Westside Scout Group

12/14th Battersea Westside Scout Group. A very busy group of 160+ Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Leaders in Battersea/Balham, Wandsworth, SouthLondon. #SkillsforLife

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Westside Scouts is a wonderful community, where we help young people from 6 to 14 build skills for life, but we need more support to be resilient. We're aiming to double the number of adults on our great team. See our vacant role descriptions for many different ways you can help:

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Two of our volunteers are walking 20k today in support of the @Ldn_Ambulance charity - at an event organised by one of our former volunteers, Christina! The #LondonLifeHike will raise money for life-saving defibrillators - you can show your support at https://t.co/G1bJCmCMqb

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Today, our beavers, cubs and scouts are taking part in the Nightingale Walk, supporting great local causes! Find out more https://t.co/1zCDugPqPm or support our walkers https://t.co/mv0Ni2zJpq - weather looks like it might up the challenge, but our walkers are on their way anyway

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You can see more photos from our Easter Camp on our insta (https://t.co/PbtLwGTrVU) - including stories showing snippets of what we've been up to!

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We're off today for three nights on our annual group Easter camp, this year at the beautiful @BentleyCopse in the Surrey Hills - loads of challenges and adventures in store, including archery and pedal karts this afternoon

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We’re celebrating every single one of our amazing volunteers today. If there was a kindness badge, you’ve earned it. You really do make all the difference.

For newbies, find out more about volunteering with Scouts: https://t.co/Gt6KTcprlh #InternationalVolunteersDay

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Our small group of scouts have had an excellent time on camp this weekend - jus about leaving site, so should be back at St Luke's at approximately 12.15

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This afternoon, the scouts tested their engineering skills and pioneered a flagpole from ropes and staves

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Scouts settling in to our summer weekend away at @FrylandsWood as we work towards our Outdoor Challenge awards - setting up site and planning their menus for the remainder of the weekend

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...but still time to chill out and enjoy the weather! #frisbee #cardgames

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Great to have a visit from a Wandsworth Heritage Service archivist at scouts last night! By finding out about how the local area has changed over time, our scouts are working towards their World Challenge award - big thanks to the team at @Better_WHS #localhistory #balham

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Kingston starters now all finished and heading back to the Nightingale for collection. Richmond starters not far behind - well done all round! #fundraising #southlondonleads

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And we're off! Scouts and cubs completing the 13 mile Nightingale Walk from Kingston in aid of local causes - you can pledge your support on our go fund me: https://t.co/jKIfGxUfRJ

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Westside walkers just coming into Richmond, and approaching half way already!

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Our stags patrol won best knots as scouts competed in groups to race to build chairs using simple lashings. Well done!

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We launched our new website last week - check it out at https://t.co/XgyOKGzGlE and let us know what you think!

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Easter Camp really was a busy weekend - on top of everything else, the beavers climbed across the low ropes course, the cubs raced along the adventure course and the scouts picked up new skills doing knife, axe and saw, followed by our annual easter egg hunt

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Altar fire cooked lunch on camp was also popular as ever

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The campfire is always a highlight and this year proved no different - popcorn provided!

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After showing we were all alive, awake, alert and enthusiastic, we also got to hear all the things our young people were thankful for, which included: the activities, the food, each other and all the hard work of our wonderful adult volunteers!

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It was great to welcome new adult members and thank many of our great volunteers as part of the Scouts Own - we couldn't do this without you!