On Saturday we ventured into the Valley called ‘About Me’. We use these blogs as a Scout reflection, from a Scouts perspective, about what they have done and learnt. For a real-time view of our Finland experience please read and…
Day 3 – Campfire in Finland!
So we made it to the weekend! In this blog we will take you through Friday our second full day in Roihu. So here is a summary of Day 3 from George: “…Yesterday we were in the creative valley and…
Day 2 – Our First Finland Activity Day!
Well we finally got our missing bags on Day 3 so we are all even happier now! We are fully into the daily programme of activities and if you have been following our Twitter account you will see all the…
Day 1 – Travelling to Finland!
It was a bit hectic yesterday so we are blogging about it today. We don’t have a lot of spare time and we are just using an iPhone – so the daily blogs will be short and sweet. For a more detailed…
Scouts help Camp Mohawk
As part of UK Scouting’s ‘A Million Hands’ Community’ Impact Programme, 20 Scouts from 1st Wargrave recently gave their time and energy to help local charity Camp Mohawk, which is situated just north of the village adjacent to Bowsey Woods.…
Chief Scout Gold Award for Thomas!
At a recent meeting of 1st Wargrave Scouts, Thomas Hicks aged 14, was presented with the Gold Chief Scout Award. Thomas, who lives in McCraes Walk, joined the village troop in 2009 as a Beaver progressing through Cubs to Scouts.…
Follow Scouts on Twitter!
The 1st Wargrave Scout section (Monday evenings) is now on Twitter! We will use the account for publishing local news articles, for distributing our website blog posts to a wider audience, and also to provide updates to our Monday evening…
AGM Report for 2015-16
The 1st Wargrave Scout Group Annual General Meeting for the year to 31st March 2016 took place on Saturday May 21st at the Family Camp, which was held at the Youlbury Scout Activity Centre near Oxford. Twenty three people were present, including the DSL, GSL and…
Wargrave 10k – Call for Cub & Scout Help at Water Stations, Sunday 12th June
Every year 1st Wargrave Scout Group helps the Wargrave Runners by manning the water stations at the Wargrave 10k. This year the race is being held on Sunday 12th June and we would be very grateful for the support of as many Cubs…
Scouts Summer Term Programme
Scouts re-started after Easter and we have had an exciting term so far. At our first night back, we completed the Fire Safety Activity Badge with a trip down to Wargrave Fire Station to learn about the safe use of different…