7th Purley (All Saints Kenley) Scout Group

Welcome to the 7th Purley (All Saints Kenley) Scout Group website. We are a thriving Group offering scouting to young people between the ages of 6 and 14 and have a close partnership with All Saints Explorer Scout Unit, enabling our members to continue their scouting until they are 18. We offer our members a very wide range of activities and provide the opportunity to develop new skills and enjoy the company of friends in a well organised and safe environment. We work very closely with parents and encourage them to become fully involved in the life of the Group.

On this website you can read news about the Group and see information about each section, such as a programme of activities and events and our gallery gives you a taste of our activities.

Our annual general meeting takes place on Thursday May 24th starting at 7.30 pm at the Church Hall. All parents, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers are invited to attend. The short formal meeting will be followed by awards, entertainment and refreshments.

May: The Scouts entered three teams in the district incident hike and achieved 2nd, 7th and 8th places outof 27 teams.

The Scouts went mountain biking on a cold, damp day in the Sussex countryside and the Explorers went on a local cycle ride.

April: The Scouts went on a sailing week on the Norfolk Broads at Easter and went scuba diving in Lingfield.

March: Two teams of Scouts took part in the County Night Exercise, an orienteering activity near Cobham, finishing with an overnight camp. The Cubs enjoyed a guided tour of Croydon police station where they had their fingerprints taken and were "jailed" for a short time.

February: The Scouts and Explorers together with leaders entered four teams in the Southern 50 Challenge, taking part in the 30km and 50km navigation hike in the Chiltern Hills on the coldest weekend of the winter. The Cubs enjoyed themselves one evening, jointly with the Beavers, in the hall under an 'Astrodome' to study constellations.

January: The Scouts went ice skating and swimming at the Guildford Spectrum. The Cubs went to a pantomime. The Scouts came third in the district swimming gala.

2011 December: The Scouts did mountain boarding at Nutfield. The Cubs did a trip to Twickenham.

November: There was a Scout sailing weekend on yachts in Norfolk.

October: The Scouts held a four day trip to Snowdonia, hiking in the mountains, rock climbing and going to a treetop adventure centre (assault course). The Cubs went to PGL in Weymouth for a whole weekend, when they took part in a wide range of activities including kayaking in Weymouth harbour.

September: The Cubs came 7th in the District Baloo Trophy at Bears Wood out of 24 teams.

August: The Scouts held a very successful Summer camp spending an active week in South Wales where they did sailing, canoeing, cycling, shooting, swimming and caving as well as a hill walk in the Brecon Beacons.

July: The Scouts entered two teams in the District Adkin Trophy. Both teams achieved Gold Standard and one team led by the Senior Patrol Leader, won the overall Adkin Trophy.

June: The Scouts took part in swimming, cycling and backwoods cooking. The Cubs held their annual camp at Bears Wood. The Group held a very successful family camp at Blacklands Farm in Sussex.