Please take a look at the 3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group Reports for the Year 2008-2009. These will be Adopted at our Annual Review on Sat 4 July 2009.
Annual Group Report
Annual Group Accounts – 2 Files
We have our Annual Celebration and Review Event this coming Saturday 4th July starting at 3pm.
All Welcome! We look forward to seeing you there! 
See the earlier post for details.
Wow! What a busy weekend! Fantastic! Take a look at the photos to see all the great things that went on.
The ‘Sun’ God shone down on us and provided nearly perfect weather. 3HH were successful in winning the Trophy for the Beaver Scout Challenge – Wall Building and also the English Heritage Twickeree Trophy – awarded this year for the Best Tapestry – well done! A very big thanks to all the adults and young people that made this weekend so much fun and such a success! Brilliant!
The Twickeree Programme has just been released!
Click on the Link to see the programme and additional information for the weekend.
Please join us at our Scout Group HQ on Saturday 4th July 2009 at 3pm for our Annual Celebration, Group Review and AGM, plus BBQ.
The HQ’s address is The George Stanley Hall, The Triangle, Rear of Holly Road Recreation Ground.
We plan to have some entertainers, plus inflatables and games, plus refreshments and a BBQ – fun for all the family, all welcome!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Please come and join us at Twickeree in Marble Hill Park on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June!
Please drop by and come, say hello and take some refreshments with us.
All are very welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.
Final reminder for Church Parade this Sunday. Please remember that the start time is 09:15 with the finish time about 10:30.
Full uniform, ironed scarfs and smart shoes please, only the smartest folks will be able to be part of the colour party.
Hi all, as last year’s shooting event was sooooo successful we just couldn’t resist running it again. This year’s date is Saturday 13th June, yes very soon indeed!
* UPDATE * 1 JUNE 2009 – For a variety of reasons we have had to take the decision to CANCEL the Shooting Event this year. We hope that we can put this event back into the Calendar for 2010
Have you applied yet? It is not too late to apply and join in with this massive Camp at Marble Hill Park 19-21st June 2009. Come and join the fun. Planning is now well underway for this Tri-Annual District Camp. This event is open to All Sections at 3HH.
Please contact your Section Leader and also see the Link to the earlier Post for more details and the application Form:
Twickeree Invitation and Details
We look forward to seeing you there.
Twickeree (19-20 June 2009) is the District’s triennial weekend camp (‘District Jamboree’) where all groups in Richmond District camp en masse in Marble Hill Park in a massive advert for Scouting.
All Sections at 3HH take part in this camping event (including Beavers who can visit). It would be great to have a really big turnout. We encourage all members of the Group to attend and families to come and visit on both days! Please see attached invite letter and return your responses to your Section Leader as soon as possible.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
The Annual St. Georges Day Parade and Service is on Sunday 26th April 2009.
This is the annual event where all the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Adults of Richmond Upon Thames Scout District come together to parade through Richmond and then Renew their Scout Promise. Therefore everyone from 3rd Hampton Hill is expected to attend in full smart uniform please. Thanks.
Final reminder for Church Parade this Sunday (Mothering Sunday – don’t forget to make your cards!). Please remember that the start time will be 10:00 on this occasion, the finish time should be about 11:00 to 11:15 approx. Full uniform, ironed scarfs and smart shoes please, only the smartest folks will be able to be part of the colour party.
The Sunday School group will be serving breakfasts from 08:45 to raise money for the Lent appeal (funding for safe water supplies in Angola and Mozambique). Everyone has been invited to this, so do come along if you can, I believe it will be along the lines of cereal, croissants, toast, bacon butties, juice, tea and coffee, that sort of thing.
3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group (3HH) and Hampton Hill Junior School (HHJS) celebrated the delivery of their brand new Peugeot Boxer 17-seater minibus, which they jointly own.
The Scout Group’s Leaders and parents, and the School’s Parents’ Association, have worked very hard over the past few years with various fundraising events, with a view to buying a newer, second-hand minibus to replace their ageing L-registered one. But when the Scout Group successfully applied to Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity for a grant to add to the monies raised, they realised that they would be able to buy a brand new one, complete with wheelchair access, and with their own specifications for carrying luggage on camping excursions and school trips. 3HH then searched for just the right vehicle, consulting with the School all the way along.
3HH Group Scout Leader Richard Moody said:
“It’s fantastic. I know that Bill Jerman, Head Teacher at HHJS, joins me in thanking all those involved. We’re very grateful to the Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity for the financial support they have given to us. Sharing the minibus with the School is a brilliant use of resources. We share the purchase and running costs. The School use it during the school day, and we use it after school, at weekends and holidays. It’s a great partnership.”
