1st Northwood Scout Group

We’re getting very close now …  Tuesday 2nd June is the last day for delivering donations to the Scouting Centre, unless by pre-arrangement.  The sorters will be on duty from around 6.30pm to 8pm.

There will be a lot of activity on the site, with marquees and market stalls going up on Thursday and Friday.  If you can help with some of the heavy work on Thursday or Friday, please come along and introduce yourself to one of the regulars.

Then on Saturday, 6th June come along and SPEND!  The queue tends to form very early ready for the grand opening at 2pm.  This is a CASH ONLY sale, so bring plenty, plus large shopping bags and wear sensible shoes!

Issue 117 of 1st News is here!  All the sections have been extremely busy during the Spring term, read all about their activities.  Plus, the all important information about preparations for the JUMBLE SALE ….

Click/tap here to view the latest newsletter.

Want to know what all the sections have been up to this term?  Then look no further: all the news from 1st Northwood is here.

The latest issue of First News has been published today – click/tap here to view.

Read all about this year’s Jumble Sale and its aftermath – what does happen to all the leftover items?

That’s it for another year – apart from ferrying left-over goodies to their final destinations – very little is dumped, as much as possible is recycled.  We’ll be reporting on that in the next issue of 1st News.

For Jumble report and photos, please click/tap here.

Your latest newsletter is here.  See what all the young people have been doing during the last term, plus important information regarding the JUMBLE SALE!

Click/tap here to download Issue #114

Next year’s Grand Jumble Sale will take place on Saturday 31st May 2025.

Be sure to KEEP THE DATE!

Note: this is a date change.  We had hoped to have the sale on 24th May, but circumstances beyond our control dictated otherwise!

Read all the latest reports from 1st Northwood Scout Group.  The sections have been as busy as ever this term with lots of activities, and there is all you need to know about Jumble Sale 2025!

Click here to download the pdf version of Newsletter #113.

Want to know what the Group has been up to during the Summer term?  It’s all here in the latest issue of First News.

Click here to download the pdf version.

Yes, it’s just a week since Jumble Sale Day and the site is almost back to normal.  Jumble 2024 was a great success thanks to the many volunteers who helped during the weeks before as well as on the day itself.

We raised sufficient funds to keep the Group active for another year, delivering top-rate scouting to all of the young people at 1st Northwood.

You may wonder what happens to the left-over goods.  Well, very little gets taken to the dump, most gets recycled in some way.  Here are some examples:

Toys – various charity shops
Some soft toys – Frithwood School for tombola
DVDs & CDs, glassware- Sue Ryder shop, Ruislip
Records – Estamira’s Vinyl Basement
China – Pinner Scouts for china smashing stall
Clothes & household linens – Rags2School (for money)
Scrap metal – BFA Recycling (for money)
Bikes – Recycle-a-bike, Uxbridge
Books – Northwood Lions & Sue Ryder shop