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Welcome to our news page. The
place to find out what we have been up to.
 Paddington was there too The Cubs go sailing in Horning .jpg) .jpg)  Domestic appliances can be changed into a game if you use your imagination. The Beavers have a craft evening
The Cubs hone their domestic skills  Getting ready for sleepovers and camps
 We are very pleased to announce that the Group has received a grant of £1353.00 from The Shelroy Trust Fund supported by Norfolk Community Foundation. The money will allow the Group to purchase new archery equipment for the young people to use. This activity supports health and well being and it is also a lot of fun to do. The new equipment replaces old and worn out bows and arrows and will be in use this summer at camps and other activities both at our new HQ and elsewhere. The young people and the archery instructors thank the Shelroy Trust for this generous donation which will support present and future generations of young people in the area. Thank you Bure Valley Rotary We would like to thank the Bure Valley Rotary Group for their generous donation to Group Funds. This will be used to improve the landscaping in the area near the Annexe and to provide facilities for young people to grow plants and to work on their gardening badges.  Rotary members take on the Scouts at Kick Cricket Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day On Pancake Day we all made pancakes
Cubs in Action  Our new HQ Floor is ideal for Unihoc  Mixing bird food. It does not feel good. Opening Ceremony of our new HQ The opening ceremony took place on 30th of November 2024 when a crowd of young people, parents, friends and supporters of our Group gathered in the new building. It was an all day event with Scouting activities to join in and enjoy as well as speeches, thanks and the unveiling of a new plaque. This new building was built to the specifications asked for by the young members of our Group and so it was only fitting that they should also be the ones to unveil the plaque and declare the building open. It was a very special day for our Group and the culmination of two years of hard work. It was also great fun to meet up with so many Group supporters and to be able to give out thanks badges to those who had helped to make this possible. Here are some pictures: .jpg) Supporters start to gather and the kitchen team prepares the food .jpg) Some of the team who built our old HQ in 1987 .jpg) Time for some outdoor activities too .jpg) The covered area at the side of the building is great for rifle shooting .jpg) Daffy's Craft table is always a popular attraction
.jpg) Andy now gave out thanks badges to those who helped make this all possible .jpg) North Norfolk MP Steffan Aquarone gets a badge too. It was a government grant that paid for it all. .jpg) Now it was time for the young people to unveil the plaque  .jpg) The cake was cut and we were open for Scouting business. The cake was nice too. .jpg) Steffan with some of the young people. Will any of these become MPs? Why not. The building work is completed and the Group has moved back to our fantastic new building in Wroxham. Thank you to the Barton Turf Adventure Centre which has been our temporary home for the last year. The moving in process is far from complete yet but everyone has enjoyed looking round the new building and seeing what it can do.
 It seems huge but we will soon fill it. You can see our Press Release about the grant we were given for the HQ upgrade project. Click Here to take a look. |
  Booking our HQ Our HQ buildings are now available for bookings and our camping field is also available. For details and bookings, go to our bookings page. March 2025 Jumble Sale Well done and thanks to everyone who helped with the Jumble sale. It raised the fantastic sum of £710.65 for Group Funds. Group AGM Thank you everyone who came to our AGM in September. Your support is much appreciated. Press Release A press release giving details of the grant which is paying for the HQ rebuilding project is now available. Click Here. Builder and Architect The builder of the HQ Project is P D Drake Ltd. The Architect is Roger Connolly. Awards for Leaders We are pleased to announce that our Lead Volunteer, Terry, has been awarded a Commissioner's Commendation for life saving first aid.  Also, there are long service awards for other Leaders as follows: Sam 5 years Jody 10 years Steven 15 years Dean 15 years Carol H 25 years Mina 30 years That's a total of 100 years and still going. New Web Host Our website has now moved to a new host. You will notice that you no longer get "insecure" messages on your web browser when you visit. New name for Group Executive We are now called the Board of Trustees, but it is still us. The new name reflects our responsibilities as charity trustees. Group Camp 2024 The weather could have been kinder, but we had a good time. Lots of photographs here:  Norfolk Scouts have a new badge which you can get for upholding the five Scouting Values. Below, we see Nigel receiving the badge from the DC. He got it for writing Risk Assessments. Nobody wants to do paperwork, but they had to be done. You can find all our written risk assessments by clicking on the Useful Information button above.  At last! - New Heating Yes, good news, our air source heat pump has been re-installed at HQ. Because it is an air source heat pump it is better for the environment. Our new building also has solar panels and batteries so keep our carbon footprint as low as possible. At the request of the young people, the gas supply has been disconnected and we are now all electric and no fossil fuels. Awards for Leaders Congratulations to Mina, Akela at Wednesday Cubs, on the award of the Silver Acorn. Congratulations also go to Cath, on the award of the Chief Scout's Commendation for Good Service. We have new suppliers for our recycling banks. Please help us by bringing along glass, cans, paper and textiles for recycling. Please note that the can bank now takes tins and foil trays as well as drinks cans. If you have
any comments or anything you want to add
to the website, please just send us an
email.
To see a calendar of Group events just click on this link. For Scouting activities and events, see your section leader. We are looking for volunteers to attend training courses to become boat instructors. Let us know if you are interested. We have our
own group on Facebook. Everyone is welcome
to join. The group ID is 73679667848. It's
a good place to contact members old and
new and to find out what is going on.
Remember you must be at least 13 years old to have a Facebook account.  We also have a Car Show Facebook Page. Click here to go to it. You have probably noticed we are now working with easyfundraising. Now you can help the Group every time you shop on line or search the internet. Just click the fund raising button at the top of this page. It's easy to do and it costs you absolutely nothing. Thank you everyone who helped at the last Jumble Sale. Over £400 was raised for Group Funds. While we were on Brownsea Island, some of the Scouts were introduced to Geocaching. We found a couple of geocaches on the island but there are many thousands more out there waiting to be discovered. For details
go to www.geocaching.com
Our travel bug which has a group badge attached has recently completed a second journey from New Zealand to Norfolk traveling from cache to cache. This time it crossed North America from California to New York before returning to England. It will go out on a new mission soon. The Group has increased its fleet of Toppers meaning we can now get more sailors out on the water.  Because so many young people are wanting to join us, there can be a lot of pressure on places in the Group. If you know of any young people who want to join, please make sure they are put on the waiting list as soon as possible. Having the waiting list helps us to plan for the future, so please don't wait until the young person is 6 years old, get their name down as soon as you can. We try to find places for everyone and planning ahead really helps. Our subscriptions are just £27.50 per term. We are one of the cheapest Scout Groups in the country. We use fund raising to keep the cost down and we make every effort to make Scouting as affordable as possible Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our various fund raising events. Jumble Sales, Street Collections, Bag Packing, Book Sales, The Car Show and many other events help to raise the profile of Scouting in the area as well as keeping the cost of Scouting down so that it is affordable for everyone. The latest bag pack event at Roys Supermarket raised over £850 for Group Funds. We are planning to buy climbing equipment for our new climbing wall. Thank you to
everyone who helped out on the work
day.
There is still work to be done. Please try to come along and help at work days. Every little helps.  Here you see the team in action sorting out our very wonky shed. If there
are any adults out there who
would like to help us by
serving on the Group Board
of Trustees, you would be
most welcome. Just go back
to our home page and send us
an e-mail.
We are looking for someone to help the Group with publicity work. If you can help, please send us an e-mail. |
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