They have now completed all the brickwork and blockwork to bring the foundations for the new Scouting Centre up to a single level.
This picture shows the view from the road; if you look carefully you can see the porch entrance at the right-hand side. Next week we will see the concrete beams lifted into place by a crane
On 22nd October 2018, Paul Akers, Richard Plume and Leo Mindel were delighted to accept a cheque for £30,000 on behalf of 1st Northwood Scouts. This was our share of the funds raised by Cllr Carol Melvin for her three charities during her term of office as Mayor of Hillingdon 2017/2018.
Thank you, Carol – a great result!
L to R: Paul, Richard, Carol, Leo and Andrew Melvin
Northwood Hills Councillors Jonathan Bianco and Duncan Flynn were given a guided tour recently by Scout Project Manager Richard Plume. The foundations are on track to be completed by mid-November and the shell of the new building should be in place by Christmas.
The Councillors have a very strong interest in the project, as Hillingdon Council has awarded the Group a substantial contribution to the costs. 1st Northwood Scouts is one of the first Groups to receive money from the Council’s newly-created capital fund to support capital projects for youth organisations.
A group of Bikers called “The Posse” meets regularly at
The Gate pub in Northwood. They held their 13th
Annual Bike Show on Saturday 11th August at The Gate,
and all the proceeds from their Fun Day are being donated to
our New Scouting Centre Fund, around £1500.
As well as lots of interesting motor cycles to see, there were
games and competitions for all the family, a Hog
Roast, music and lots more.
A rota of volunteers manned the 1st Northwood Scout Group stall, chatting to visitors about progress with the new buidlding and encouraging all to play the Buzzer Game. Thanks to all who attended and special thanks to The Posse for making us their charity of the event.
What better way to pass a hot summer’s afternoon than watching men at work on the New Hut! This is what I learned about the craft of pile-driving, the stages are:
Now see the action for yourself:
Once the old hut had been demolished, the site was cleared and pegs put in the ground to mark out the footprint of the New Hut. The foundations will be built on piles – 30 altogether. For each pile, the clever machine in the photo screws out the soil leaving a vertical hole about 25cm in diameter and 11.5m deep. Then the holes are filled with concrete.
Thanks to the amazing dry weather, our contractors have made rapid progress and have completed 20 piles already.
Monday 11th June 2018. That’s the date when the demolition contractors moved on to the 1st Northwood site and started taking the old hut apart.
Goodbye Old Hut, you’ve served us well!
Phase 1 of the New Hut Project started this morning. Hillingdon Council has given us permission to extend the width of the site by 8 metres on to the Hogs Back Open Space. Our contractors have begun the process of moving some of the existing fencing and adding in extra sections to enclose our new, larger compound.
Over this coming weekend, a team of volunteers will be starting the task of moving some of our equipment from the hut to storage locations around the neighbourhood. We aim to have most of our equipment moved off site by Jumble time, so that we can start major works immediately after.
….. we launched our £100k appeal!
We have amazed ourselves by our own success; the total to date is £88,800 with more in the pipeline. For example, we are one of the Mayor of Hillingdon’s charities of the year and her term of office doesn’t end until May. And don’t forget our very own Quiz Night this coming Saturday, 3rd March which will add more to the coffers.
Keep on fund-raisng!
