Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
In between Christmas and New Year an enthusiastic team of volunteers came together to spend two full days painting. Their mission was to save money by painting the internal breeze blocks in the bathrooms of our new Scout Community Hall currently being built. It was a great team effort with the equivalent of … Read more
Thank you to all our neighbours, supporters and friends who came along to our recent annual Christmas tree sale. It was great to catch up with so many of you. Despite a wet and gloomy morning we were thrilled that so many of you joined us to buy your tree. The money raised is … 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
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
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
The 43rd Scout Group were invited to provide refreshments for the Garden Open Day in the garden in Druid Stoke Avenue on 27th April. It was a beautiful afternoon and the garden attracted over 140 visitors who were all very pleased to come to our table for tea and cakes. The Scouts and one Cub looked … Read more
A great team effort from Scouts, leaders and parents, marshalling at the finish line of the 2025 Bristol Half Marathon. There was an amazing atmosphere and we raised valuable funds for our new hut build.
At the most recent Ward Forum public meeting held at Stoke Bishop Village Hall on Friday 10 May 2025, the 43rd were invited to join the panel at the meeting. Chair of the Group, Charles Elderton, updated the Forum about the latest information regarding the Group’s work to replace their wooden hut and build … Read more
Nearly two months in and we are above ground! This week we had a vast amount of concrete delivered and poured to complete the piling and foundations phase. The weather has definitely been on our side. View the short video of the recent works and to see how big the new Community Centre … Read more
The Easter break seems a good time to step back and marvel at what has been achieved in recent weeks. With our old wooden hut well and truly demolished and disposed of, our focus in recent weeks has turned to making sure we have good and solid foundations for the new construction. … Read more