Centenary Year Moments

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Crofton Scout Group would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the year, and to wish everybody all the very best for Christmas and the New Year.


The Leaders are now taking a well-earned break, but you can be sure they'll be back in January with fun-filled programmes of activities. Plans have already been circulated for an activity camp for the Spring Bank Holiday for the Cubs and Scouts.

As the Scouting Centenary year draws to a close, please share with us your favourite scouting moments from the past twelve months.

To start this off, I'd like to nominate the trips through Wakefield's waterways on the Jubilee Venture. It was refreshing to see the city from a different angle and to pass though it at a relaxing pace.

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Live 07 photo

Here's a photo of our cubs at LIVE 07.

CROFTON CUBS PERFORM AT LONDON'S O2 ARENA

LIVE 07 - Festival of Scouting

Three of Crofton Cubs performed as part of the central Yorkshire cub cast in the Live 07 festival of scouting. A lot of hard work was put in by our cubs from the first rehearsal right to the last show and the grand finale. This has been a fantastic event to be part off and one we will all remember for many years. Scouts gathered from all over the UK to put together two 3hour shows to an audience of around 30,000 people.

The cubs day started at 10.00am at the 02 Arena in London, and they finally got to go home at 10.30pm. It was a long day but well worth it. The cubs performance was excellent, not only on stage but also backstage when there was a lot of waiting for their moment of fame. WELL DONE CUBS !!!!

More details on the Live07 day, including a picture of the cubs parachute performance, can be seen at the following link (on Scouts official website):
http://www.scouts.org.uk/news/archive/2007/November/261107.html

Official LIVE 07 phoots can be seen at:

http://www.amazingphotostore.co.uk/washbrooke/gallerymodule.php?gl=7440&pg=1&THESESSION_WASHBROOKE=093a30106d5ac516656594a99eabe971

GiftAid payment received

Thanks to all those parents who have filled in a Gift Aid Declaration for us. Our recently submitted second claim, relating to subs payments made between April 2006 and March 2007, has been accepted by HM Revenue & Customs and has resulted in a payment direct to Crofton Scout Group funds of a whopping £353.30. This includes £9.77 in interest.

Second cheque from EasyFundRaising webshop

We are delighted to report that we've received our second cheque, for £220.26, from our EasyFundraising webshop. Many thanks to all who have contributed towards this by using the shop. You may recall that this shop pays commission quarterly, posting a cheque a month or so after the end of each quarter. This cheque represents purchases made between July and September.

LIVE 07 - 24th November

Three Crofton Cubs have been chosen to perform in this exciting event, details of which were announced here:

2nd Wakefield Crofton Scout Group News: LIVE 07

See a video clip taken at the Rehearsals here.

Christmas shopping - the easy way!

With December just around the corner, now’s the time to log onto easyfundraising and get cracking with your Christmas shopping.

easyfundraising features a wide range of retailers, offering something for everyone this Christmas – from the latest toys and electronic gifts to all the food and wine you’ll need for Christmas day. You’ll earn a donation for us with every purchase you make, at absolutely no additional cost to you.

If you haven’t already registered with easyfundraising, do it today at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/2ndwakefieldcroftonscouts and help us to raise funds.

Cubs footie pics

We have a few photos taken at the Cubs District 5-a-side football competition which took place at the end of September.

Sainsburys Active Kids goodies

Here is a picture showing the goodies we received in exchange for the hundreds of Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers which we collected earlier this year. Once again, many thanks to all who contributed.

Second GiftAid claim

I have today posted off to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs the claim for GiftAid relating to our 2006/07 tax year, which ended on 31st March. The claim is for £343.53 and is calculated as follows. Of the £1867 received in subs for the year we have GiftAid declarations covering £1218. This number is multiplied by 22, then divided by 78!

This is all thanks to the support of parents and relatives who have filled in and returned the yellow (sometimes!) GiftAid declaration forms, so give yourselves a pat on the back!

Regular readers may recall that we applied for GiftAid status almost a year ago when we learned how much the scheme could give back to Crofton Scouts. Our first claim, which was backdated as far back as 2001, relating to some of the young people who have been members of Crofton Scouts during that time, resulted in a payment of £200.85.