beckenham – Page 6 – 5th Beckenham South Scout Group

Family Fundraiser

By Chris Elmer

On August 29, 2012

In Group

Saturday 22nd Septmber 12-4pm @ the scout hut and grounds

Tickets: Â£5 adults, Â£3 kids includes food

please email [email protected] for tickets, info etc or buy your tickets below

There’ll be a BBQ, pimms tent, archery, face painting, bouncy castle, crockery smashing and more

Prizes

please get in touch with keeley if you can offer a raffle prize [email protected] or have some inspiration for how to make the day even better.

Profit matching:

Do you work for a company that offers profit matching? (Many banks do this) Would you help us to double out money please?

Please invite family and friends to make this day a success.

We’ve not been able to do bag packing for the 5th this year and that normally brings in over Â£1,000 so this is very important for us. We don’t get money from the borough, from the government or anywhere else… we have to raise every penny that we spend and we either spend that money on boring stuff like utilities and insurance or cool stuff like go karts, archery kit etc! Nothing is wasted.

Nights Away Badges earned this camp

By Chris Elmer

On August 5, 2012

In Explorers, Scouts

We’ve been counting every night away for every member of The Fifth since they joined, Our beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers have completed a magnificent 2,869 Nights Away between them. This Summer Camp,Â we’ve been able to give out a big batch of badges this summer to scouts and young leaders who’ve earned them.

75 Nights Away

Sean Hubbard

50 Nights Away

Thomas Colville
Tom Martin

35 Nights Away

Luke Bale
Luke Cavalli
Michael Frost
Samuel Hilton
Charlie Stratford
George Wisniewski-Smith

20 Nights Away

William Andrews
Rory Galley
Matthew Martin
Eoin McLaughlin
Gina Percival
Oliver Ridge
Molly Shooter
Luke Williamson
Thomas Wisniewski-Smith

10 Nights Away

Lizzie Barber
Alfie Bashford
Michael Gough
Billy Groves
Oliver Meade
Caitlin Mullane
Teddy Toynton

5 Nights Away

Louise Mascall
Grace Mullane
Cormac Shipley

Congratulations to all of them!

Some nice photos from the hike

By Chris Elmer

On July 30, 2012

In Scouts

I thought you might like a few pic from the hike, so here you go!

We’ll upload proper sets to smugmug when we get home.

Term draws to a close

By Chris Elmer

On July 20, 2012

In Beavers, Cubs, Explorers, Group, Scouts

Let’s keep the last post of the year simple.

Thank you to everybody who ran everyday adventure for our young people.
The leaders who turn out each week, who plan and who train to earn qualifications.

The people in the background who build, paint, drill, saw and help us grow.

The paperworkers who let the leaders do the fun stuff while the subs are collected, gift aid completed, accounts audited, finances recorded, waiting lists managed etc.

Thanks to the parents who trust us with their kids and who budget and save to send their kids away with us.

Finally a thank you to our beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers who make The Fifth one of the best groups in the district.

Explorers after the hike

By Chris Elmer

On July 11, 2012

In Explorers

The 8 who braved the rain made it back by 9.30. Nobody got lost and the incidents were all completed painlessly. Congratulations to Maddie, imy, jack and Sammy who were the winning team.

not winners

winners!

Explorers before the hike

By Chris Elmer

On July 11, 2012

In Explorers

Here they are before they set off

What they be like in 2 hrs?

the leaders just before they set off to their bases

Gilwell 24 – Flood

By Phil

On July 8, 2012

In Explorers

It’s morning the floor of the tent is under water, so sitting in deck chairs works, staying awake is still a challenge but if you fall off the chair into a puddle it wakes you up