Help needed please . . .
We will be having a Spring Cleaning and Maintenance Weekend on Sat 7 and Sun 8 March 2009.
We have compiled a list of jobs and tasks – some big, some small, all of which need to be done at the Scout HQ. As you can imagine with the building in use nearly every night and with a Group size of 156 there are plenty of important
Please come and help us and give an hour (or more) of your time on either of the days or perhaps both if you can spare the time! Please just turn up at any point during the day and we will direct you to a task which you can help us with.
Many hands make light of work! We will supply Refreshments (Hot and Cold Drinks and Snacks)on both days.
We hope you can spare us an hour or two We look forward to seeing you. Many thanks (in advance) for your help and support.
Kindest regards,
Rich M
Group Scout Leader
Calling all members of 3HH Scout Group . . .
What are you doing this weekend? Can you spare us an hour?
We will be conducting a ‘Spring Clean’ this coming weekend Sat 7 and Sun 8 March 2009. It would be great if we could have some ‘helping hands!’
We are collecting Sainsburys vouchers for the Active Kids Scheme. There is a collecting box at the Scout HQ. Please bring all your vouchers and pop them into the box. We hope to be able to buy lots of new games stuff for the whole group to use and enjoy!
Many Thanks.
Our brand new silver Peugeot Boxer 17-seater minibus, which we jointly own with Hampton Hill Junior School (HHJS), has arrived.
Although we’d been planning to replace our dilapidated L-reg minibus at some stage, we brought this forward since we felt it simply wasn’t going to last much longer. After discussion with HHJS, who we share the bus with, we decided to move quickly and found a replacement second-hand minibus.
As we have major refurbishment projects coming up at 3HH’s HQ which will take a lot of our reserves, we really needed to get external funding to supplement our contribution. We approached Hampton Fuel Allotment Charity (HFAC) who had so generously given a grant towards the building of our HQ more than 10 years ago. HFAC were hugely supportive and recognising what a good use of resources it was to have a shared minibus, asked us to look into the costs of a new minibus instead.
We have just completed the annual census and have grown year on year once again! This year the total group membership stands at 156 plus 5 Young Leaders who are reported separately.
This is fantastic news. However, there are still great opportunities for more adults to get involved at 3rd Hampton Hill: either as occaisional helpers, members of the Group Executive Committee or more specific roles. It is vital that we continue to recruit and retain more adults in a range of roles to support the Group and to ensure we continue to provide good quality Scouting for all the Members.
We are especially keen to fill two key roles: Assistant Beaver Scout Leader(s) and Group Booking Secretary. Please contact any Section Leader or get in touch via the enquiry form on the web page if you would like to get involved and join in the fun, challenge and adventure! We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you.
Regards,
Rich M
Group Scout Leader
Happy New Year and Welcome Back! What does the year ahead bring?
Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and are all recharged and renewed ready for an exciting and fun year of scouting!
2009 will be another year of challenge and adventure at 3rd Hampton Hill. There are two big camping events this year; CubJam in May and Twickeree in June, plus the usual Scout Easter and Summer Camps. Plans are well underway for all of these events. Looking further ahead plans are also shaping up for our Group International Trip in 2011.
All the Sections have enjoyed yet another fantastic and varied programme. There have also been successes and achievements in District, County and National Events – well done all. As well as personal awards and recognition for service and commitment. 2008 has been a great and very memorable year for the Group and we continue to live up to our Motto of ‘Moving On, Moving Up!’ Just take a trawl back through some of the earlier web posts to see how much we have achieved this term and for the whole year.
I would like to say a very Big THANKS to ALL The Section Leadership Teams, Group Executive Committee and everyone that has supported us both this term and for the year. Everyone at 3rd Hampton Hill are volunteers who freely give up their time to help Young People enjoy Scouting and develop skills for life.
Our two highest priorities for early in the New Year are the recruitment of Assistant Beaver Scout Leaders and a Booking Secretary.
Planning is underway for a couple of big camps next year: CubJam in May at Gilwell Park and Twickeree at Marble Hill Park in June. We are also in the early stages of planning an International Trip in 2011! There is an initial interest sign up sheet posted up at the Scout HQ.
May I take this opportunity to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous and healthy 2009. I am certain that 2009 will be another fantastic year for Scouting at 3rd Hampton Hill.
I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year. Kindest regards and very best wishes.
Yours in Scouting and friendship
Rich M
Group Scout Leader
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