Longfield & Hartley Scout Group News

• St George's Day Celebration and Fun Day

  27th April 2024

  Our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts joined the rest of the Swanley District Scouting Groups to celebrate St George's Day at Parkwood Hall in Beechenlea Lane, Swanley.   The day started with a uniform inspection followed by the story of St George, then the renewal of the Scouting Promise and...

• Cubs visit the Old Downs Care Home

  7th December 2023

  Early December our Jungle Cub Pack visited a local care home for an evening of sing-a-long.  The residents enjoyed watching and listening to the children perform.  Well done to all of our Cubs who attended.  ...

• Scouting leaders and volunteers help at the Dartford Lions Club bonfire and firework display

  4th November 2023

  On a very wet evening in November, our leaders and volunteers ran a BBQ stall in Dartford Park for the Dartford Lions Club bonfire and fireworks display.   The evening is always very popular with local residents and our expert chefs help to feed the many people during...

• Scouts raise funds for local food bank

  19th October 2023

  Our Castle Troop has been busy selling old camping equipment to raise funds for the Community Cupboard in West Kingdown. A total of £110 was raised, which was passed onto the food bank to purchase key items needed for people requiring help in the local area.   A thank...

• Scouts Weekend Camp at Hamlet Wood

  29th September 2023

  In late September, 13 scouts and 5 leaders [I was just a day visitor] enjoyed a weekend camp at Hamlet Wood Scout Campsite, which is near East Farleigh. We’ve not camped there since well before COVID-19, and it was great to return to such a nice site, surrounded by trees [yes, I know the clue is...

• Jungle Pack Autumn Camp

  15th September 2023

  The Longfield and Hartley Cubs took part in an Autumn camp held at Hopehill Campsite. With a nearly full contingent of cubs, they had great fun taking on archery, making a personalised Halloween lantern from tin cans, a trail to find clues to complete an anagram, a wide selection of field...

• L&HSG Annual General Meeting

  19th May 2023

  The Longfield & Hartley Scout Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on Friday 19th May 2023. You can view the documents presented at the meeting which include: Our Annual General Meeting Minutes and the Longfield and Hartley Scout Group Finance...