Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
A week on from completing the Bristol Half Marathon our Chair and Trustee, Charles Elderton, managed to (just) finish the 160Km Black Rat Granfondo cycle ride on Sunday. According to Charles “It was pretty beastly with some challenging climbs totalling over 8000 feet. My legs felt they had nothing left in them after the … 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.
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
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
The Group achieved another very big milestone today with the demolition of our beloved wooden Scout Hut! It’s taken 10+ years of effort by so many volunteers, supporters and the community to reach this point. To each and every person involved, your contribution has helped to make today possible. We are extremely grateful. … 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