Today Penistone Squirrels arrived at our Scout HQ bright and early with our bags packed with everything we needed to a day jam packed with fun and friendship. We had a chance to chat with our friends and play a…
Cub’s Autumn Camp 2022
This weekend cubs from both packs descended on Hesley Wood for their last outdoor camp of 2022. After a thoroughly wet night on the Friday the weather improved just in time for the fun to begin. We spent Saturday trying…
Beaver’s Sundown Sleepover
After arriving at the scout hut during a shower early this morning, the beaver’s went on to enjoy a glorious day of sunshine at Sundown Adventureland. The day started with a minibus drive, which lasted far too long for our…
Cubs Climb the Wall Sleepover
After what has seemed like a life time to both the cubs and the leader team, we finally managed to converge on the scout hut and enjoy a weekend of messy science shenininghans, entertaining the masses, fire safety theory and…
It’s finally time to Bewitch the Beavers! Part 1
After what seems like a lifetime to the leader team, we are finally embarking on our first beaver sleepover and what a magical event it is. Beavers from both of our colonies arrived as mere young people and are now…
Messing about on the river
Our beaver colonies enjoyed an evening at Bower Dell playing in the field and sailing the boats they had made a couple of weeks earlier as part of their junk modelling.
Thank you to our volunteers
We love being able to shout about great people
Everyone volunteer makes an impact on the young people, and often on other volunteers too. Amidst the call for new adult volunteers to join us in Scouting, it’s vital to me that we recognise and take time to thank those…
Scouting in 2021 and how it’s #GoodForYou too
How we fit into the national campaign
If you’re on social media (and we appreciate not everyone is), you’ve probably seen a lot more activity on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram than normal over the last week or so. Woven between the posts about regular Scouting, future…
Celebrating 35 years of Beavers
Happy birthday to our youngest youth section
Like many others before it, Tuesday evening saw our youngest youth section coming together for their weekly face-to-face session. This week was a little different and very special meeting, though. Whilst Scouting is approaching 115 years old, and Penistone Scouts…
