We’ve been a little quiet on the group website since the start of the school summer holidays. We’ve sent a series of emails to parents and guardians, but recognise that grandparents, retired members, scouting alumni and more have an interest…
Announcing our new Chair of the Executive Committee
Andrew Millner has been the Chair of Penistone Scouts’ trustees and executive committee for the best part of the past decade. At our Annual General Meeting Andrew stepped down from the post, handing the baton to Laura Simpson. We are…
Getting back to face-to-face Scouting safely
Towards the start of July, quite a few lockdown changes were announced by the UK Government. These vary heavily between the four nations, and further differ across sectors such as hospitality, retail, education and youth organisations. UK Scouting has been…
Virtual Camp: All the winners announced!
After what can only be described as a camp that exceeded all of our expectations we are finally pleased to announce the winners of the spontaneous prizes the leader team decided to award over this weekend. This went from a…
Virtual Campfire Session
This evening we have enjoyed a traditional campfire sing-a-long and a good time with lots of happy campers. The Beaver & Cub campfire was headlined by Theo one of our very own beavers and he did a grand job. The…
Virtual Camp: Wellbeing boxes, backwoods cooking and more Dens
The day has flown by and we have or about to sit down to eat together. More amazing images of dens have come through since my last post so these are included here, including one that didn’t go to…
Virtual Camp: Amazing dens
It’s a little over three hours into our first-ever virtual camp and I am already receiving some amazing images of our awesome young people and the dens they have built for this evening. Some have even been gathering firewood in…
St George’s Day and our promise renewal
St George’s Day is the most important date in the scouting calendar, it’s a day of celebration and the one day of the year when all members are encouraged to renew their scouting promise. We had planned on gathering at…
Rewind: #85 – our week, recapped, plus reminders/bonus materials
Your round-up of reminders and information about the coming week of Scouting, plus a recap of recent meetings and any other events.
