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You are invited to the 5th Potters Bar 85th Anniversary Family Camp to celebrate the Group’s 85th year of operation! On the Saturday evening there will be live music and a Bar-B-Que where past and current members of the Group will also be invited to celebrate our 85th Anniversary and catch up with friends and colleagues from the Group.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL INFORMATION AND TO SIGNUP ONLINE
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2021 was another difficult year for everyone, including Scouting. Our second lockdown ran from December 2020 to the end of March 2021; no face to face meetings until April 2021, no Church Parades, St Georges Day Parade was cancelled again, and still no camping!
Nevertheless, the Group is still thriving with plenty of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts despite losing a few along the way during the lockdown. We had still managed to retain most of our Leaders too, although we lost a couple at the end of December 2021 and thank them for all their help over the years. Income has continued to flow from our Nursery tenants, which greatly sup- ports our activities.
Many thanks to all the Leaders, and the time and effort they put into making the 5th Potters Bar a large and successful Group. Thanks to all the parents who have served on the Executive Committee.
We are extremely short of Leaders for our Beaver Section (6-8 yrs), and this restricts the number of young people we can allow to join Beavers. At the moment, our waiting list for Beavers is four times the size of the actual number of Beavers attending at the moment. If you know of anyone who can help run Beavers on a Monday 6-7pm please contact me at chris.brunning@ntlworld.com.
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The Group wishes to express its heartfelt thanks to Green Frog for arranging, completely free of charge, our building to have a gas service connected. This will help enormously with our bills!
Given the recent news regarding our minibus and trailer (see local news), this is exactly what the Group needed to lift spirits.
Thank you Green Frog, you have been absolutely amazing!
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2020 was a difficult year for everyone to say the least, including Scouting! After two months of normal activities, came the Covid lockdown! No meetings until September (and then only for half a term and outdoors), no Church parades, St Georges Day Parade or Remembrance Parade – and worst of all, no camping!
Nevertheless, the Group is still thriving with plenty of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts despite losing a few along the way during the lockdown. We have managed to retain most of our Leaders too, except for James Purton, the Beaver Leader, who moved away to Bedfordshire, and we thank him for running the Beavers over the past few years and wish him well. Thankfully, Halimah Hussain took over from James in September, with Rachel Walsh as her Assistant, and we wish them all the best with the Beavers. John Rowley, who took a step back from the day-to-day running of Scout Meetings, is still involved with the Group, when needed, and we thank him for
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We are pleased to report that all three sections of the Group are back up to full steam following the relaxation of Coronavirus restrictions. The Scouts are even running a Summer Camp this year in Kent – please offer your support where you can.
We are currently looking for new leaders and helpers to assist given that things are all back up and running – if you think you may enjoy being part of our great leadership team, then do not hesitate to contact us! All help is welcome!
If you would like to provide your assistance, be it with administration, occasional helping or even being a full leader, please email join@5pbscouts.co.uk.
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It’s been quite some time since we’ve been able to bring our young people together for face-to-face activities. We are pleased to report that the Group has recently begun face-to-face meetings in accordance with the rules and guidance issued by The Scout Association.
Above is a photograph of the Scouts at their first meeting since March! They all enjoyed a challenging cycling evening whilst practising social distancing last week.
The Group continues to hold regular online meetings via Zoom for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts – please contact your leaders for further details. We also include photos below from the Explorers who recently completed a socially-distanced Duke of Edinburgh Gold Practice Hike!
We hope you are all enjoying the weather and we look forward to running more activities in line with the relevant guidance/rules soon!
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Last Summer camp video is now on the media page.
During this difficult time, the Group has been looking at ways to continue Scouting at home. Scouts, Cubs and Beavers have a go at some of theses activities. We have also included details below about our online badge system which, get your parents to check on OSM what you need to do and you can gain those badges very quickly indeed.
During this extraordinary time, we have partnered with Basingstoke East Scouts to provide an online means of completing badges at home! Simply click on Beavers, Cubs or Scout badges below and you will be taken to the available badges to complete at home. When you send your evidence e.g. a photograph using the system, make sure you select 5th Potters Bar Scout Group from the drop-down menu! The evidence will go direct to your leaders who will award the badge.
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We are delighted to announce that we have launched our new website. After plenty of hard work we have managed to bring our website up-to-date and we will be introducing exciting functionality in the not too distant future. Several new features have been added so do take a look around!
If you would like to join the social media or web team, contact hello@5pbscouts.co.uk.
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During this extraordinary time, we have partnered with Basingstoke East Scouts to provide an online means of completing badges at home! Simply click on Beavers, Cubs or Scout badges below and you will be taken to the available badges to complete at home. When you send your evidence using the system, make sure you select 5th Potters Bar Scout Group from the drop-down menu! The evidence will go direct to your leaders.
