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Pilates Plus classes every Monday Afternoon
2.15 - 3.15 (drop in £8 per class)

Click on the flier to see more details.

Come join Dynamic Performing Arts Musical Theatre class for children aged 5 - 12 years old. Taught by their professionally trained teachers, the two-hour weekly classes will develop your child’s confidence, creativity and performance skills through fun and interactive exercises focusing on singing, dancing and acting.

Classes take place on Thursday afternoons between 15:45-17:45 at Daniel Hall, Farnham. To reserve a free trial class, email or call 07766 077043. Great value at just £80 per 10-week term!

www.dynamicperformingarts.co.uk

Please support our latest fundraising effort by donating your unwanted textiles. We can take clothing, bags, shoes (in pairs), belts, bed linen and curtains. (Sorry, no ripped or stained clothing, blankets, bric-a-brac, carpet, offcuts of fabric or tent canvas).

You can drop off your bagged donations at a variety of times:

Any section meeting at Daniel Hall. The times are:

• Beavers: Mondays, 6pm - 7.15pm
• Cubs: Tuesdays, 6.30pm - 8pm
• Scouts: Thursdays, 7pm - 9pm

Or there will be volunteers at Daniel Hall to accept your donations between 1pm and 4pm on Saturday 14th and Saturday 21st January.

Call us on 07910 455523 if you need to arrange a collection.

We are currently trying to raise funds for our Scout group to buy new tents for all sections. We have a very full camping calendar each year and our existing tents are on their last legs! Please help if you can and tell your friends, neighbours and work colleagues.

Sunday 5th June, 10:30 – 12:00

Amazing Aquatic Adventures

Intrepid explorers Betty Brickley and Brad Brickston are on an aquatic adventure in the vast Pacific Ocean to discover new exciting types of marine life.

• Build where they go – will it be a coral reef, deep trench, underwater volcano?!
• Build how they get there – will it be a submarine, diving suit, underwater robot?!
• Build what the new species look like – will it be a fish, crustacean, monster?!

Build whatever your imagination invents!!

£8.00

Sunday 10th July, 10:30 – 12:00

Trailblazing Time Travel

Betty Brickley and Brad Brickston have been working hard in the science lab and they have invented a way to travel through time! They’ve called it the FLUX Capacitor!

• Build what it looks like – will it be a flying car, a rocket or a space gateway?! • Build where they go – the Wild West, the Jurassic period or the future?! • Build who you meet – cowboys, dinasours or robots?!

Build whatever your imagination invents!!

£8.00

Sessions held at Daniel Hall Scout Hut

For more information and TO BOOK visit www.brilliantbricks.co.uk

Brilliant Bricks LEGO club is for children aged 5 – 10 years old. Each session has an exciting theme with an adventure story and challenges to complete. No instructions, just imagination! Access to thousands of LEGO elements sorted into colours and interesting pieces. Come along and join us for some brilliant building, crazy creations and incredible inventions!

LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group which does not sponsor, authorise or endorse Brilliant Bricks.

SUNDAY 5th JUNE - the first Music in the Meadow of 2016!

Third Farnham will be hosting the tea tent at this year’s first Music in the Meadow. For more information go to the Farnham Town Council website.

Thanks to all of you who supported our Textile Recycling fundraiser last month, we appreciate your time and generosity. Our next fundraising event will be at the Farnham Duck Race on Saturday 30th April in Gostrey Meadow. Final details to be confirmed for what we will do on our stall but it will be fun and games and prizes! Please come along and support us.

In the meantime, we are collecting Sainsbury’s Active Kid vouchers again this year. Please send your vouchers in with your child or drop them in the collection box in the entrance of Daniel Hall. We always get some useful new equipment with our vouchers so please also encourage your friends, family and neighbours to collect for us, thank you.

Our Christmas Fayre will be at Daniel Hall on Saturday 21st November, 11am to 3pm. Click on the image for details.

It's World Continence Week next week and to celebrate we are holding two FREE Pelvic Floor Pilates sessions. If you know anyone who might benefit from learning some basic pelvic floor exercises to combat signs of a sensitive bladder please spread the word. We will be at the Daniel Hall in Farnham on Tuesday the 23rd of June at 9.15 - 10am and Grayshott Village Hall on Wednesday 24th of June also from 9.15 - 10am. Get in touch for more info - 07769 718405 or email . Hope to see you there!

The "Love and Compassion" Yoga and Meditation session held on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May raised a total of £421 for Nepal.

See the What's On page for details of YogaMums classes at Daniel Hall.

