1st Foots Cray Scout Group News
Listed below are the latest news items published by the Scout Group.
Scouts - Virtual Meetings
20th March 2020
For Scouts - We will be holding a virtual Patrol Leaders meeting Friday 20th March at 7pm. PL's and APL's are invited and details have been sent to Parents of those scouts via OSM. Can you please keep a look out for the invite. We are aiming to provide further updates on programs for Beavers...
COVID-19 Face to Face Scouting Temp Stopped
16th March 2020
The Prime Minister has announced that everyone in the UK should now avoid non-essential travel and contact with others. The safety of everyone involved in Scouts, both young people and adults, is our number one priority. That is always at the heart of our decision making. Given this new...
Lockdown - Update
3rd March 2020
Our Chairman and GSL have written to all parents regarding subs and our ongoing program, please look out for emails. To summarise:- The leaders and Executive Committee met virtually again, to discuss the current situation and the affect it is having on scouting. We are conscious these are...
New Hall Flooring
23rd January 2020
The new floor in the scout hall was laid a few weeks ago and has made a huge difference, and will enable us to keep using the hall for many years to come Thank you to the Co-op Communities fund for donating the bulk of the money needed, and to Ajax Flooring Co.Ltd for their advise and...
Dave Packman - Gone Home
11th December 2019
It is with great sadness that we learnt that David Packman passed away early this morning. Dave was a leader in the Scout Troop in the mid 1990's before moving away from the area Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this sad time. ...
Thank you for 30 years
9th July 2019
Congratulations to Chris Gasston who was recently presented with the Award of Merit for her outstanding service to scouting. Chris joined the Group in 1989 as our Cub Leader and has held a number of roles since. More recently she has been assisting her husband Mike (Our Asst Group Scout Leader)...
Inspirational Team
26th June 2019
Congratulations to our Group Leadership team who were nominated for the Inspirational Team Award, at the Bexley Volunteer Awards, and collected their certificate from the Mayor at last night's event. The nomination was in recognition of the tremendous work the team have undertaken in the last...
Bexley Volunteer Awards (Long Service)
25th June 2019
Congratulations to Steve our Group Chairman who was nominated for a Long Service Award in the Bexley Volunteer Awards, and collected his certificate from the Mayor at last night's award event. Steve has dedicated 40 years to scouting and helped countless young people, not only at our Group but...
Civic Awards
17th April 2019
Congratulations to Chris & Mike Gasston who were presented with Civic Awards for Voluntary Service by the Mayor of the London Borough of Bexley, this evening. Mike joined the Group in 1991 as an Asst Cub leader. From 1992 until 2011 he lead the Group as our Group Scout Leader, before accepting...
Scouts Take 2nd & 3rd Place in District Monopoly Challenge
18th November 2018
Congratulations to our Scout Troop who came second and third in the District Monopoly Challenge They had to navigate around London, identifying clues to various landmarks and photograph themselves at them to prove they had visited. ...
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