Two members of the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Earley Troop, accompanied by ASL Keith Furlong and their families, attended a Chief Scout’s Gold Award presentation ceremony to acknowledge and honour the achievements of scouts receiving this award in the last 6 months.  The ceremony, which took place at Holy Trinity Church, Margate, was presided over by Rosie Shepherd – Gilwell’s Programme & Development Advisor for 11-18yr olds together with County Commissioner, Kelvin Holford.  Of the 80 Kent Scouts at the ceremony, 25 of them were from Dartford –  a staggering 32%, which stands testament to the quality and scouting available in our district. 

Liam and Philip have been excellent scouts and demonstrate the quality of scouting at the 5th.  Both lads have graciously taken a step back as patrol leaders (PL’s) to assist with the training of new PL’s over the next few weeks, whilst they themselves link with the Johnston Explorers as they move on to the next leg of scouting. 

From all at the Earley Troop – Good luck lads.