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100 Club – March 2025
The winning number in our 183rd 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Scouts Gold Expedition March 2025
On the weekend of the 15th and 16th March a mixed batch of eight Scouts from all three of our Scout Troops undertook a foot expedition from Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary to Ashworth Valley Scout Campsite. We had a gloriously sunny and thankfully dry weekend even though...
Grey Colony Bowling 2025
Monday evenings in April 2025 were not good for holding meetings with three of the four weeks taken up with Easter Holidays. To make up for the lack of meeting nights, Grey Colony Beavers were treated to a subsided 10-pin Bowling session at MFA Bowl in Burnley....
100 Club – February 2025
The winning number in our 182nd 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Rossendale District Akeema Shield 2025
For the third consecutive year Purple Colony Beavers won the Rossendale District Akeema Shield Competition. Competing against seven other teams including our own Grey Colony Beavers who were runners-up, everyone worked hard at the challenges presented to them.They...
100 Club – January 2025
The winning number in our 181st 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
100 Club – December 2024
The winning number in our 180th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Bowley Christmas Experience 2024
The Squirrels and the Beavers visited the fabulous Christmas Experience at the Bowley Scout Campsite. There first stop was the Polar Express before moving on to the North Pole to have a snowball fight with Olaf. The meaning of Christmas was explained by the making of...
Purple Pack Ski Slope 2024
The overnight snow created an authentic skiing experience for Purple Pack Cubs at Rossendale Ski Slope. A trial skiing lesson and a Tubing session proved popular with them all. More photos from the evening can be viewed on Facebook here.
Purple Troop Grip & Go 2024
Purple Troop Scouts took a break from a regular meeting to enjoy the ups and downs of the Grip & Go Climbing Walls at the Adrenaline Centre in Haslingden. The Leap of Faith did not phase the Scouts and neither did the numerous climbing walls that the Scouts...
Remembrance Day Parade 2024
For the second year in succession it rained for the annual Remembrance Parade in Rawtenstall. That however did not dampen the spirits of the many young people who turned out for the parade. At the end of the parade Phil Speddy came to talk to the Squirrels and Beavers...
100 Club – November 2024
The winning number in our 179th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Rossendale District BP Trophy 2024
Well, done to the Scouts from the 38th Rossendale who won the Rossendale District BP Trophy Competition. The event that took place at the Bowley Scout Campsite on Saturday 19th October saw them competing against six other Groups. The team of six consisted of two...
AGM & Celebration of Achievement Event 2024
We are pleased to announce that Abigail has been awarded the Jean Smith Award as our outstanding Scouter of the Year. Bev Pickering-Smith, the daughter of Jean Smith who reviewed all eight anonymous nominations for the Award in honour of her late mother, commented...
100 Club – October 2024
The winning number in our 178th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Guys Farm Beavers & Purple Pack Camp 2024
A weekend of adventure was in store for Grey and Purple Colony Beavers and Purple Pack Cubs who visited the Guides Guys Farm Activity Centre near Lancaster. This was a last-minute change of venue as the planned campsite was closed for maintenance. Grey Colony Beavers...
Scouts September 2024 Expedition Challenge
Working towards their Chief Scouts Gold Award, 8 Scouts recently undertook their Expedition Challenge. They made an early start setting off from Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary and headed towards Lower Cheesden. They tried to take a shortcut soon after they left the...
Beavers Blackpool Day Trip 2024
Following an incident with the Wheel of Death in the Circus performance at the Beavers 40th Anniversary Sleepover in April when one of the performers fell off the apparatus, we were kindly invited back to the Blackpool Tower to see the Circus show again. Combined with...