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Gathering of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to commemorate Remembrance Sunday 2025

Remembrance Sunday 2025

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Honouring Our Heroes On Remembrance Sunday 2025

On Sunday, November 9th 2025, representatives from our Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts stood together with the community at Earley St Peter’s Church to take part in the annual Remembrance Sunday Service.

The morning saw our young people join members of the congregation and the wider community, including other members of local organisations and dignitaries, in a poignant gathering around the war memorial within the church grounds. We came together to respectfully commemorate the immense contribution and sacrifice of our brave service men and women.

Our sections worked hard to create hand-crafted wreaths in their meetings the week before, and representatives from the Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts had the special honour of placing them upon the memorial.

The moment of reflection was marked by the traditional call of ‘The Last Post’, played by a trumpeter, signaling the start of the two-minute silence. As our sections lowered their flags, it was a deeply moving experience for everyone present.

We are incredibly proud of our young people, who were wonderful ambassadors for our group. They showed exemplary maturity and respect, demonstrating their commitment to being active and thoughtful members of the community. Thank you to all those who took part.

Lest We Forget.

Scout Ben, n a step ladder washing windows

Scout Hut Works Party May 2025

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Thank you to all the following parents that turned out to help garden, clear and carry out some maintenance work on the Scout Hut on Saturday:
 
Cub parent Alex
Sea Scout parent Dave
Sea Scout parent Olga
Scout parent Dave
Scout parent Mike
Beaver, Cub and Scout parent Sobia
 
And to the Trustees:
 
Sea Scout parent Ian Abbot
Beaver parent Akshay Sekhri
Beaver parent Tiffany Forshaw
 
And Sea Scouts Team Leader:
 
Alvin Blackmore
 
A special thanks to Scout Ben who helped clear debris and clean the windows: as well as Beaver Saad, Cub Fatema and Scout Mohammad who did some excellent raking and sweeping!
 
It looks great!
Scout Ben, n a step ladder washing windows

SCOUTS CHRISTMAS TREE & CAKE FUNDRAISING SUCCESS 2024!!

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Thank you to all our volunteers- Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Sea Scouts, Leaders and parents. Our annual Christmas fundraiser took place at Dobbies Garden Centre in Hare Hatch, Twyford and was a huge success!
 
We raised a fantastic £3957 including Gift Aid over the three weekends!
 
 
Our volunteers assisted customers by taking their Christmas trees to their cars as well as running a guess the weight of the cake & number of jelly beans stall.
 
We had a fabulous time helping the community whilst raising funds and getting into the Christmas spirit. These funds are essential for the running of our group for example purchasing equipment and maintaining our Scout hut.
 
We look forward to Christmas 2025!
 
Our next big annual fundraiser is the Summer Regatta on the River Thames. Look out for further details.

84th Reading Needs You!

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Your local Scout group relies on volunteers giving up their time to help children and young adults develop life long skills.

However, due to the combination of limited volunteers but high demand for spaces in each of our sections we are at risk of having to reduce the number of activities or places that we are able to offer.

We therefore need your help! We have a range of vacancies that we need to fill to ensure we can continue to offer great scouting opportunities to young people in our local area. Some of these roles are purely administrative and others could be shared if you are concerned about the time commitment.

The roles are:

  1. Group Lead Volunteer (GLV)
  2. Team Leaders
  3. Team Assistants
  4. IT Coordinator
  5. Chair

For more information please email news@84threadingscouts.org.uk