Category: News
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Group AGM
Thursday 28 October 2021 The Scout Group’s Annual General Meeting is due to take place on Thursday 28 October 2021, at 8 pm, in Brucefield Church Halls. Everyone is very welcome and encouraged to come along and hear section reports for the year, see the Group finances, confirm the officer bearers for the year ahead…
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October Holidays
First, it has been BRILLIANT being back! In particular, seeing so many of our young people returning after nearly a year and a half away has been terrific. Please note that there will be no meetings next week – Tuesday 12th or Thursday 14th October – due to the October school holidays. We return week…
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Resumption of Meetings
GUIDANCE FOR THE RESTART OF FACE-TO-FACE SCOUT MEETINGS We are all really looking forward to face-to-face meetings resuming this week. As with all Scouting activities, keeping everyone safe and well is our priority. COVID-19 brings extra requirements and therefore things will be a little different from when we last met in March 2020. We would…
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Scout and Explorer Scout Meetings are back!
The Scouts and Explorers are due to start back on the 7th of September (this coming Tuesday). We are going to have our meeting at the Craigs campsite (Broompark, Torphichen, Bathgate EH48 4NL). If the kids can wear old clothes that they don’t mind getting a bit dirty potentially and their necker as well (no…
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Scouting is back in Whitburn!
Meetings for all sections will resume on the week beginning 6th September. Scout meetings (for young people aged 10 1/2 to 14) are on Tuesdays from 6.30 – 8.30 pm; Explorer Scouts (14 – 18 year old) meet also on Tuesdays from 7.30 – 9.30 pm; Beaver Scout meetings (5 3/4 – 8 year old) at…
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Returning to Scouting
We are planning on resuming all Scout meetings in September. Section leaders have been contacting all those members prior to the pandemic to determine if they intend returning to the Scout Group. We appreciate that contact details may have changed over the past 18 months, so if you haven’t been contacted and plan returning to us,…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
All the Leaders of Whitburn Scout Group would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and very best wishes for the new year. We hope everyone is, and remains, safe and well. Take care please.
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Scout Post 2020
We are very sorry to announce that due to Government and Scout Association COVID restrictions, we are unable to operate our annual Christmas Post service this year. We know that the Scout Post is a much relied upon service for many in the community and has been since it began in 1985. We apologise for…
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First, we hope everyone is safe and well during what continues to be a very challenging time for us all. Secondly, sincere apologies for the lack of updates in recent months. Like so many, the Leaders of the Group have been simply trying to get through this period and busy adapting and coping with the…
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Calling all Beavers!
First, we hope that everyone is safe and well 😊 We are hoping to try a weekly online Beaver meeting through Zoom. Planned starting date on Thursday 30th April at 6pm for approximately 30-40 mins. Each meeting would require a parent to be online with their child to help with activities, but also for child…