Date: Sunday 6th MarchTime: Anytime between 9.30am and 3.00pmLocation: Fanwood Campsite, Gomersal BD19 4DAWho: All welcome! Leaders, members, parents, friendsJobs: General site work, leaf clearing, window cleaning, gardening, general tidying up, painting, tree, shrub and bedding plant planting etc. Getting…
New Porch & Extension at Fanwood
Spen Valley Scouts are investing in a new porch and extension to the Frank Harris Training centre. please see below the latest photo showing the demolition of the exiting porch.FHTC will remain open throughout the building works, and we will…
St George’s Day Awards 2022
Congratulations to all this year’s St George’s Day award recipients, due to the covid-19 pandemic there were lots of legacy awards to present from the last couple of years. Every award was well deserved by all the recipients. Special mention…
Meet the Spen Valley Jamboree Contingent members!
In Summer 2023, more than 40,000 Scouts from all over the world will gather in Korea for the 25 World Scout Jamboree. The World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) is a World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) event, it happens every…
New ADC Beavers Appointed
Yesterday evening DC Dave invested Rebecca Holroyd as the new Spen Valley ADC Beavers. Rebecca takes over the role, and will be supporting the rest of the Beaver Leaders within Spen Valley District. Rebecca has been involved in Scouting for…
Remembrance Sunday 2021
See below for a few photos from our groups, who took part in Remembrance Services on remembrance Sunday 2021. The Spen Valley Scout & Guide Band had the honour of leading two parades. Well done to everyone who took part…
Fanwood Activity Training & Winter Site Tidy
Dear All, Please see a message below from David Hirst and DC Dave Ref Fanwood Training and Clean-up. FANWOOD AUTUMN TIDY Date: Saturday 13th November 2021 Times: 9 am till 3pm (come when you can for as long as you…
District Explorer Camp
Over the August 2021 bank holiday weekend, two of the three District Explorer units came together at Fanwood for a District Explorer camp. The Explorers took part in various activities including wood carving, pioneering, crate stacking and backwoods cooking. A…
7th SV Beavers Sponsored Bike Ride
DC Dave being presented with £405 raised by the 7th Spen Valley beavers on their sponsored bike ride. This is to go towards the plans for an activity area to replace the night line at Fan Woods. Bravo to all…
District Explorer Badge Presentation & Investiture
At the recent district Explorer / Scout link evening the DC had the pleasure of presenting various badges to the Explorers which had been earned over the last few months. He also invested several new members into the district explorer…
