Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
Thank you to Radio 2 for allowing our parent volunteer, Will Jones, to appear on Dermot’s Saturday morning breakfast show. Not only was Will able to talk about our urgent fundraising needs to fit-out and complete our new Scout Community Centre, he also managed to guess the mystery voice! You can listen to his call … Read more
Please come and join us for our annual Christmas Tree sale to raise much needed funds to help finish the build of our New Scout Community Centre! We look forward to seeing you there! Christmas Tree Sale 2025
We are very pleased and grateful to be chosen by the Co-op Community Fund as a charity partner for 2025-26, and we would love as many of our supporters as possible to choose us as their cause so we can fit out and kit out our new community centre. Photos of where we currently are … Read more
Please have a look at our latest roundup of news in our Autumn Newsletter, including the exciting progress on our new Hut. Click to download
The Tuesday Beavers had a wonderful overnight camp at the Olveston Scout Hut. There was plenty of food, games, fires and fun to be had and they even let the leaders get a bit of sleep! Big thanks to Hannah and Tommy for planning and running the whole thing, to Nicky for running the kitchen … Read more
This week we reached another significant milestone in our community build project. After a significant amount of ground-work preparation including demolition, piling, concrete pouring and below-ground block work the steels are now in place. Not only did this require one very skilfully driven massive crane, the contractors worked through the 30 degree heatwave. Hats off … Read more
This years summer camp was held at Charterhouse Activity centre , a different venue to our usual weekend under canvas, partly driven by our tents and camping equipment been in storage due to our hut re-build! The venue was fantastic; set in the rural mendip hills surrounded by fields, nature reserves and close to the … Read more
For the past 2 weeks, scouts from the 43rd Bristol Scout group have been climbing in the Avon Gorge. They all had a great experience and whilst they may not be ready for solo climbing El Capitan, they have certainly been given an opportunity to try something different and they all managed to conquer their … Read more
For once sun cream was in demand and rain coats stayed at the bottom of kitbags all weekend for the 43rd Bristol Cub camp at Woodhouse. Fifteen cubs pitched tents overlooking the Severn Estuary and enjoyed activities such as go-karting, air rifle shooting, orienteering and the ever popular adventure course. The highlight for most, however, … Read more
We held our annual plant sale at Trinity College this year, raising much needed funds for our new hut. The Scouts also ran a very tasty cake sale which was very well received. Big thanks to Monkton Elm Nursery for supplying the plants and Trinity College for letting us use their wonderful grounds.