Kumon Study Centre now at Daniel Hall, offering maths and English study programmes. Go to www.kumon.co.uk for details.

Farnham Humanists talks at Daniel Hall. Everyone is welcome. DIY tea and coffee, drinks available from the Hop Blossom Pub close by. Admission donation £2 to cover costs. Talks are Sunday evenings from 7-10pm on 15 March, 19 April, 17 May, 19 July, 20 September, 18 October.

See the What's On page for details of classes at Daniel Hall.

Theatrebugs return to Daniel Hall on Tuesday 31st March - Thursday 2nd April 9am - 12pm for a fun-packed Easter drama workshop. See the What's On page for contact details.

We need your unwanted or worn out textiles to raise funds for the scouts.

Click on the image for details if you have textiles to donate, or come along to our jumble sale on Saturday 7 February (12 - 2pm, entry £1).

Visit 3rd Farnham Scout Group's Charity Stall at The Great Farnham Duck Race 2014

Saturday 3rd May in Gostrey Meadow from 10am, click here for more details.

3rd Farnham Scouts Spring Sale on Saturday 26th April, 12-3pm at Daniel Hall

Jumble, Bric-a-brac, games and refreshments

Fundraising event and Scouting Entrepreneurs Badge

Starting on Wednesday 16 April at 9.30am, incorporating the precision of Pilates with the grace and technique of ballet, the alignment of yoga and the strength from sports conditioning - that's Barre Training! A challenging and high-energy workout that tones the thighs, lifts the butt, sculpts the arms and flattens the abs, whilst simultaneously burning fat.

Visit www.i-feelgood.co.uk to sign up.

11-13 April UCA 3D exhibition Perception, featuring ceramics, glass, metalwork and jewellery of 7 students.

13-17 May UCA Illustrations exhibition with work from 35 students.

Click on the image to enlarge.

Daniel Hall will become a study centre for students from France in July. The organisation running the course is looking for host families in Farnham from 10-23 July, the students are at school and on activities all day so no daytime supervision is required. For more information and rates of pay contact Nirma on 01252 717562 or 07732 925001.

Farnham Round Table have generously donated £4166.80 towards Daniel Hall's multi-ability kitchen. The kitchen facilities will be available for training and catering events in the hall. Farnham Round Table are looking for new members (blokes age 18-45) to support their charity fundraising events (and socialise twice a month in the pub), visit www.farnhamroundtable.org.uk for more information.

Congratulations to Maureen and Mick Grew on celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The happy couple chose 3rd Farnham Scout Group's kitchen project as one of their nominated charities for friends and family to make donations to. Thank you for contributing £285 to our funds.

Darren, former 3rd Farnham Scout, Paul and Richard, former 3rd Farnham Venture Scouts with parents Mick and Maureen

With great sadness we say good luck and Bon voyage to Al Humes, the first hirer of Daniel Hall following it's extensive renovations. Al, Pilates Instructor and Captain in the Army, is being posted overseas - we've earmarked him to become a Scout Leader on his return!

Jenny de Quervain and Robert Humphrey attended the Farnham Afternoon Townswomen's Guild to tell them about the Daniel Hall Renovation Project and lead singing of a few campfire songs. Their Chairman, Norma Parkes, presented the Group with a cheque for £200 from their raffle proceeds last year.

For details of the classes available, see the Daniel Hall page.

3rd Farnham Scouts would like to extend a huge thank you to Cub dad Terry Eggett and his team from Hancock & Eggett who have generously donated their time to come and erect some fencing outside Daniel Hall for us.  Thanks guys and if anyone out there needs some first-class landscape gardeners then we can highly recommend Hancock & Eggett, give them a call on 01252 714458.

On Saturday 30th November between 1.00pm - 6.00pm, 3rd Farnham Scouts will be at the Farnham Christmas Lights Switch-On to sell quality Christmas trees and run a Christmas Prize Tree stall with great prizes - there's a guaranteed prize every time!  There will also be a traditional raffle with some fabulous prizes generously donated by local businesses in Farnham and the surrounding area including:

• Tiffany style table lamp worth £80 from Traditional Furnishing
• Brasserie Blanc restaurant voucher
• Bottle of champagne from Strutt & Parker estate agent
• Elphick's gift voucher
• Family ticket to Spectrum, Guildford
• Nuffield Health month's membership for 2 plus health MOT

So come along and have a go - £1 buys you a guaranteed prize from the Christmas Prize Tree with all proceeds going to 3rd Farnham Scouts for the renovation of Daniel Hall.

