Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
Freezing temperatures didn’t stop the local residents of Stoke Bishop and Sneyd Park coming out in full force on Saturday 10 December to buy their Christmas trees. We sold out! This was the Group’s annual tree sale event to raise much needed funds to replace their old wooden hut with a modern Scout Community Centre. … Read more
Earlier this summer Avon County Scouts volunteers were honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The award aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Scouting in the … Read more
Come and join us for our annual Christmas Tree Sale on Saturday 10th December 2022 from 8am to 11am. Come early to avoid disappointment!
The Chair of our Bristol Scout Group, Charles Elderton, was delighted to be presented with his Chief Scout’s 10 year Service Award from Cabot District Commissioner, Chris Gavriel, earlier this week at our AGM. The 43rd Bristol Scout Group has over 70 children attend Section meetings and activities each week supported by a … Read more
Jubilee celebrations local to our Scout Hut got off to a fine start on Sunday 5th June, with the local residents of Kewstoke Road in Stoke Bishop, BS9 enjoying a wonderful street party together! Delicious lunches, colourful bunting, crafts, games, cakes and a raffle provide the local community with entertainment all afternoon. Local residents were exceptionally generous … Read more
It was wonderful to see so many volunteers, parents and community residents come along to our plant sale on Saturday 7 May. It felt like old times again catching up with friends and acquaintances. Even the sun came out to join us. We had a huge array of different types of plants for sale … Read more
The 43rd Bristol Scout Group is excited to share our proposed plans for a replacement scout hut and welcome community feedback, via our website, by the 7th May 2021. Community Consultation Questionnaire
We couldn’t take the cubs camping, but that didn’t stop the 43rd Cubs from having a great winter camp at home. They collectively hiked over 260km; picked up over 30 bags of litter for the community; built and slept in dens overnight; cooked meals for the family; showed off their amazing talents in a talent … Read more
Realising it was probably not going to be possible to hold a traditional Christmas Tree sale in 2020, the 43rd Bristol Scout Group decided to launch it’s first ever ‘Click & Collect’ Christmas Tree ordering service. The support of the local community in BS9 was incredible and we sold out of all 150 trees … Read more
Our Group Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 16 June 2020 via Zoom with 21 attendees. Our Chair, Charles Elderton, gave an upbeat report on a very successful year for the Group including raising funds of over £50,000. In addition, our plans for a Scout Community Centre has progressed significantly with final reports … Read more