Halswell Scout Group

Halswell Scout Group Every year we help Halswell young people enjoy new adventures, experience the outdoors, make new con

Today, one of our amazing Kaiarahi (leaders) installed our new den signage, replacing the outdated and faded existing si...
02/11/2025

Today, one of our amazing Kaiarahi (leaders) installed our new den signage, replacing the outdated and faded existing signage.

Thank you so much, Richard M. Appreciate your work!

Oh, and heads up (reminder!) that next Sunday, 9th November, we're holding an open day as we celebrate our 70th Anniversary.
10:00am to 4:00pm. Ex youth, leaders, supporters, and members of the public are welcome.

On the Sunday the 9th November, the Halswell Scout Group will be celebrating our 70th Anniversary.We will be holding an ...
07/10/2025

On the Sunday the 9th November, the Halswell Scout Group will be celebrating our 70th Anniversary.
We will be holding an open day from 10:00am. Come and see some of the antics we get up to!

We will also have a limited release 70th Anniversary blanket badge available for members of the public to purchase (current youth and leaders will get one free)

We've just completed another very successful round of our Fertiliser  Fundraiser for another year.Would you believe it, ...
20/09/2025

We've just completed another very successful round of our Fertiliser Fundraiser for another year.
Would you believe it, but we've got some stock left over including around 20-25 cubic metres of mushroom compost, and 9 x 5kg bags of lime, which is a great soil conditioner!

Prices reduced, one weekend only; Saturday 27th September for pickup or delivered.

Mushroom compost (pick up from our Prebbleton base):
$25/half cubic metre, or $40/full cubic metre

Mushroom compost (delivered):
$40/half Cubic metre, or $55/full cubic metre

5kg lime $5 each (9 left, no rainchecks, so when its gone, its gone)

If anyone would like some, or both! please reach out to our fundraising email address: [email protected] to confirm availability and pickup details

When it's gone, it's gone!

Hi, I'm Alan, the Halswell Scouts Group Leader.I'd like to have a massive shout out to our team that made our annual Fer...
13/09/2025

Hi, I'm Alan, the Halswell Scouts Group Leader.

I'd like to have a massive shout out to our team that made our annual Fertiliser Drive happen.

From me personally; BRAVO to you all.

Parents, leaders, scouts, all helping deliver the flyers, and later all the goodies, around South-West Christchurch.

Not to mention the team behind the scenes that co-ordinated everything, ordered all the stock, arranged the advertising, tabulated all the orders, created phone lists, emails, and delivery schedules.

Lastly, to the community at large; Thank you so much for your continued support, for ordering our fertiliser products for your gardens, and more. The success of our annual fertiliser drive fundraiser is, in many ways, in your hands. We couldn't do what we do as a scout group without charging our youth members considerably more for various activities. Thank you.

One of our leaders' scout blankets. Trust me, there's others among us with far more on their blankets than this leader's...
03/09/2025

One of our leaders' scout blankets. Trust me, there's others among us with far more on their blankets than this leader's got! A couple of us even have multiple scout blankets!

He's trying to decide if he should unpick the ones that are sewn on, and trim them all along the top edge, so they're all the same width, and sew them back on again in the same style.

We would like to thank members of the community that supported our inaugural Halswell Scouts Book Fair 2025.It was amazi...
19/08/2025

We would like to thank members of the community that supported our inaugural Halswell Scouts Book Fair 2025.

It was amazing to see so many members of our local community getting behind us, either with donations of books, or coming and browsing our collection, and making purchases.

We'd also like to recognise our team that put a lot of work into making this into the community event that it was.

Thank you all very, very much!

Books books and more  books... Getting ready for tomorrow morning! (Sat 16th August)If you can't make it tomorrow, don't...
15/08/2025

Books books and more books... Getting ready for tomorrow morning! (Sat 16th August)

If you can't make it tomorrow, don't forget we'll be open again on Sunday 17th as well!

The Countdown is on!It's just shy of a week now, until our inaugural Great Halswell Scouts Book Fair!We'd love to see yo...
09/08/2025

The Countdown is on!
It's just shy of a week now, until our inaugural Great Halswell Scouts Book Fair!
We'd love to see you there on the 16th and 17th August.

For those of you that donated books, magazines, games, etc, we are so grateful! Thank you very much! We are no longer collecting any more books etc, as it's going to take us a good few days to sort what we've got ready for sale. So please, no more drop offs.

The Book Fair is open on the following days and times:
Saturday 16th August from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday 17th August from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (may close earlier, depending on how much interest we get)

Our Famous Annual Fertiliser-Fundraiser is back for 2025As part of our annual Fund Raising activities in support of our ...
02/08/2025

Our Famous Annual Fertiliser-Fundraiser is back for 2025

As part of our annual Fund Raising activities in support of our youth going to camps, training courses, and other events, such as the triennial national Scout Jamboree, we run a fertiliser drive each year in August covering most of the South-West corner of Christchurch.

This is our single biggest fundraising activity of the year.

In return for the youth members of our scout group participating in the fertiliser drive, we apportion them a percentage of the profits towards their scouting activities

The area we cover is shown on the map, bounded by the red outline. It covers the suburbs from Prebbleton to Hornby to Wigram to Hillmorton to Spreydon to Barrington to Cracroft to Westmorland to Halswell.

Bu now, many of you, specifically our local residents in South-West Christchurch, will have received a flyer in the letter-box, promoting our upcoming Fertiliser Drive. We're busy gathering the stock we need, and the teams we need, to deliver your annual fertiliser demands!

Fill in the flier, and post it back to us, or, order online, email, or phone. If you've ordered from us previously, keep an eye out for an email reminder in the next few days too, or perhaps a phone call as we get closer to delivery dates!

For more, including pricing and how to purchase, click on the link here (or scan the QR Code): https://halswellscouts.co.nz/fertiliser-fundraiser/

Our inaugural Great Halswell Scouts Book Fair is just over a fortnight away!Come and buy a book for $2.00 each, or half ...
31/07/2025

Our inaugural Great Halswell Scouts Book Fair is just over a fortnight away!

Come and buy a book for $2.00 each, or half a dozen for $10.00.
If that doesn't work you can always snag a snag (sausage sizzle) for $2.50 each

We're still taking donations of books, too! (Hint, hint!), up until the 10th of August...

We're getting closer to book sale time, and we're delighted with the number of donations we've been receiving. Such a wo...
24/07/2025

We're getting closer to book sale time, and we're delighted with the number of donations we've been receiving. Such a wonderful community around us!
Keep them rolling in, and make sure you come along to buy a few books on the day too. More info can be found at https://halswellscouts.co.nz/great-halswell-scouts-book-fair-2025/

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305 Halswell Road
Christchurch
8025

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