3rd Farnham Scouts is holding a Christmas Shopping Fair at Daniel Hall, Farnham on Saturday 16th November between 11.00am - 3.00pm.

Gifts for everyone: Artisan crafts, OPI nails, Christmas gifts, hand-sewn accessories, homeware, Italian cashmere and lambswool knitwear, Phoenix cards, personalised cushions and gifts, Bare Innocence Face and Body products and candles, Polish Pottery, Dandy Urchins children's clothing, sweets hampers, Usborne Books, Farnham Country Market's produce and home-made cakes and many more.

Children's Activities: Professional face painting and a games room for the kids (to keep them occupied while you shop).

Refreshments: Hot chocolate, tea, coffee and soft drinks, cakes and biscuits. £1 entry for adults, children and grandparents free entry.

We will also be taking orders for quality, non-drop Christmas trees ranging from 4ft - 8ft; trees will be available from Saturday 30th November.

3rd Farnham Scouts would like to say a massive thank you to Days Buildbase on Weydon Lane (near Pilgrims Way Junior School) for generously donating 2 kitchen cupboards, a kitchen work surface and a stainless steel kitchen sink with taps and all plumbing.  This means that we can now fit-out the kitchenette in the downstairs Activity Room which is a huge step forward for us.  They have also donated 5 concrete posts, 4 wooden panels and concrete gravel boards which we can use to create a short fence from the main door of Daniel Hall out to the path.  This was all promised to us last week and then delivered free to the Hall this week.  Fantastic support and service from a local trader, thank you!

Great news! We have reopened for business getting Scouts and Guides running next week and opening up for community groups starting with a Pilates Class yesterday. Our success has helped us hit the front page of the Farnham Herald and we were on the radio yesterday. This is the link to radio broadcast which will be available for 6 days - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01fjmdj. It's a 3 hour show but to make it easy I'm on in the last 5 - 10 minutes. We still need to do some more work. Please see the Fundraising page for details.

Daniel Hall renovation is now visible from outside. The big floor to ceiling windows on the front are now installed which gives a tantalising view of the new inside.

Inside the rooms are all constructed on the ground floor and the new ceiling and wall linings are being installed upstairs on the first floor.

All very exciting and we are still looking to have all the basic work done by mid July.

Bag packing at Sainsburys last Sunday raised £371.93! We would like to thank the customers at Sainsburys for their generosity. Thanks also to our parents and their respective Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who did an amazing job. In addition, we have around 800 Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers to spend on new sports equipment.

3rd Farnham Scout Group relies on donations to help us improve the facilities for the children so that they can benefit from being part of the scouting community. They also enjoy and take pride in carrying out fundraising activities. Thanks again to all involved your support it is very much appreciated.

Yvonne Morrisroe

Penny Walters on the tea and cake stall at the Farmers Market, "Thanks to everyone for supplying such delicious cakes for the Farmer's Market today, and to the amazingly hardy and cheerful volunteers who came to help out - your work was really appreciated! It was a very quiet day at the market and not many shoppers stayed long, so I'm delighted to announce that we still made £158!".

Yvonne Morriscoe talking about the Textiles Recycling event, "Drumroll...the final amount raised from the Textiles Recycling is £750! Huge thanks to everyone for collecting, organising and donating (and for the cash and cheque donations)".

Work started on renovating Daniel Hall on 14 January as planned and is progressing well. The main work so far covers:

• Stripping out internal walls and ceiling linings,
• building foundations for first floor supports,
• installing roof lights,
• building new storage area in the loft over the new kitchen,
• starting work on the first floor wall insulation,
• installing new outside doors for the storage area.

This week the steel work to support the first floor is being installed. Next 2 weeks should see the new outside windows and doors installed which will dramatically change the outside at the front.

Photographs showing the work are stored here.

3rd Farnham Scout Group is today celebrating the news that it has received a £60,000.00 funding boost from SITA Trust for their project "3rd Farnham Scout Group - Daniel Hall Renovation".

The scout group is undertaking a complete repair and renovation of their 250 year old HQ, Daniel Hall, to bring it up to modern standards, making it a safer and more inspiring building whilst retaining its main historic features and value. This will improve a highly utilised but very rundown part of Farnham's conservation area. Renovation will retain the structure and key features of the existing building such as the oak beams and roof supports. The update of facilities will include: access for disabled people, effective and efficient heating, improved insulation, modern toilet facilities, protection against flooding and damp and up to date catering facilities. A variety of halls and meeting rooms will become available to suit local community needs.

SITA Trust funding will be used for major ground and first floor building alterations, structural support, partitions and roof insulation and repairs.

