Counting towards their World Faith badge, the Leigh-Pack recently visited Christchurch and had a great time learning about and exploring the church with Community Youth worker Lynne. There was even time to cebrate Akela John’s birthday with some delicious cake. 
2013-02-07 – Silver Volunteer for Matt
Tonight, the Burne-Troop’s Matthew was presented with is Kent Scout’s Silver Volunteer Award. Theses awards are worn on the bottom of the right shirt sleeve and in particular, the silver award recognizes Scouts within the County who have committed to volunteering in excess of 50 hours and Matthew is one of only 3 of the 5th’s Scouts to achieve this. Well done Matthew, same again for the gold 😉
Any Scouts who have not yet started volunteering your time, please click here to see the requirements for the awards and to download the log sheet.
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers
Once again, The 5th Dartford Scout Group are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers, which help us to replace and maintain equipment. This year’s scheme started on 30th January and will run until 22nd May, so a much longer run than last year. The usual collecting box will be just inside the door at the hall for this years vouchers.
2013-01-18 – Peacock Snowman
As it was cold and snowing outside we got the beavers to create an indoor snowman using A3 sheets of paper, a black bin bag for a hat, cones and two plastic balls for eyes, stilts for the buttons, red counters for the mouth and a scarf for the scarf. Also, seeing as there were only four beavers they were put in charge for the day. They got to choose which games to play and ran them with all 7 attending leaders joining in. They were also put in charge of the horseshoe, leading the opening and closing songs.
2013-02-24 – Dartford Masonic Craft Fair
Today a fair number of our young members and leaders attended the Dartford Masonic Centre’s craft fair to assist with admissions and the lucky dip. As usual there were some fine vintage cars on display, crafts, gifts, chickens and eggs and welcome refreshments, which helped with the bitter chill. Always a worthwhile event for us to attend as we receive a share of the door towards our new hall fund and on this occasion, we recieved a cheque for £375.00! Additionally, the attending young folk can also get credit towards their Community Challenge and Kent Scout Volunteer Award.
2013-01-17 – Philpott Beavers Visit Dartford Museum
On a very cold Thursday afternoon at 4pm Philpott Colony donned hats gloves and scarves and walked down to Dartford Museum. Their exhibition entitled ‘Just add Imagination’ coincided with the Beavers working on their Imagination Activity Badge. Dr Mike Still welcomed us with open arms and let the Beavers look at all the displays plus ‘have a go’ at making models out of ‘K’nex‘. All 19 Beavers had a very enjoyable time as you can see from the photos and listening to their conversations on the dark cold walk back to the Scout Hall. On return a quick drink and a game soon warmed them up again.
2014-01-24 – Disney Adventure
Winter Camp 2013 – Gilwell Park
Were you one of the 43 5th Dartford Scouts and Explorers attending WinterCamp2013? If not, this is just some of what you missed! Continue reading
2013-02-02 – Quiz Night
Well as usual, Del & Wendy’s annual 5th Dartford quiz night was a sell out success with the hall packed to capacity and everyone participating. The winning team was headed up by Burne Troop’s Tim Roscoe. We’re pleased to announce that after prizes etc there was a proffit of £297, which will be put to good use within the group. 
Thankyou to everyone who attended and had a great evening and especially to Del and Wendy for hosting the event.
Candles for Matthew
Here’s another track from Johnston ESU’s Matthew Bauckham. The track is a cover version of Chris Rea’s “Candles” – Filmed on the Kent coast and accompanied by dad Pete.
To find out more about Matthew and his music, check out his Facebook page here.