Christmas Post 2017 – how did we do? December 17, 2017 (updated April 13, 2022) | By Carl Steckerl Thank you to everyone who made this another successful year. The Scout post has raised £1,831.19 for 1st Swindon Sea Scouts. Sales of stamps were bustling at Morrisons with 8,168 stamps sold, sorting was frantic and confusing at times at Gorse Hill (especially for those not being experts in Swindon streets!) and deliveries of 5,003 cards kept in good order in Haydon Wick by Catharine supported by members of the Beavers, Cubs, Scout and Explorer sections, leaders, parents and carers. Working with the other groups in Swindon North District and Swindon Ridgeway District for every stamp we sold we earned 10p and for every card delivered we received 17p. Stamp selling therefore raised £816.80, deliveries raised £850.51 and we recieved £163.88 in donations. The 1st Swindon Exec and all of the members of scouting in Swindon would like to thank Morrisons for allowing us to sell stamps again and everyone for their help and time in supporting the sales of stamps, sorting of the envelopes and delivery of all of the cards. This now just leaves us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and see you all in 2018!
Christmas Post 2016 – how did we do? December 18, 2016 (updated April 13, 2022) | By Carl Steckerl Thank you to everyone who made this another successful year. The Scout post has raised £1,946.60 for 1st Swindon Sea Scouts. Sales of stamps were bustling at Morrisons with 10,116 stamps sold, sorting was frantic and confusing at times at Toothill (especially for those not being experts in Swindon streets!) and deliveries of 5,500 cards kept in good order in Haydon Wick by Catharine supported by members of the Beavers, Cubs, Scout and Explorer sections, leaders, parents and carers. Working with the other groups in Swindon North District and Swindon Ridgeway District for every stamp we sold we earned 10p and for every card delivered we received 17p. Stamp selling therefore raised £1,011.60 and deliveries raised £935.00 The 1st Swindon Exec and all of the members of scouting in Swindon would like to thank Morrisons for allowing us to sell stamps again and everyone for their help and time in supporting the sales of stamps, sorting of the envelopes and delivery of all of the cards. This now just leaves us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and see you all in 2017!
Christmas post 2015 – how did we do? December 19, 2015 (updated April 13, 2022) | By Philip McGaw Thank you to everyone who made this another successful year The Scout post has raised £2224.54 for 1st Swindon Sea Scouts. Sales of stamps were bustling at Morrisons with 10,082 stamps sold, sorting was frantic and confusing at times at Shaw Ridge (especially for those not being experts in Swindon streets!) and deliveries of 6,151 cards kept in good order in Haydon Wick by Bryan supported by members of the Beavers, Cubs, Scout and Explorer sections, leaders, parents and carers. Working with the other groups in North Swindon District and Swindon Ridgeway District for every stamp we sold we earned 10p and for every card delivered we received 17p. Stamp selling therefore raised £1081.20 and deliveries raised £1045.67. We also received £97.67 from donations whilst selling the stamps. The 1st Swindon Exec and all of the members of scouting in Swindon would like to thank Morrisons for allowing us to sell stamps again and everyone for their help and time in supporting the sales of stamps, sorting of the envelopes and delivery of all of the cards. Happy New Year! This now just leaves us to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and see you all in 2016!
Haydon Wick Sea Scouts raise Money for Charity June 30, 2005 (updated April 13, 2022) | By Philip McGaw SEA Scouts have raised a fantastic £700 for the Swindon Cancer Appeal. The First Swindon Sea Scouts based at Haydon Wick marched and rowed under cloudy skies before putting on a spectacular fun-day at a sailing club in Lechlade. For many of the Scouts, the day began at 8am outside Asda Wal-Mart in North Swindon where they prepared their canoes for the long march to the River Thames at Cricklade, which took two hours, before rowing their boats to Lechlade and then marching to a fun day at the Bowmoor Sailing Club. Mike, assistant scout leader and one of the organisers of the event, said: “Despite the weather, everyone had a great time.” The scouts raised £1,400 in total, half of which will go to the cancer appeal and half to the group’s own funds. So far, the Swindon Cancer Appeal has raised just more than £132,000, in the past few months with the grand total close to £750,000. The Swindon Cancer Appeal is also hoping to provide a training post for a Macmillan specialist breast care cancer nurse. In addition we want to provide a training post for another nurse specialising in gastrointestinal cancer. For more information about the Swindon Cancer Appeal call the appeal office on 01793 432252 or 01793 432253. From HaydonWick in touch