"We are so pleased to receive this contribution from SITA Trust. It represents the last major piece in our fundraising, which started over 12 years ago. This will now enable us to start building work and have the building ready in September for Scouting, Guiding and the community", Sue Hepburn, Group Scout Leader, 3rd Farnham Scout Group - www.3rdfarnham.org.uk.

Marek Gordon CEO and Chairman of SITA Trust added "We are delighted to have been able to support this project through the Landfill Communities Fund. This important source of funding has been available since 1997 and has provided such worthy projects with more than £1.2 billion."

SITA Trust provides funding through the Landfill Communities Fund. Funding is available for available for projects that enhance communities and enrich nature.

The Farnham Buildings Preservation Trust grant does have conditions attached to it, all of which are not difficult to fulfil. One of the conditions is a very exciting and positive element, enabling the young people of the group to say "I helped to achieve our goal"! The funding has been set based on an expectation that:

All the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in the group help in the fundraising by finding out about an element of local history, and in the process of gaining this information will obtain a badge. The badge work they do will then get displayed in a presentation, judged by the Farnham Preservation Trust at the end of September. The Presentations will be separated into their scout sections and will be age related. These can be in any type of media, allowing every child the chance to take part in helping to raise funds for their HQ and gaining a greater understanding of past life and how community has shaped and still does shape life in Farnham.

As a bonus, the best in section will be awarded a personal prize.

As our own HQ building was involved in Farnham's industrial history, and the Farnham area was where Sir Baden Powell (the Founder of Scouting) spent a lot of time creating and discussing the idea of scouting, as well as visiting 3rd Farnham and other local groups on his way home to Bentley, where he lived at Pax Hill. Along with all the other famous people associated with and all the historical buildings in Farnham, this shouldn't be too difficult.

This also will embrace the Working in the Community and Helping Others elements of our scouting promise. The expectation is that everyone will come together to help and enable the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts to fulfil this part of the grant criteria. Allowing them to gain well-deserved pride and recognition for the part they have played in the much needed renovation work of their HQ. Hopefully making it an enjoyable and memorable part of their childhood they take forward into their adult life.

Obviously parents will play a big role in giving ideas and encouraging their Beaver, Cub or Scout, but if anyone feels they have a particular skill, that will help the leaders put all the elements together, especially organising and helping to put on a fantastic presentation at the end of September, please contact Sue Hepburn to discuss.

I thought I would do our first post about all the exciting things that have happened and are going to happen in the next year, enabling the group to get further along its path to refurbishing Daniel Hall.

Since September 2011 we have have done several fund raisers and raised a fantastic total of £2,400.00 towards our building fund. We will soon have a visual monitor of how our funds are going, at the moment we have almost raised £30,000.00 this will be very useful for matching funds when we apply for grants. The building committee are working hard to get grant applications under way, several look very promising, we are working to very tight deadlines for getting the applications in, but this also means we will also know sooner if we have been successful.

We have a minimum of three major fundraising events planned for this year and a major PR project that involves the Scouts working with a professional film makers, who have kindly volunteered their time to help us.

We have also had some fantastic offers to help with our fundraising, the first of these came from a friend of one of our Scout leaders, Vanessa and her partner are walking up to Everest base camp and then running the Marathon distance back down, they have given the group the chance to raise as much money as possible from this event which will happen at the end of May. We hope that everyone will look to their wider work and community networks to get sponsors to support their efforts. If anyone has any further ideas as to how we can utilise this event to raise money for and awareness of our refurbishment project, please contact me.

Simon one of our Scout Leaders is looking to create an annual Soapbox Derby in the Autumn which will bring ours and other groups together to have fun, whilst raising funds.

One of our Ex Leaders, now on the building committee, is marking a significant birthday by taking part in a 300 mile sponsored cycle ride, again by looking outwards and around everyone's own networks, we believe significant funds can be raised, all the funds raised will go to the building fund.

Details of an on line sponsor link will available soon, for these and other events we run, anyone who wishes to get involved in our fundraising, please don't hesitate to contact me. Things are moving forward at a pace now and every little bit of help will move us forward to our goal of a fantastic hall for everyone, young or old.

I have been working on this for a long time now, it is just getting to the really exciting bit, so come on join in and share in the fun and lets make 2012 the year 3rd Farnham achieve something special !!

Sue

The Farnham District Family Camp is at Garner''s Field from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 April. More information and a booking form are available from the Farnham District website.

The latest Surrey Scouts newsletter is available here.

The latest Farnham District newsletter is now available.