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Why do we carry out projects?

Our aim is to benefit our community and one of the way we can do this is to complete projects using our wide range of skill in our group. From creating benches to helping repair buildings, we want to put our skills to good use helping the community.

Latest Projects

Our block weave has been laid!

AT LAST – we’ve now completed the laying of the block weave for our outside working area – so we can now make better use of our compound.  We are very grateful for the 3 guys from Anglian Water and Richardson Recycling who gave up their Saturday to do the ...

So – We tried!

The plan to get the patio kerbs and blocks laid before the year end was defeated by The Street closures and, of course, the rain. But we did, with hard graft by Andy and Alex, get half of the kerbs set and haunched before Xmas and then, after the new ...

THE NEW MAIN GATEPOST

Site Security & Access Improvements The new removable main gate post has finally been installed following its manufacture to meet the need to be able to remove it to allow access for large lorries and cranes in the future building programme  – lessons learnt when we needed to remove the old ...

The Cubs and DIY!

Cubs working on their DIY badges Some months ago we were asked if we could run a couple of sessions to help the Cubs achieve their DIY badge. In December we allocated two evening sessions to fulfil this commitment. Andy, our club operations manager, at the request of the Cub ...

Shoulder to Shoulder Mission

This mission was a national campaign to produce benches to be installed in community locations where the bench could be a focal point for people to sit and talk “shoulder to shoulder’. This campaign was run by the UKMSA (the UK Mens Shed Association) and was funded by Diageo PLC ...

The Cave for the Sea Scouts

This consisted of 20+ 6’ x 2’ ply sheets with arches cut out in various configurations. These were stained black and with the use of cable ties could be assembled into several variations of mazes. The Cave was then built by creating the maze on a black tarpaulin and covering ...

Renovation of the 4 wheel trailer for the Scouts

The trailer had been used as a rubbish tip for several years in a corner of the car park and needed to be renovated to use to transport The Cave to events. So we stripped it down to its bare bones and rebuilt the trailer on the frame, which was ...