Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
We started the new term with a 5km local hike, led by one of our young leaders. We started at our new Hut checking on the progress and finished at Simply Fish on shirehampton road for some well deserved chips! A huge thankyou to the staff there for coping with 30 hungry Scouts – the … 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
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.
Since the start of the hut rebuild, the 43rd Bristol Scout section has moved to a temporary home to run its sessions. The combination of good weather and access to a fantastic outdoor area has enabled us to run a full programme, mainly outdoors. This term, this has focussed on First Aid, with our Patrol … Read more
We had a good final session in the Scout hut tonight. We worked on a time capsule to be opened in 25 years and then took the opportunity to give the hut a final makeover! Lots of fun was had, although I think there was as much paint on the Scouts as there was on … Read more
The Scouts braved the freezing temperatures and enjoyed their last ever sleepover in the old wooden Scout hut before it is demolished to make way for our nice new (warm) Scout Community Centre. The perfect combination of dodgeball, chair football, pizza and a movie marked the occassion and was enjoyed by all. A huge thanks … Read more
Despite Storm Darragh causing a bit of trouble this weekend the 43rd Bristol Scout Group managed to run its annual tree sale, a day later than planned. We are so grateful to the many local residents who waited an extra day to join us and buy their tree. Not only did we also … Read more
A fantastic effort by our Scouts who on their own initiative recently raised £80 by selling hot chocolate drinks and home-made cakes to local residents. All the money raised will go towards replacing our very dilapidated wooden Hut with a new Scout Community Centre. Very well done to Seb for the idea and organisation, and … Read more
The Scouts have spent the past couple of weeks working on the first stage of their science badge by making electromagnetic motors, amplifier speakers for the phones and potential energy lollipopstick explosions! Tonight we had a great night of fun playing wide games in the dark – who knew a light-up football could be so … Read more