Hi all, Just a note to say well done to two of our Scouts for obtaining the Chief Scouts Gold Award. Well done Bronte and Joshua D. Also, coming up soon is first District Camp 3rd June -5th June at Linnet clough and next will be the coach trip to RAF Cosford on the 9th July. So heres to a fun summer. Robin SL.

Hi all,hope you have all had a great Christmas and heres to a great new year. --Robin (ASL)

As we prepare to move into 2011 I thought it would be a good time to look back on what 409th Manchester (William Temple) Scouts have achieved in 2010. Leaders First of all there has been a huge increase in the number of leaders we have. With the Scouts, Chris and Paul joined the existing team of Bret and Robin. For Cubs, Pete has taken over as Akela and Natalie has joined us and will be helping with Cubs in the New Year. For Beavers, Franki has taken over the colony, Karen has joined her and Mildred is also taking a full role helping on Thursdays. Finally, and most importantly for the group Karen has also agreed to take over as Group Scout Leader (GSL). We also have two other leaders in the pipe-line: Tim and Tom who have been helping already. We also now have three-parents signed up as Occasional Helpers so we can use them to help at events that need some extra adult support, Youth Membership Numbers are up, we have seen small increases is Scouts and Cubs, whilst the Beaver ...

Hi all, just a few words to say a big well done to all scouts ,cubs and beavers who attended the remembrance day service and parade.Well done. --Robin

Wow-ee, 10 Scouts, 1 Explorer and 1 Beavers set off on our October Camp at Linnet Clough, Stockport. But there was a little change for once, it was absolutely freezing! Scout, Natalie Holland even found a frozen ‘Quality Street’ on the last day however this story isn’t about the scouts, it is about one very special Beaver, Jon Proudman. Barely Seven, Jon came with the scouts to the weekend camp and to camp out on the Field like any other camper. However because it was so cold it reached under 0 Degrees. Just bearable for the 11 to 13 Year Olds, Little Jon was nice and warm in his cozy sleeping bag and slept right through the ice, the ice coming on every tent in the camp was there in the morning! Anyway Little Jon received his polar bear award, a very incredibly special award which shows that they have slept in under Zero Degrees! This means Jon Proudman is the only beaver in the Manchester South District (from Wythenshawe to Hulme) to get this really special badge. We had a little ...