| The return of Bob-a-Job! Scout Community Week (14-20 May) |
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Many of you will remember a Scout or Cub painting a fence, mowing a lawn or going shopping for a neighbour to raise money for the group in the days when it was still considered safe to allow young people to knock on doors and offer help. Post-decimalisation this was re-branded as Scout Job Week. Scout Community Week takes the best bits of Scout Job Week and offers sections, Groups and Districts the opportunity to design a fundraising project that delivers real benefits locally. If you have an idea for a project that would benefit our community and think that the Scouts could help, then we would love to hear from you. Please talk to any of the leaders or contact us using of the links on this website. |
| Fundraising |
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Many thanks to all those who attended and supported our recent fundraising events. - The dinner dance in October was a fun evening held in the Village Hall. Special thanks to Carolyne & Neil Bowes and Ann Cullen for organizing the food, to Pearl James for the raffle and to Alec James and his friends who provided the musical entertainment, and finally to Denise Turner for the decorations. Also the Explorers who came along very smartly turned out and helped by serving and clearing the food deserve a mention. - The Fireworks Spectacular seems to be more popular each year. Once again the weather was kind to us and after a horrible week the Saturday was clear and dry. Many thanks to the 45 or more people who assisted on the day and the hundreds who attended. |
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We are most grateful for the support that we receive from the community. As you all know, until recently most of the funds have
gone towards the HQ Rebuild fund. However, we continue to need to raise funds to maintain the HQ and the grounds, to buy equipment and to cover costs such as insurance and heating. You can help us by simply doing your online shopping via the Easyfundraising site. It will not cost you a penny more and may even save you some money. Shop directly online with the retailer as you would normally, but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/woodcuttsscouts for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself. |
| Remembrance Day Parade - Sunday 13th November 2011 |
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| This year’s Remembrance Day Parade was extremely well attended by all sections with about 80 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders joined by a number of ex-Service personnel for the march up the High Street to the War Memorial. After the traditional 2 minutes silence and the laying of wreaths, the Group joined a packed congregation for a Service in the Church. |
1st Woodcutts Scouts are based just outside Sixpenny Handley in Dorset; they are the foremost providers of youth activities in the area. The group has Explorers, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers sections with a total of over 80 members from North East Dorset and the Chalke Valley in Wiltshire.
The group was originally founded on 8th March 1957 by our existing Group Scout Leader, John Curtis, and meets at the HQ in Woodcutts which has plenty of space for scouting activities.
If you would like to find out more about Scouting in Woodcutts and Sixpenny Handley, then please contact (Group Scout Leader), (Explorers Leader), (Scout Leader), (Cub Scout Leader) or (Beaver Scout Leader). Phone numbers can be found in any printed edition of The Downsman.
| For more information on Scouting, please visit The Scout Association Portal |  |
Next Committee Meeting at the 1st Woodcutts Scout HQ All welcome to attend |