Where to buy your stamps

At just 20p per card you save at least 1/3 off Royal Mail prices and help one of Ashby’s popular young people’s charities.

Stamps can be brought from:

  • Abbey Stores, Abbey Drive, Ashby 6:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Ashby Carpets, 84 Smisby Road, Ashby 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Card Cottage, 15 Market Street, Ashby 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Daybreak Services, 3a High Street, Packington, 6:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Fancy That, The Market, Ashby 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
  • Tourist Information Centre, North Street, Ashby 9:30 am – 5:00 pm (4:00 pm Saturdays)
  • Our Stand outside Somerfield on Saturday 5th, 12th and 19th, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cards can also be posted inside Somerfield.

How to use the Scout’s Christmas Post

Stick your stamps on and post them when you are ready.  You can also post cards at Somerfield, open 8:00 am – 9:00 pm Mon- Sat and 10:00 am – 4:00 pm on Sundays.

You can also say hello, buy stamps or drop off cards for collection outside Somerfield on Saturdays 5th, 12th and 19th Decemper between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm.

Our Scout  Leaders sort the collectcted cards (around 4,500 each year) into rounds each Saturday for our network of 60 or so families to deliver on the Sundays and Mondays in December.

Hints and Tips

  • If you are not certain of the address PLEAE put your name and address on the back so we can return any undeliverable cards to you.  Generally the cards ill be delivered by a neighbour of your recipient so our success rates are very high
  • It doesn’t matter what size your cards are, it’s 20p per item
  • We only cover addresses in Ashby, Packington, Shellbrook and Smisby – sorry but we cannot deliver anywhere else.
  • Last post: 2:00 pm on Saturday 19th December

We offer discounts to companies wishing to take advantage of the Scout post for their Christmas Cards

  • Minimum of 50 items
  • Sorted by street in a clear typeface
  • Please contact us – receipts, collections from your premises and most other requirements can be met.

2009 Diary Dates

Our outdoor Scouting starts later this year, we thought we’d be kind. Over the last several years our trip to Dovedale has had very mixed weather, wind, rain, snow and sleet. This year we thought we’d try to get a bit of sun into the mixture.

To give us some idea of numbers, can you please complete the attached form and return it by the end of February. You can change your mind anytime prior to the event, these numbers will help us work out the logistics running the activities.

  • 3rd – 5th April Dovedale – This week end starts at the chippy in Ashbourne on Friday night. From there we journey to a farm at Alston field which will be our home for the week end. Working in groups, the Scouts will be walking a route they will have planned previously that will take them on a tour of the Dovedale and Manifold valleys. This weekend could tick many boxes towards the challenges the Scouts need to complete to gain the ultimate award which is the Chief Scouts challenge. The cost of this week end will be in the region of £50.
  • 19th April St. Georges Day Parade.
    This year the parade will be held at Whitwick. The parade will assemble at the Hermitage Leisure Centre, Whitwick at 2.00pm to move off at 2.15pm.
  • 7th May A.G.M. -All sections meeting at Willesley.
  • 8th – 10th May Training Camp at Willesley Cost in the region of £15.
  • 19th May Canoe session at Moira furnace. Session runs from 6:30 – 8:00 Cost £3.
  • 22nd – 24th May District Camp – Willesley Cost in the region of £50.
  • June 12th – 14th Training camp at Willesley Cost in the region of £15.
  • June 14th District Raft Race
  • June 21st District Archery Competition.
  • 26th 28th June District Canoe Camp – Based at Willesley – Cost in the region of £50.
  • 4th July District Swimming Event
  • 1st – 9th August Summer Camp Probable venue – Wadacar – This is a national Scout camp site in Lancashire. Cost in the region of £120.
  • 11th – 13th Sept. Training Camp at Willesley Cost in the region of £15.
  • 18th 20th Sept. County Splash Camp – Outdoor Pursuit Centre – Leicester. Cost £60
  • 26th September District Night Activity – Run from Willesley.
  • 9th – 11th October GoApe – Somewhere in Derbyshire Cost in the region of £60.
  • 8th Nov. Remembrance Day Parade.

AGM Tonight – Annual Reports available here first

Don’t forget it is our AGM tonight (7:oo pm at Willesley Campsite)

We’ll be glad to see you there.

For wider viewing we attach the annual report and accounts.

2008agm-accounts

2008agm-booklet