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100 Club – October 2023
The winning number in our 166 th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
AGM & Celebration of Achievement Event 2023
We are pleased to announce that Sienna has been awarded the Jean Smith Award as our outstanding Scouter of the Year. Bev Pickering-Smith, the daughter who reviewed all eight nominations for the Award commented that she had chosen Sienna because "the resilience and...
Waugh’s Well Sponsored Walk 2023
A requirement to replace our cooker and the need to replace an emergency exit door was the inspiration for a sponsored walk fundraiser. Approximately 100 people made up from Young People in the Group along with parents and Leaders gathered on Sunday 17th September to...
100 Club – September 2023
The winning number in our 165th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
100 Club – August 2023
The winning number in our 164th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Purple Pack Bowley Camp 2023
Over the weekend of the 7th to the 9th July 2023, Purple Pack Cubs took on a weekend of adventure at the Bowley International Scout Campsite. On the Friday evening they began the weekend with a hike to Great Harwood before spending a very sleepless night in the...
100 Club – July 2023
The winning number in our 163rd 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Group Jump Works Event 2023
The Jump Works, Accrington was the location for a fun-filled Group-wide event. 146 Members of the Group consisting of 15 Squirrel Scouts, 32 Beaver Scouts, 44 Cub Scouts, 50 Scouts and 5 Young Leaders participated in the trampoline park activity. The hour of fun was...
Relay 4 life 2023
This year 38th Rossendale put a team into Relay for Life raising money for Cancer Research. 24 hours running (mainly walking) around the track at Marl Pits leisure centre. There was a core team there all weekend with others dipping in and out whenever they could, and...
Red Troops Survival Skills Camp
Over the weekend of the 24th-25th June, 22 Scouts from Red Troop took part in a survival skills camp. The scenario was being marooned on a desert island (bit of imagination required). They built shelters out of tarps and bits of rope and twine, looked at rescue...
BP (Baden Powell) Trophy 2023
Scouts from Grey, Purple and Red Troop participated in the Rossendale District Baden Powell Trophy held at the Bowley International Campsite in Great Harwood. Competing against 6 other teams the teams of six was challenged with seven different activities.They started...
100 Club – June 2023
The winning number in our 162nd 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Beavers Bowley Sleepover 2023
Approaching 50 Beavers made up from Grey and Purple Beaver Colonies, came together over the weekend of the 19th to 21st May for their annual Sleepover. This year at the Bowley Scout Campsite near Great Harwood. Arriving on the Friday night, the Beavers firstly...
100 Club – May 2023
The winning number in our 161st 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Grey Pack Gulliver’s World
A fun Sleepover for Grey Pack Cubs was held at Gulliver’s World, Warrington. 25 Cubs arrived on-site late Saturday afternoon. It did not take them long to find a place to sleep in the Blast Arena slumber quarters.Having had time to settle in, the Cubs were then...
St George’s Day Parade 2023
To celebrate St George the Patron Saint of England and of Scouting and to celebrate our founder Lord Baden-Powell, Squirrel Scouts, Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, and Scouts from the 38th Rossendale joined other Scouters from Rossendale to mark the occasion. Due to the...
100 Club – April 2023
The winning number in our 160th 100 Club Draw was: Please support the Group by joining the 100 Club.
Squirrels Sleepover 2023
Thirteen very excited Squirrel Scouts descended on our Warren headquarters for our very first Squirrel Sleepover on Saturday 1st April 2023. The Squirrels very quickly got on with their first activity for the 24-hour stay which was Easter Craft related which also...