Thornton Scout Group tonight gratefully received a cheque for £895 from Thornton Co-Op’s Community Fund. Over the last 4 months, 1% of takings from all Co-Op own brand purchases by members in-store have been set-aside to support local good causes. Thornton Scout Group received over one-third of this pot which will be used to support our…
Thornton’s leadership team were delighted to hit an important milestone on Thursday 4th Feb, with the investiture into Scouts of the first of our Beavers since the section re-launched 4 years ago. 10 year old’s Maisie and Willow joined the newly formed Beaver Colony back in 2012, and having transitioned through Cubs made the next…
A Happy New Year to our members and followers! As is usual at this time of year our annual Census has been undertaken, with a record 81 members registered for 2016 including Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Leaders and Assistant Leaders. Even with a decrease is numbers within the Scout Section, this total represents fantastic growth, particularly in…
Thornton Scout Group were lucky enough yesterday to take part in a Bag-Pack event, held at Morrisons in Bradford City Centre. Formally a regular event within the Group Calendar, having not undertaken such an event for a number of years, we were delighted to collect a fantastic total of £580.65! Assistant Scout Leader Pete Wilkinson…
Three of Thornton’s Explorer Scouts represented the group last night at the West Yorkshire Scouts County Award Ceremony held at Bradford Cathedral. Oliver and Tom each formally received their Chief Scout Gold Award, the highest award in the Scout section, which they completed late last spring before they moved up to the Explorer…
22 of Thornton’s Scouts were recently seen racing across West Yorkshire as they tested their mapwork skills and transport planning as 5 teams from Thornton competed in a Monopoly Challenge event. Each Team of Scouts were supplied with a leader, a West Yorkshire Day-Rover for use on public transport, and a Monopoly board detailing a…
Members of Thornton’s Beaver and Cub Sections had a fantastic day out today at Blackhills Scout Campsite where they took part in the Bradford North annual Easter Egg Hunt. The event, which saw Beavers and Cubs from accross Bradford take part in a number of activities and challenges is always a firm highlight in our…
A huge thanks to our friends at Igloo Coolers in Arizona, USA, who’ve very kindly donated us some replacement locks for one of our coolboxes. The parts worth approximately $75 were sent through to us after Steve sent them a letter asking for advice on replacements as he couldn’t find stock of the required parts…
After some last minute course design by a Group of our Scouts on Thursday evening, and some intensive Pig training / running down of batteries on Friday, Saturday 8th March approached for our first Pig Race night. Around 50 members of all sections from the group, plus various other supporters attended Thornton Cricket Club for…
Another 6 of Thornton’s Scouts were fortunate enough to fly at Sutton Bank Airfield with members of the Yorkshire Gliding Club this weekend. After a slow start due to poor visibility and a low cloudbase, we were eventually able to fly all 6 Scouts. One bonus of the poor weather was a bonus simulator session,…
