We need YOUR vote!

Saturday 16th November is your chance to help us win £5,000 towards our new headquarters.

Consett and Blackhill Scouts are competing for a share of the Derwent Valley Partnership's "Its Up To You" grants, to help us start on the next stage of the new headquarters build. This grant is very important for both groups, as we work to find the money to complete our amazing new building.

The grant will make a huge difference to our 100 members, who currently meet in three different locations each week, and to future generations of young people in Consett, enabling both groups to provide more activities to more young people. As well as providing a fantastic new centre for Scouting, the building will also be an amazing asset for other community groups in Consett.

Please come along to St. Patrick's Church Hall, Victoria Road, Consett DH8 5AX on Saturday 16th November between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and vote for us.

Spare two minutes to help us win £3,000

We have got through to the final stage of the Lloyds Bank Community Fund. We now need you to help us win £3,000 towards our the new Scout Headquarters..

All you have to do is follow the link below and vote for 1st Blackhill Scout Group, or send a SMS Text message to 61119 ‘Vote KWHC’ (network rate only; no additional charge) or preferably both! You can also vote by going in to a LLoyds branch and asking for a voting slip. Everybody can vote three times, one by each of the above methods. 

Please pass this on to as many people as possible and ask them to vote.

Voting will close online and by SMS at 11.59pm on Friday 1 November 2013 and in branches, at the close of business (times vary locally).

Our Online Profile: https://communityfund.lloydsbank.com/voting/cf_org_vote_profile.asp?GUID=45A2DF9AD4BD4CF2BD9800EDB4205091
SMS Text Code: KWHC. Voters should send the message 'Vote KWHC' to 61119

Coffee Morning Saturday 12th October

All members, parents and supporters are invited to join us for a coffee morning on Saturday 12th October in the Church Hall at Christ Church, Consett from 10 a.m.
As well as enjoying coffee, cakes and snacks you will also have the opportunity to take part in a tour of the new headquarters. Be amongst the first to go inside and see what a fantastic building it will be when completed.

Thank you for an Excellent AGM

We would like to thank all the parents and young people who came along to our Group AGM and Presentation Evening.

It was amazing to see so many of you there; around 70 in total.

The AGM is an essential part of the Scout Group, where we look back at the past year, and plan for the next. And what a year it has been. New leaders, new headquarters being built and many exciting activities shown in the leader presentations. There were also a large number of badges given out all sections, including Chief Scout Awards, and some trophies for 5-a-side and Camping Competition.

Thank you again. With your support the next year will be even more successful.

Join us for our night of Celebration and AGM

All parents and supporters are invited to our Presentation Evening and Annual General Meeting on Monday 23rd September.
The event will take place at St. Patrick's Primary School, Consett, starting at 6:30 p.m.
As well as the business of the AGM there will be reports on what each section has done over the past year and what they are planning for the coming year, and presentations of awards and badges. Following the meeting there will be a quiz, raffle and buffet.

Successful Summer Fundraising

The hard work to raise the money needed to complete our headquarters continued over the summer. A stall and activities at the Shotley Bridge Family Funday over the summer bank holiday raised £546, and the scout sections took part in bag packing at Iceland, raising a further £386.

Well done to everyone who helped out. The fund raising committee will be organising more events for the autumn which we hope will continue to be just as successful.

Autumn Term section meetings

As we mentioned in our newsletter before the holidays, our new headquarters will not be ready for the start of the new term in September. We are still waiting to hear from several grant giving trusts whether or not they will be donating any money to our efforts to complete the build.
Therefore, all section meetings will continue as they were before the holidays; Cubs and Beavers at St. Patrick's School and Scouts at the Methodist Church. Days and times will remain unchanged.