News – Fourth Oxford Scouts

Scouts to Reopen at the 4th

admin — Mon, 15 May 2017 21:42:43 +0000

Our Scout Section has been dormant since the beginning of the year but we are proud to announce that at last night’s Group AGM we were able to tell parents that Scouts will reopen on Thursday 8th June 2017.

The Section’s night is changing from Friday to Thursday and will start at the earlier time of 7pm. If you have children aged 10.5-14 who might be interested in joining Scouts please come along to try us out.

Awards Day

admin — Sun, 14 May 2017 08:36:03 +0000

Over the weekend hundreds of young people and adults converged on Youlbury to take part in the annual Scouting awards day.

From the Fourth Oxford we had 15 Beavers and 3 Cubs receiving awards. Bronze Chief Scout Awards for the Beavers and Silver Chief Scout Awards for the Cubs.

After the ceremony the young people enjoyed loads of activities including archery, zip wires, crate stacking, abseiling, go-carting, back woods cooking and a host of craft activities.

Thanks to the County Team for organising an excellent event!

Unfortunately more vandalism

admin — Tue, 09 May 2017 20:31:08 +0000

We were once more visited by vandals over the evening of 8th May 2017. Cubs ended around 8:30pm and by 7:30pm the following day we had discovered one of our boarded-up windows had been ripped off and the remaining glass smashed in (along with the internal boarding) covering the hall with broken glass shards and gravel.

Thanks to the team of leaders and committee members who stepped up to re-board the windows and to the local constabulary who attended the scene and removed some items for examination.

Vandalism of the 4th Oxford Scout HQ

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:56:25 +0000

We have been the unfortunate recipients of some unwanted attention from the local vandals who have smashed the small window into the girls toilet and thrown through in some large lumps of concrete smashing the toilet bowl. This has put the girls toilet out of action for the last week of our summer term, but we are still going ahead with meetings as planned. Volunteers have cleared the glass and smashed toilet from the corridor and we have sealed off the toilet until we can get someone in to replace it. The window has been re-boarded up.

If you spot anything suspicious around the Scout Hut please could you contact the local police on their non-emergency number of 101.

New academic year, new challenges

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 16:33:51 +0000

As all of the sections of the Fourth Oxford Scout Group prepare to return after the summer break there’s lots to look forward to.

For Cubs 2016 is a very special year. The Wolf Cubs were formed in 1916 so in 2016 we are celebrating the Cub Centenary. There are special events, fun days and a County Camp planned (Cub-Fest). We are also well into planning our Group Winter Camp where all sections of the group camp together, this year at Youlbury once more.

Most sections still have some spaces available so if you have a child who might be interested in joining Beavers, Cubs, Scouts or Explorers please drop us an email or pop along on our regular meeting night to find out more.