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.
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Tribute To Ian Johnson MBE
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.
Ian Johnson MBE
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
Aviva Community Fund Bid For New Safety Boat
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.We’ve successfully got through the first round, and now we need your voted to secure funding from them. To support us, all you need to do is visit the link below, sign up (it’s free, only takes a minute, and you don’t end up on any mailing lists), then vote for us. You get 10 votes which you can spread around, or even better you can give them all to 3rdCB.
Please share our project far and wide with your friends, family, co-workers and anyone else to get votes for us. Small things make a big difference and every one person you talk to gets 10 votes to cast towards helping us secure the funding from Aviva, increasing our chances of reaching the finals.
Voting ends on 20 November, so please get signed up, vote for 3rdCB, then spread the word and get all your family and friends to do so as well.
Renown Scouts Achieve Top Award
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!
Annual Report 2018
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
Fun & Games at Old Leigh Regatta
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.
Racing Duck Invasion
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.
Fun in the Summer Camp Sun
This year’s Summer Camp was a Group camp with all 5 sections camping together at Euston Hall in Suffolk. The Beavers even joined us for a couple of nights and got involved in camp fire songs, incredible amounts of running around, and lots of fun and games (they certainly wore the leader team out!) We had beautiful weather all week – apart from the last night where a thunder storm hit and Club Solebay went into full party mode as the Scouts hid from the rain. The following morning was also rather gloomy for striking camp giving the added excitement of the Explorer marquee taking off with Explorers and Leaders clinging on to hold it down!
We were especially fortunate this year to have the opportunity to spend a day at the Army Air Corps station at Wattisham Airfield. We were able to take a look at unit’s weaponry, have a tour of their Apache attack helicopters, and have a go with the fire hose from the onsite fire engine! A big thank you to everyone from the station who organised the day. Continue reading Fun in the Summer Camp Sun
All afloat for Hen-Leigh Open Day
Saturday 30 June saw our annual Open Day at The Den, this year with a Hen-Leigh Regatta theme.
Great to see so many people come down to see us in the old town. Across the site we had fun and games for all ages, and if you got hungry there was a BBQ, Paella and so many cakes on offer. For the more adventurous we ran sailing and motor boat experiences (even if it was pretty windy on the day). We were also treated to visits from Southend Lifeboat and Essex Police Marine Unit with their RIBs to show us a what they do (the Scouts were very upset they couldn’t have a trip out on them).
At the end of the day we drew the raffle for a selection of Henley-themed prizes, including the top prize of VIP tickets the real Henley Royal Regatta next summer – congratulations to everyone who won prizes, drawn at random by a variety of young people. Overall we raised £601 for 3rdCBs funds to help support our Scouting Adventures in Old Leigh. Thank you to everyone who donated prizes and cakes, and for buying raffle tickets and all the food, it really does make a big difference to the activities we can offer.
Finally, a huge thanks to Sarah, Amy, Sonia, Megan and all of the team for all of their hard work in organising the event, and who made the day so much fun.
More photos of the day on our members-only Facebook Group here