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

HM King Charles III has been confirmed as our new Patron, a great honour for UK Scouts.

The King continues a long tradition of the monarch giving their Patronage, dating back to 1912. This was when Scouts was granted its Royal Charter and HM George V became our first Patron.

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King Charles III

Our Patron, HM King Charles III