123rd Carlisle Scout Group Cumbria, St Herbert’s Church Hall

01/08/2026

Our very own Helen who owns Rainbow Childminding has been nominated for 2 awards in the Cumbria Baby and Children’s Business Awards 2027. She would be grateful if you could give Rainbow Childminding your vote in Best Nursery or Childminder category and in the Best Independently Owned Baby and Children Business category

🎉 VOTING IS NOW OPEN! 🎉

The time has finally arrived… it’s time to help decide our Cumbria Baby & Children’s Business Awards 2027 Finalists! 🏆✨

Over the next month, your votes will determine which businesses progress to the finalist stage.

⭐ The top 5 businesses in each category will become our finalists.
⭐ The top 10 businesses in both Best Overall Baby Class (Under 1s), Best Overall Toddler Class, Best Rising Star and Best independently Owned Business will go through to the finals.

🗳️ Vote here: https://forms.gle/XVkSzusAc4dzXPzq8

📅 Voting closes at 9:00am on Friday 4th September 2026.

Please remember:
🤍 One vote per person.
🤍 All email addresses will be verified.
🤍 Duplicate or invalid votes will not be counted.

A huge congratulations once again to all of our incredible nominees! Thank you to everyone who nominated, and thank you to everyone taking the time to support the amazing businesses that make such a difference to families across Cumbria and beyond.

Good luck to every nominee – we can’t wait to reveal our finalists! ✨🏆

28/07/2026

Just a reminder we hire the hall for all occasions. For more information please send us a PM (please note the middle picture does not show our actual kitchen)

23/06/2026

We have another wonderful business joining us at St Herbert’s. The lovely Megan will be doing a yoga fitness class on Tuesdays from 7th July please see post attached for more details.

Welcome to our hall Megan ☺️

💪 NEW CLASS. NEW CHALLENGE. NEW ENERGY. 💪

After lots of planning, testing ideas and listening to what many of you have been asking for, I'm launching something completely new at Activate.

Introducing...

🔥 ACTIVATE: STRENGTH & CONDITIONING 🔥

A full-body workout designed to help you build strength, improve fitness, move better and feel powerful.

Think dumbbells, functional movement, mobility training and yoga-inspired movement patterns woven into energising workouts that challenge you without destroying you.

I've created this class for people who want more than just exercise.

People who want to feel stronger.
Move better.
Have more energy.
And enjoy the process.
Yet still improve flexibility.

📍 St Herbert's Hall, Blackwell
🗓 Tuesdays 5:30–6:30pm
🚀 Starts 7th July

Booking now open 👉🏼 www.activateyoga.co.uk/classes

Who's ready for something new? 👀💪

03/06/2026

The Squirrel section of 123rd Carlisle Scout Group had been collecting donations of food to help people in the community at our hall. Yesterday Helen handed over the donations to Dawn who was extremely grateful for all your generous donations. Dawn said they are always looking for donations of food to help people who may be struggling. If you would like to help with donations please contact Dawn Huntington at Petteril Bank Community Hall

Massive THANK YOU to the children and families from the 123rd Carlisle Scouts, who donated food items to our food pantry as part of their helping the community badge ❤️
We really appreciate every donation and this will help a lot of families in the local area.

05/04/2026

We’d like to wish you all a happy and blessed Easter

15/03/2026

What a beautiful set up from the Squirrels and Beavers from 123rd Carlisle Scout Group who entertained St Herbert’s church congregation after the church service this morning as well as their own parents and families for a lovely Mother’s Day lunch.

01/03/2026

01/03/2026

Beautiful little set up for a christening after party. Thank you for hiring our venue for today. 🥰

The hall is available to hire for all sorts of parties and events like today’s. #

21/02/2026

Some recent ugrades to our entrance way to make it more welcoming to all our regular hall users. It was green when we started on the 2nd January and now a lovely scout purple.

Massive thank you to The Rebuild Site CIC for the donations of flooring, paint and seat covers (more photos to come when we complete more work).
A special thank you to the adult volunteers who go above and beyond to do this work in their own time during the week or after section meetings finish on a night time.

We are grateful for any donations received to help to continue improving our beautiful hall for the community to use.

31/01/2026

A little look at our hall, kitchen and stage. We have done some decorating to freshen up the wall’s, re backed notice boards and kept on top of cleaning.

The scout group use it 3 nights a week running 6 different sections, Squirrels 4-6 year olds, Beavers 6-8 year olds, Cubs 8-10 year olds, Scouts 10-14 year olds, Explorers 14-18 year olds, and Network 18-25 year olds. As well as supporting all the adult leaders. For more information or if you would like your child start a section, of if you would like to become a leader and support our local children please send the page a message or contact Marky Hampton

PomFit Carlisle and Bounce Carlisle are in 3 nights a week offering you a wide range of exercise for all abilities. For more information on the classes please message either of their pages.

Our church in front of the hall St Herbert’s and St Stephen’s congregation uses the hall on Sunday mornings for refreshments

We have had an outstanding amount of support from the church and community welcoming us and we have a fantastic working relationship between all involved to get us where we are since moving in, to make the hall a success and get it back thriving like it use to be.

The hall has availability during the day and weekend for regular and one off classes, parties, after christening parties and meetings. Please message the page for more information and availability.