As 2024 draws to a close and the end of a great year for 5th Penwortham, we’d like to thank everyone for their support. A special thank you to all our Leaders who voluntarily give up their time each week…
Panto 2024
This year, we returned to Preston Playhouse for our yearly Christmas panto, and they didn’t disappoint. Our Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Young Leaders, Parent Helpers, and Leaders all thoroughly enjoyed watching Cinderella. It’s one of our highlights of the year, so…
Squirrel Acorn Award
This week 7 of our squirrels received their Acorn award, this is the highest award you can receive as a Squirrel Scout. Well done to all the Squirrels for their hard work over the last year. Thank you to Cat…
Family Camp 2024
This year it was the return of our bi-yearly family camp. 5th Penwortham have all enjoyed a fantastic family camp at Bibbys Farm Scout Activity Centre this weekend with over 180 people attending. This is the first camp our squirrels…
Penwortham Gala 2024
After 4 years the Penwortham Gala processions has returned. Thank you to everyone who helped decorate the lorry and dismantle it at the end. We had over 80 young people dressed up as aliens onboard our spaceship. A massive thank…
Squirrels Big Day Out
Our Squirrels had a fantastic time at Waddecar today, we tried lots of activities – we especially liked the low ropes. We visited the Museum and learnt about Baden Powell and we played a new game where we had to…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year, I hope you have all had a great break and are ready for new adventures. I would like to thank all the amazing people who have supported the group over the last year and allowed us to…
Squirrels Have Arrived!
In September we opened our first Squirrels Drey, with 18 4 -6 yrs Olds joining. This is the first squirrel Drey in our group! Each week we do different activities including bug hunting, crafts, model making, baking, playing games plus…
Squirrels are coming!
5th Penwortham have just begun their search for Squirrels, the 4 -6 year old section of scouting. We wanted you to understand why we’re taking this important step now and what we are aiming to achieve. Squirrels offers the best…
