The Hut the Scouts Built

Date: 11th Jul 2024 Author: Scout Websites

We are all very proud of our HQ, it’s light, spacious, perfectly suited for loads of kids to charge around making a din. It wasn’t always like that, as some of the pictures below illustrate.

Throughout 2006, a committed group of parents raised money by climbing mountains, flipping burgers, washing hundreds of cars and applying to every charitable fund in the South East. Through their magnificent efforts, we now have our fabulous Scout Hut. But, our HQ didn’t always look so pristine…

The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built

The building was condemned and needed to be replaced.

The Hut the Scouts Built

And so the work began…

The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built

The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built

The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built
The Hut the Scouts Built

The Hut the Scouts Built

Our group Chairman, Ant Hesse, in his plastering days, bish, bosh..

The Hut the Scouts Built

Martin our Treasurer, always available for a bit of painting and decorating…

The Hut the Scouts Built

The 1st Englefield Green group of heroes. Top stuff. It brings a tear to my eye….

The Hut the Scouts Built

Dwayne Fields proudly holds the title of the UK's 11th Chief Scout

An explorer, adventurer and TV presenter, Dwayne's been seen in BAFTA nominated Channel 5 series Race to the Pole, on BBC Springwatch, Countryfile, National Geographic and Disney+.

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