“The Duchess has an incredibly busy life which makes it all the more inspiring that she has chosen to volunteer alongside us. Over the last few years it has been our mission to make it easier for adults who volunteer with us to give as much or as little as they are able – it is how we change our society: many people doing a little bit. I just know that the Duchess will love the buzz that young Scouts always bring to their communities and their adventures, and there are few greater joys than being part of empowering young lives through the simple principles of Scouting: fun, friendship, faith and family.”

Mark Woodward -Group Scout Leader Cookley

“It’s great that the Duchess can find time in her busy schedule to help Scouting develop the lives of young people in her local community. Demands and pressures of modern life often mean it’s harder for people to find time to volunteer, so for some time now the Scouts have offered volunteer roles in such a way that adults can get involved flexibly similar to the way that the Duchess is supporting Scouting. Flexibility in volunteering is the way forward.” For more information on volunteering please contact us through our website.

We Welcome the Duchess of Cambridge to Scouting

A total of £1,546.73 was raised, which will assist the group in their general scouting activities during the year. The Scouts section also raised monies for this years camping trip to Brownsea island.

A special thanks to Sainsbury’s and Morrisons for as usual giving us excellent assistance and we hope everyone as benefited from the activities.

Group chairman David Pagett commented “Once again the scouting movement had a successful time working in the community offering local shoppers a service.

Cub Scout Jack age 8 in Action

During our Pledged Plod camp the Cubs took part in the obstacle course with the Beavers and Scouts. They all took part and raced each other.

The ultimate Cub Scout was: Jack aged 8

They all enjoyed this activity, and returned back to camp very dirty.

The ultimate Beaver Scout was: James aged 6

I have never seen the Beavers so dirty, but that is what camping is all about! They all loved every second of it.

25 Years Anniversary of Beaver scouting

Most Kidderminster groups set up a base for Beavers to earns badges and have fun.

However… It poured down, were not exaggerating it was a torrential pour down!

Despite the rain the Beavers carried on in the true spirit of Scouting!

Beaver Leader Rusty said “It just started raining as we started the singing base, so next time we’ll leave that till last! However an enjoyable time was had by all. Well done Beavers!”

This Event was run as part of 25 years of Beaver Scouting.

After registering they started their 9kms walk from the Rhydd Covert Campsite and Activity Centre, many of the younger ones were accompanied by leaders or relatives and some family dogs.

Once they had completed the Plod they returned to our campsite for lunch. Thanks to the generosity of the West Midlands Safari Park, car stickers were given to all walkers which enabled them to drive around the Safari Park animal enclosures.

The Beaver Scouts joined the Cubs and Scouts who held their camp at Rhydd Covert Campsite from the Friday evening the 30^th September 2011.

Beaver scouts at Cookley make History during the 25th Anniversary of Beaver Scouting

This year’s weather was a challenge for all concerned, but the show went on in the true spirit of scouting.

The money raised will assist the group in their general scouting activities during the year.

Thank you to Sainsbury’s and their customers for supporting Scouting.

This year’s weather was a challenge for all concerned, but in the true spirit of scouting they just got on with it.

Mr Pete Wilson the group’s chairman praised the young people for carrying out the task, which was a challenge due to the weather.

The group would like to thank Swift Butchers in the village for all their support.