1st Foots Cray Scout Group News
Listed below are the latest news items published by the Scout Group.
Explorer Scouts Invested
14th May 2021
Our first seven Explorers were invested into Excalibur ESU last night 1st Foots Cray were one of the first Group's in Sidcup to offer Explorer Scout provision in Sidcup when they started, unfortunately the unit closed a number of years ago, but we are delighted to re-establish a new unit to...
Get Active; Enjoy the Outdoors & Challenge Yourself
8th March 2021
We are delighted to announce that the Group has been awarded a grant of £3,780 to purchase lightweight camping and expedition style equipment. This will enable our young people to start planning their expedition challenges and enjoy the outdoors, as the lockdown restriction are lifted in...
Spot The Difference
5th March 2021
Our Bouldering wall is ready and waiting for use. Thanks to a grant we obtained last year from Localgiving & Postcode Community Trust - Magic Little Grants 2020 which helped cover the cost of the material, and the work of our Treasurer Richard and Alex (one of the Group's Young Leaders), who ...
Explorer Scout Unit - Restarts
16th February 2021
After more than 15 years we are delighted that our Explorer Unit is restarting. Thanks to lots of work behind the scene we received confirmation today that we can reestablish a unit based at our Group. The unit will offer activities for 14-18year olds and we are looking to start running session...
Group published in Australia Scout Magazine
20th January 2021
1st Foots Cray Cubs & Scouts make it into Australia Scout Magazine Last June members of the 1st Foots Cray Scout Group met online with 2nd Footscray Cubs and Scouts from Melbourne Australia. This is the write up of the event. ...
Letter from the Mayor
20th September 2020
A letter from Councillor James Hunt, Mayor of Bexley thanking all our Leaders, Executive Committee, supports and helpers for all they have done to enable us to continue providing online and face to face meetings during the recent times. ...
Thank you to our Chairman for the last 6 years
18th August 2020
At last night's AGM Steve decided to stand down as Chair, we would like to offer our sincere thanks for all his help over the last 6 years in this role. We would like to offer a huge welcome to Joy, who has kindly agreed to take on this important role for the Group, and look forward to seeing her...
Group AGM
17th August 2020
Thank you to everyone that supported our AGM this evening. The first time we have held this via a video call/zoom. Congratulations to Sarah, our Beaver Leader, who was presented with the 5 year service award by Di, the Deputy District Commissioner.To Georgina, Emma, Ian, Stephen a massive thank...
Face to Face Scouting to restart
1st August 2020
Our plans for getting back together at Scouts safely You may recall that at the beginning of July we shared the good news that a phased approach to restarting face to face meetings had been released; The Scouts (The Scout Association), in consultation with the UK Government via the National...
Plans to Re-Start Face to Face Scouting
1st July 2020
Its probably a few weeks off yet but there is hope that face to face scouting may be able to re-start.The Scouts (The Scout Association), in consultation with the UK Government via the National Youth Agency has begun to publish guidance and literature that will map out how we can begin to re-start...
