On  Saturday 24^th. October the scout group are holding a football fun afternoon in aid of the CLIC Sargent children’s cancer charity.

It is to be held at the District camp site, Bexon Lane.

There will be a penalty shootout competition and a couple of silly football games including a mums & dads game.

There is no cost to this except for purchase of food & drinks but we do ask donations be placed in collection areas.

If you would like to find out more about this event or make a donation to this very worthwhile cause, please contact Gary Chadwick.

For more info’ on the work of CLIC Sargent please follow the link elswhere on this site.

We are pleased to announce that we will be adding a Beaver Colony to our group commencing on Wednesday the 9th September.

The Beavers are open to boys and girls aged between 6 and 8 years old.

If you would like to find out more about our new Colony or our existing Cubs and Scouts then please contact us via our E-mail address or ring our Group Scout Leader Gary Chadwick.

With the promise of nicer weather on the way (Please do not hold us responsible if this is not the case!) we have planned to hold some of our regular meetings at the Bexon Lane campsite.

If you are interested in joining our group, either as a Beaver, Cub, Scout or Leader/Parent Helper,  please contact Gary Chadwick (Group Scout Leader) first so you know where to find us.

We are now able to share some photo’s with you from our “Adventure Weekend” that took place over three days in February.

The Group enjoyed activities like wall climbing, Quad biking and swimming, with overnight “camping” taking place in the Salvation Army hall.

To view the photos please go to the “Photos 2009″ page.

The Group shortly before their attempts at "Treejumpers" big wall.

TV adventurer Bear Grylls has been named the UK’s youngest ever Chief Scout. He will hold the voluntary position for 5 years when He takes over from former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan.
Bear has said that he learnt the basic skills He uses in his programmes when He was Scout and developed those skills during his three years in the SAS.
He is hoping to encourage more adults to become involved and become leaders.
If you wish to find out more about becoming a leader or parent helper with 1st Sittingbourne(SA) Scout Group please contact Gary Chadwick.

Our apologies for the lack of updates, we have unfortunately experienced a Technical problem of our own making that we have only just resolved.
It may take us a while to get this site back up to date, but all the contact details and meeting times remain unchanged.
For those that have posted messages, we again apologise and will be replying to you in due course.

This Site was set up and Maintained by Graham Phillips our Former Cub leader who has recently Moved to South Australia with his family. We would like to thank Graham, for the time and effort put into this site on behalfof the Group.

The Site will now be maintained by Assistant Scout Leader Martin Noakes and we wish him well with his efforts.

Almost a year to the day since the Cub pack reopened the group sadly said goodbye to ‘Akela’. Cub Scout Leader Graham Phillips has led the pack through its reformation over the past year but is now retiring from that role as he migrates with his family to Adelaide, South Australia.

Graham has completed 24 years as a Leader in various from Cubs to GSL in three different Salvation Army Scout Groups. Major Jepson thanked Graham for his contribution to the development of the 1st Sittingbourne (SA) Scout Group and in particular the Cub Pack and prayed God’s blessing on Graham and his family as they move to Australia.

 The pack will be now run by Kyle Mortimer and Paul Phillips.

The Group celebrated its first birthday with a party. The evening was a joint meeting for all memebers of the group and their parents. We looked back over the very busy first year and looked forward to an even better one to come.

As at all good parties there were games and food and a celebration birthday cake for the group. Photo’s are following shortly

Major Jepson led a time of reflection and prayer thanking God for what the group had achieved and will achieve in the coming days.

Two Cubs, Matthew Phillips and Thomas Noakes gained their Silver Chief Scout’s Award and were presented with them on the occasion of the Group’s first birthday by Cub Scout Leader Graham Phillips. The Silver Chief Scout’s award is the highest award that a Cub can attain.

Both Cubs will shortly be leaving the Pack Matthew, moving with his Family to South Australia and Thomas is due to go to Scouts sometime after Easter.