Home

Welcome.......

Paulton Scout Group is growing! We have been actively recruiting new members, and have successfully increased our Cub and Beaver sections.

Being part of the 2nd Paulton Scout Group is all about enjoying life to the full, having fun and helping others. If you have a child aged between 6 and 8 years old they can join our Beaver Colony. If they are aged between 8 and 10 they can join our Cub Pack, and if they are between 10 and 14, they can join our Scout Troop.

Explorer Scouts are young people, aged between 14 and 18 years old. They make up the fourth section of the Scouting family. Not all Units meet each week, because they are often out and about at weekends or in the holidays doing activities. There will be times when young people will be busy doing other things such as exams, and being an Explorer Scout has to fit around these. The nearest Units are based at Midsomer Norton, High Littleton and Saltford. It is hoped to start a new Unit in the Chew Valley area before long. By organising Explorer Scouts on a District basis, many more activities are possible, not just those a single Unit organises.

For information about Explorer Scouting in Wansdyke District, please contact Ian Carter: carts@blueyonder.co.uk

Paulton Scout Group runs a varied programme of activities for each of our sections.

We are currently in the process of building a new Scout, Guide and Community Centre which replaced our previous hall on the site at the top of Plumptre Road.

Lots of work has already been completed and the outstanding tasks are those which we can do ourselves. If you are able to help with some DIY and can spare a few hours please make contact with Luke Batchelar lukebatchelar@paultonscouts.org.uk Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Scout Group is supported by the Group Executive Committee.

The role of the Committee is to ensure that we run a balanced and appropriate programme of activities, and to organise fundraising events to maintain the Group and to purchase new equipment.

If you can spare a little bit of time - a couple of hours one evening every few months for a meeting, plus a few extra hours to help at events - please speak to one of the leaders. We have various vacancies within the Group Executive Committee.

New website created - we have been working hard to get this new website up and running, and there is still some work to do.

Some areas of the site are still under construction, so please bear with us. If you have any questions or would like to see any specific information, please do not hesitate to contact our webmaster ianvalentine@paultonscouts.org.uk.

News Headlines

Here are a few of our news headlines, please click on the links in blue to be taken to the full articles.

This section is for parents to get information regarding the program and what their child needs for the forthcoming sessions.

Well, the summer holidays are over and it’s time to start the new term, normally we start our groups back in the same week as the schools however this year we are starting a week late.

This is because by then our fantastic new hall should be ready, lots and lots of work has gone on from many people to get to this stage and all being well we’ll be in for the first session back.

Hopefully most of you will know where the new hall is but if you are unsure click here for a map and directions,

There will be lots of opportunities to pass on thanks to all of the people who have worked on the hall but we would like to start the ball rolling here so we are saying a

BIG THANK YOU

to all involved without whom we would still be in the old dilapidated hall that used to be on the site.

The groups are starting back as follows

Beavers - Wednesday 15th September

Cubs - Tuesday 14th September

Scouts - Friday 17th September

As we are starting back a week later, we are going to run through to Christmas week finishing up with a combined Beavers & Cubs party on 22nd December 2010.

Over the last year our Cubs have taken part in lots of activities. We held a competition to build the tallest tower out of just paper and staples, and the winning Six managed to get their tower to a height of 5ft 8inches. This was quite impressive, although the others were only a little way off.

The Beaver Colony had two special visitors, a Harris Hawk and a Peregrin Falcon. They were well behaved (the birds too), thanks to Roy for bringing them along.

The Beavers also visited the Fire Station in Paulton, they learnt all about the equipment, and had a sit in the fire engine (there were even some blue lights and sirens).

The Pizza making was a great success. They were easy to make and it looked like the Cubs and Beavers really enjoyed them (the Leaders too).

Scouts have completed lots of outdoor activities, and have many camps planned so far this year.

Gift Aid - Help us to maximise our income by declaring your child's Sub Contibution eligible for gift aid. If you have not signed a recent gift aid declaration, please see your section leader.

To see the rest of out news including archive items please click on the link below.

This years Annual Report and Minutes of last years meeting can be found HERE

Personal Information

We collect personal information about each child who is part of 2nd Paulton Scouts. This information is stored to be used in case of an emergency or for medical purposes.

You will be asked to complete these forms when your child starts, and each year to ensure that the information is up to date. If you have a change of contact details, or your child develops any allergies etc please ensure you fill out another form so that we can update our records.

All information is kept stricly confidential, and stored in line with the Data Protection Act 1998.