters to cook up Reindeer cup cakes in time for Christmas They donned their Chefs Hats and aprons and set to work measuring and weighing the ingredients, which were kindly donated by Richard, the manager at our Local Sainsburys in Preston, and were assisted by some …
Beavers Visit to Torquay Fire Station
1st MARLDON BEAVERS VISIT TO TORQUAY FIRE STATION Our beavers recently enjoyed a visit to the Fire Station. We were made very welcome by Andy, Brian and the White Watch Crew. We began our visit with a question and answer session and they were very impressed with the beavers knowledge of fire safety! Then the …