Walney Scouts 'raise the roof' |
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The Walney Scout Group comprises of some 80-90 youngsters and consists of three Beaver colonies, a Cub | |
Scout pack and a Scout troop all operating out of the hall in Knox Street Walney. The facilities which are | |
also used to store all the scout equipment and resources were somewhat basic to say the least and had no | |
ladies toilet or kitchen. During 2011 the Group leaders commenced raising funds towards refurbishment of | |
the building. The facilities improvement plan was to include provision of up to date toilet facilities, a | |
kitchen, improved access to the building, and complete refurbishment of the roof. | |
Estimates of cost were prepared which totaled some | |
£24,500 and consequently fund raising began. | |
One of the most important and indeed expensive | |
items of refurbishment was the roof, which required | |
complete removal of the slates, installation of new | |
roofing felt and battens, removal of an existing | |
chimney stack and reinstallation of the roof slates | |
again. The estimated costs of this particular | |
part of the refurbishment were £8,500 and some | |
monies had already been raised for this project | |
but still leaving a shortfall of £3,500. | |
It was agreed by the Executive of the WLMCF | |
that we would donate £1,000 towards this project | |
once all the remaining funds had been raised and so | |
it was in March 2012 that Alan Jones the Provincial | |
Charity Steward presented Ged Pugh (ex officio | |
member of the Scout Group Executive) with a cheque | |
for £1,000. | |
Well it is now October and it was with great pleasure that Russ Greenhow (Deputy Leader of the Corinthian | |
Charity Group) and Alan were able to accept an invitation to attend a wine and cheese evening at the hall | |
to celebrate the completion of this phase of the refurbishment. The work on the roof has been completed, a | |
new kitchen installed, new gents, ladies and disabled toilet facilities are in place and the main access | |
doors to the building have been replaced. | |
During the evening Keith Newby (Chairman of the | |
Scout Group) thanked all those who had helped in | |
any way in raising funds for the hall and especially | |
those (including the WLFCF) for donations received. | |
He particularly stressed how important it had been to | |
complete the work on the roof especially because of | |
the inclement weather that has prevailed over the | |
Summer and was quite certain that the hall would | |
have suffered from much water damage had the work | |
not been carried out. | |
To mark the evening (if you will pardon the pun) a | |
plaque was unveiled which listed all those who had | |
contributed funds to the project. | |
Photographs, Top right 'the plaque' | |
Above, Alan Jones (Pr. Charity Steward), Keith King (Group Scout Leader), Peter Holt (Asst Scout Leader), |
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John Sharp (Scout Leader), Keith Newby (Chairman), Monica Pugh (Beaver Scout Leader), |
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Ged Pugh (Cub Scout Leader), David Atkinson (Asst Cub Scout Leader) | |
and Russ Greenhow (Deputy Charity group Leader) | |
Article and Photographs courtesy of Alan Jones | |