It was terrific to see so many people tonight at our Chinese meal fundraiser. The evening had fantastic food, a great atmosphere and best of all we raised £559 for 3rd CB.
A big thank you must go to Fortune Garden for hosting us, June Store Coffee & Donuts for donating gifts and to the fundraising team for organising the event.
Further fundraising events are being planned, so we look forward to seeing you all at the next one!
On Saturday 26 January 3rdCB held the Group’s annual Presentation Evening – our opportunity to tell friends, families and the rest of 3rdCB what we’ve been up to over the past year, and celebrate the achievements of all the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers over the past year.
Each section took it in turns to talk about their activities, present awards for competitions across the year, and honour the young people who had really stood out. Awards were presented by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Essex Jennifer Tolhurst, who is Her Majesty The Queen’s personal representative in the county.
Congratulations to everyone who received an award!
The video shows a selection of 3rd Chalkwell Bay’s Scouting Adventures during 2018, from sailing to cycling and falling down hills to snowball fights in the peak district.
#skillsforlife
Ian took up his first adult appointment at the age of 18 years, and then took on the role of Sea Scout leader 4 Years Later, which he held for a staggering 47 years. In 2015 Ian became Group Scout Leader and he remained in this role until he passed away.
The video below contains memories of Ian held by members of the group and was produced for Presentation Evening 2019.
It is with great sadness that we have to inform you all of the sad passing of 3rd Chalkwell Bays Group Scout Leader Ian Johnson.
Ian was taken unwell last night and sadly died. This will come to a great shock to many and he will be sadly missed considering the thousands of young people and adults that he has supported and led over the years.
He was a prominent character in the community serving with Essex Fire and Rescue Service, St Johns Ambulance, the Scout Association and many other organisations.
His community spirit and dedication saw him achieve being a Freeman of the Borough of Southend and more recently MBE.
As more details emerge they will be communicated.
RIP Ian Johnson MBE
We’ve applied to the Aviva Community Fund for help in buying a new safety boat for The Den, which will allow us to run more activities on the water for the young people of 3rdCB and Old Leigh. Our aim is to get more young people afloat in Leigh-on-Sea, learning teamwork and Skills for Life.Eight Scouts from Renown Troop have achieved the top training award in Scouts this year: the Chief Scout’s Gold Award. It’s the culmination of their time in the Troop and lots of hard work; to gain the award the Scouts had to complete 9 separate challenge badges, including an expedition away, as well as at least 15 nights away and 6 different activity badges. Well done all – thoroughly deserved!
The Group’s annual report for 2017/18 is now out, with details of what we’ve been up to over the past year.
At our AGM held on 11 September 2018, we also welcomed a number of new parents onto the Group’s Executive Committee, which looks after the management and finances of 3rdCB.
You can download a copy of the report here:
Annual Report 2017/18
Our biggest fundraising event of the year was held on Sunday 9 September – Old Leigh Regatta!
The sunny day drew huge crowds into the Old Town for a mixture of live music, family games (run by the Scouts), a wide variety of food and drink outlets, including a vast display of home made cakes in the 3rdCB Tea Tent from our parents. Visitors joined in watching traditional favourites, the Cub welly hoying competition, Scout Sedan Chair Race, water games from the beach, and cockle & banana eating contests.
Thank you to everyone who supported us for the day, either by helping on stalls, in the tea tent, marshalling and on the road barriers, setting up & packing away, donating jumble or making cakes. We raised £2,300, with a bit more still to come from the collecting tins. We really couldn’t do it without your help and it makes a huge difference to the activities & facilities we can offer to the Scouts.
Ever seen 1,400 plastic ducks racing down Leigh Creek? You have now!
Our Scouts have been out helping the Lions Club of Leigh-on-Sea with their annual duck race in Old Leigh, shepherding the swarm of yellow ducks in their race along the creek. Starting at Bell Wharf as the tide started to flood, the flotilla made its way to the finish line by the Peter Boat, where they were gathered up in one of our rowing dinghies and transported back to The Den. The ducks are sold at £1 each to raise money for local charities, with a prize for the first 3 across the line.
