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!
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
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
Last November I set myself the challenge of knitting one woolly hat a week for a year to raise money towards building our new 43rd Bristol Scout Group hut. Hat number 50 is in progress but sold already! As you can see each hat is different in design and colour… so hurry now and get … Read more
Last November I set myself the challenge to knit a hat a week for a year to raise money for our new Scout Hut. I am up to Hat No. 47 and nearly ready to start selling them – just in time for the cold spell coming around the corner. All different designs, colours and … 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
The 43rd Bristol Scout Group, based in Stoke Bishop, is delighted to announce it has been awarded £30,000 of funding through Bristol City Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) scheme. Chair of the Group, Charles Elderton, commented, “This award is a huge boost to our fundraising efforts. It motivates us even more to achieve our vision … Read more