Thank you to everyone who took part in our Trailjam hike today. Whether you walked the full 18 miles, or a shorter section of it, you should all be very proud of your achievements. Also thanks to those that helped us set up, and to everyone that attended, our Annual General Meeting. Fantastic turn out…
Category: Apache Scouts
The Apache Scout Troop (the middle section for young people aged around 10½ to 14½) is a new unit and is part of the Hessle Scout Group .
During our weekly Wednesday evening meetings, we combine traditional Scouting skills such as fire building and cooking, map reading, first aid, knots and pioneering, hiking and camping, with more adventurous and exciting activities including shooting, climbing and canoeing.
Under skilled and experienced leadership, and with excellent adult support, Hessle Scouts learn valuable and practical skills which will last them a lifetime, in a fun and friendly environment.
We give our young people – boys and girls – the opportunity to explore new pursuits, many others never get to experience.
For further information, please contact apache@hesslescoutgroup.co.uk
Fells Marathon 2024
Over 150 Scouts and Explorers tackled the 2024 Fells Marathon. The weather threw in rain, wind, snow and even a bit of sunshine, but that didn’t stop those adventurous young hikers! We are extremely proud of all the participants from Hessle Scout Group who climbed, trekked, conquered the hills and took part in this years…
Remembrance Sunday
The Royal British Legion Hessle Branch invited us to attend the dedication of their new standard, before it took part in the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Festival Hall. Explorer leaders were delighted to attend and represent Hessle Scout Group. It was also a pleasure to see so many of our young people attending…
Jamboree on the Trail 2023
Well done to everyone that took part in our annual Jamboree on the Trail sponsored walk. What an achievement for our young people with Explorers and Scouts walking 15 miles, Cubs 7 miles and Beavers 5 miles on a scorching hot day. So far we have raised just over £400. Thank you also to our…
Camp Craft Winners!
This year Apache Scouts entered five teams into the District Camp Craft competition and came away with some fantastic results. The Scouts are scored on all the activities they take part in over the weekend, which includes setting up their own camp and cooking area, a selection of Cube / Taskmaster challenges, cooking all their…
Cub DIY Badge Day
Cherokee and Arapaho Cubs took part in the County Cub Badge day, where they completed all the critieria to achieve their DIY activity badge. They made key holder, planes, string art, coasters and photo holders, using the necessary tools safely. They also had fun on the bouldering wall, agility trail and grass sledges.
It was a bit wet!
Despite the persistent rain, we had a great St George’s Day, taking part in all sorts of activities – climbing wall, lego, archery, pancake making, smores, silent disco, pioneering, crafts, chair hockey, circus skills, nerf gun target practice, to name but a few. Unfortunately no parade this year as it was just too wet. We…
Fells Marathon – Scout Winners
Congratulations to our two Apache Scout teams on their success in the Fells Marathon. Finishing in 1st Place were Apache 1 with a time of 10hrs 41mins and in 3rd Place were Apache 2 with a time of 12hrs 23mins out of the 13 teams taking part. The Fells Marathon is a two-day hiking competition…
Big Sing
Thank you to everyone that supported our Big Sing event. Singing has so many positive effects on our health and wellbeing that we wanted to share the fun we have around a campfire with others. However, as a bonus through our cake stall and refreshments we raised £135.29 for the All Saints Church Tower Fund…
White Ribbon Service
Several members of Hessle Scout Group took part in the East Riding of Yorkshire County Legal Service – which marks the end of Jacky Bowes year in office as High Sheriff. Jacky asked for members of Humberside Scouts to be represented in recognition of the work they had done in achieving the White Ribbon Badge….
Ice Skating
Apache and Navajo Scouts joined together for an evening at Hull Arena, perfecting their ice skating skills.
Hull Shukokai Karate
Apache Scouts welcomed Sensei Tony Grainger and Sensei Scott Clark from Hull Shukokai Karate to demonstrate and lead in the history and basics of Martial Arts. The Scouts started with a good warm up before Sensei Tony and Scott demonstrated some simple moves before getting the Scouts involved, the session finished with the Scouts being…
Remembrance Sunday
Well done to everyone that took part in the Remembrance Sunday parade and service. You were all a credit to Hessle Scout Group.
