Two Stoke Gifford Scout leaders have received awards for good and long service to Scouting. Sue Baker, a Beaver Scout leader, and Michele Grattidge, a Scout and Explorer Scout leader, were presented with awards in December for their dedication and support to Scouting in Stoke Gifford.
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The start of a new term at 1st Little Stoke Scout Group saw all the sections continuing with an online programme using the Zoom videconferencing platform. These sessions have been a brilliant way for all the members involved in Scouting to get together, share their experiences and love of Scouting.
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As of early October, the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts of 1st Stoke Gifford Scout Group have finally been able to meet up face to face again. Since lockdown, many of the sections have been working hard to keep the young members involved in Scouting, but there’s nothing like meeting up in person.
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During lockdown, all sections of the 1st Little Stoke Scout Group have been running exciting sessions online using Zoom. These sessions have been a brilliant way for all the members involved in Scouting to get together, share their experiences, their love of Scouting and continue to learn skills for life.
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Since lockdown began and face-to-face scouting was halted throughout the UK, the 1st Stoke Gifford Old School Rooms (OSR) Scouts have met regularly on Zoom (the videoconferencing app), where they’ve done loads of activities from baking, cooking, model making, Kahoot quizzes, bingo, scavenger hunts…
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We all know how front-line workers across the country are continuing to work through the coronavirus lockdown. But what isn’t as well known is the army of sewers that are helping supply the essential workers with face masks and scrub bags, in order to make their lives a little easier.
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Members of 1st Little Stoke Scout Group have not met face to face since the end of March, however, Scouting has continued at home with leaders contacting their sections via email and using Zoom video conferencing. All three sections have been involved in the national ‘Hike to the Moon’ initiative.
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On Sunday 8th December, ten excitable Beavers from the 1st Little Stoke Scout Group met at Bitton Station, as part of a district organised event to meet Santa on the Santa Express. As the Beavers boarded the train, for many a first experience of riding a steam train, they were thinking carefully about all the things they were thankful for
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On the first weekend of October, 1st Little Stoke Beavers attended an amazing event, the Beaveree, at Woodhouse Park, near Almondsbury. This is a Jamboree for Beavers, organised by the Brunel Scout district and themed this year around the Beavers’ Global badge. During the day, seven different Beaver groups from across the Brunel district took part in a range of
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Stoke Gifford’s Old School Room (OSR) Scouts have been busy again since returning from the summer break. A new Scientist Activity Badge being introduced into the system of 69 activity badges has given the Scouts something to get their teeth into and the University of the West of England (UWE) have been more than happy to help out. The troop
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