Wolds Challenge
The Wolds Challenge is a one day hiking competition for Scouts and Explorers. The event is a test of navigation, route finding and team work, as well as a walking challenge. Scouts walk approximately 12 miles. Thirty four teams took part in the Scout competition, several of which were supported by a leader to gain experience. Apache Scouts…
Harvest Festival
Thank you to everyone for their contributions towards All Saints Church Harvest Festival. All the food collected will be distributed to those in need via the local food bank. Well done to the Cubs and Scouts who did the readings and prayers at the service.
Primrose Hill
Apache Scouts and Arapaho Cubs undertook a joint camp at Primrose Hill in Scunthorpe where the Scouts and Cubs enjoyed various activities such as Archery, Shooting and Pioneering. The Cubs joined the scouts in cooking their own meals daily, with a watchful eye from the leaders, which the Cubs thoroughly enjoyed. On Saturday evening we…
Jamboree on the Trail
All sections of Hessle Scout Group took part in our annual sponsored walk, with Explorers and Scouts walking from Beverley Westwood (29.13km in 6 hours 55 minutes), meeting with the Cubs at Welton and Beavers at North Ferriby. A fantastic achievement for all who took part, and so far we have raised £541. Thanks to…
Remembrance Sunday 2021
Well done to those that represented Hessle Scout Group at the Community Remembrance Service in Hessle, and those that represented Blacktoft Beacon Explorers in Beverley. Your contributions to the services were complemented by many.
Soda Bread
As Apache Scouts met on St Patrick’s Day this week, they made some Irish soda bread, as part of their Creative Challenge Badge. It both looks and tasted delicious.
Hull4Heroes
Apache Scouts have been undertaking a project to support soldiers of The Yorkshire Regiment, after hearing an appeal put out by Hull4Heroes. They encouraged all members of Hessle Scout Group to donate shoe boxes of gifts to send to the soldiers whilst they are stationed in Afghanistan this Christmas. The boxes include nice things like…
Group Camp 2019
Once a year we like to take all sections of Hessle Scout Group to camp, and as usual we’ve had a scorching hot, fantastic time. We had a circus theme for the weekend and learnt circus skills, made a circus ring, decorated t-shirts to wear whilst performing and had fun on an inflatable assault course…
Hessle take the double!
Two Apache Scout teams have been competing in the Blacktoft Beacon Scout Campcraft Competition all weekend. As well as activities similar to the cub competition yesterday, they have had to camp without leaders all weekend, cooking and caring for themselves and their equipment, as well as completing challenges such as archery, making tin can burners,…
2018 Jamboree on the Trail
Well done to everyone that took part to help make our 2018 Sponsored Walk, Family BBQ and AGM such a success. Whether you walked the route, cut the grass, prepared the food, cooked the food, or even just ate it, helped with road crossings, put the tables and chairs out or away, led the singing…
WINNERS!
What a weekend! Apache Scouts won the Scout Camp Craft Competition at Tablers Wood. They had a full weekend of challenges to complete, and managed them all. They also ran their own camp, setting everything up, cooking all their own meals, keeping everything tidy and camped without a leader. The team of five were fantastic…
St George’s Day 2018
It may have been wild and windy up on the racecourse, but we all had a brilliant day. Archery, circus skills, pancake making, Lego, Humberside Fire & Rescue, inflatables, volleyball, skate park, dragon making, pioneering, martial arts, glass engraving, climbing wall, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, to name but a few. With over 500 young people plus…
Co-op Local Community Fund
A big thank you to everyone at the Co-op in Hessle, for inviting us to be part of their Local Community Fund, and especially to all the Co-op members for helping to raise the money. This morning we joined staff in store to receive a cheque for £1917.13 – a fantastic amount that will help…
Remembrance Sunday 2017
What a fantastic turn out from all our young people and leaders today – over a hundred of us. Smartly dressed in uniforms with smiles on faces despite the cold weather. Well done everyone!
HUMBERSIDE POLICE LIFESTYLE
A group of our scouts took part in Humberside Police Lifestyle project during the summer. Lifestyle is a project that was set up in 1989 to challenge young people to get involved with their communities, using their spare time to make a real difference, inspiring them to make positive choices and want to help others. Well…
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Hessle Scout Group were well represented at All Saints Church Harvest Festival today. Well done to those that played an active part in the service, carrying the flags, helping with the sermon, readings, collection, prayers, bread and wine, and in particular everyone that donated to the harvest food collection. This will be distributed to the…
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Last weekend some members of Apache Scouts and Cherokee Cubs attended the first of the Backyard Wildlife Workshops run by Anna from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. An excellent morning making bird boxes and bird food. Looking forward to the next workshop on Saturday building hedgehog houses and painting tyre planters to brighten up the garden…
HESSLE FEAST
A great big well done to everyone that helped with litter picking at Hessle Feast. We collected twenty three bags of rubbish between us, which was brilliant. We also worked with the Coop promoting their membership scheme and the local community fund (which we are recipients of at the moment), as well as cooking s’mores…
SPY CAMP
We all managed to pass security and had a fantastic time at Spy Camp in Bail Wood. The sun shone all weekend, we built dens, went on hikes, cracked codes, got to sit in a hovercraft, cooked on fires, had a water fight, sang around the campfire, used our imagination at Q’s base, completed the…
Apache Scouts – Scuba diving / Snorkeling experience
The Apache Scouts had a great time learning to Scuba dive and Snorkel at Winifred Holtby School, Hull. The experience was provided by Above and Below diving centre, based in Hull.
Apache Scouts- Gold Chief Scout Award
Well done to Thomas Procter, Josh Lancaster and Jacob Furniss on achieving their Gold Chief Scout award. The awards were presented by Paul Daniel, Group Scout leader for Hessle scout group.
A Wizard Weekend
All things Harry Potter was the theme of the 2016 Group Camp, and 107 members of Hessle Scout Group had a fantastic time at Primrose Hill Campsite, Brigg. The weekend began at Platform 9 3/4 on Friday evening with Hagrid welcoming everyone to camp, and then on to the sorting hat ceremony where we all…
Apache Scouts – Survival Skills
The Apache Scouts spent the evening learning Knife/Axe and Saw skills as part of the Scout survival badge. The scouts worked in patrols and rotated through four bases covering safety, law and the safe use and handling of the knives, saws and axes. Several parents assisted with the activities as well as leaders from from Navajo…
Jamboree on the Trail / Sponsored Walk 2016
Apache scouts took part in the Jamboree on the Trail / Sponsored Walk 2016. 12 scouts joined the rest of Hessle Scout Group for the walk which started at the Humber Bridge car park and took in Barton and South Ferriby, before heading back to the Scout Den at Hessle for a BBQ and AGM. Well…
Apache scout Pioneering projects 11/05/16
The Scouts had a night of pioneering, using poles and garden canes they built camp gadgets, practicing, ready for the Group camp in July. Wash stands and clothes driers were made in various configurations using traditional scouting knots.
Backwoods Cooking on Hessle Foreshore 04/05/16
Apache Scouts had a night of ‘Backwoods Cooking’ on the Hessle foreshore. The scouts split in to teams and prepared their fires, looking at all aspects of preparation, fire lighting and cooking on open fires. The scouts then cooked rice dishes as well as camping ready meals. The new ‘Ghillie kettle’ purchased by Hessle Scout…
Apache Scouts – Evening walk 20/04/16
Apache Scouts completed an evening walk and navigation refresher, walking from Brantingham (Church) and finishing on Dale Road, Elloughton. Thanks to all of the parent helpers who assisted with the walk.
Camp fire fork (Creative) 23/03/16
The Apache Scouts constructed ‘Camp fire forks’ which assisted them in completing part of their creative badge, but more importantly it also assisted them in eating lots of hot dogs and marshmallows. The scouts followed instructions / plans and made their own forks out wire and willow sticks, before trying them out on the open…
Wolds Challenge 2016 – Wetwang
Apache Scouts – Wolds Challenge 2016 The Wolds Challenge was held this year at Wetwang Nr Driffield. Apache Scouts entered the competition for the first time this year and completed the 12 mile walk in 4 hrs 30 mins. Prior to the event the team planned the route, marking checkpoints on their maps and selecting…
Apache Scouts – 13/01/16 – Skills badge
The Scouts worked towards their skills badge by having an evening of learning how to sew on a badge, iron their necker, change light bulbs, change a bike tyre and also how to clean toilets.
Apache Scouts
Welcome to Apache Scouts. Apache Scouts is a new troop based within Hessle Scout Group. We meet Wednesday evenings 7pm until 9pm at the Scout HQ (den), Southgate, Hessle, East Yorkshire, HU13 0AD. Our email address is apache@hesslescoutgroup.co.uk
Apache Scouts – Christmas Dinner
Apache Scouts celebrated their first Christmas in style. Working within their patrols and using different cooking methods, they worked together to plan, coordinate and cook a Christmas dinner for us all. Turkey, roast potatoes, sausages and bacon, stuffing, carrots and Yorkshire puddings as well as gravy was on the menu, there was even room for pudding….