For the last 15 years 3rd Holmesfield Scout Group have been meeting weekly in less than ideal meeting places, including barns, portacabins and outdoor shelters. We have explored various options including designing and building a brand new facility in Holmesfield but rising costs and fewer fundraising opportunities have led us to try and secure a permanent home in Dronfield at the current headquarters on Wreakes Lane. Our original plan was to develop what was the existing building but a few years ago it was deemed unsafe and sadly had to be demolished. Our small band of volunteers and 110 young people have, since then, been meeting in second hand portacabins which are damp, cold and very restrictive in terms of activity space.

Despite all the setbacks our membership has remained strong, we have remained at capacity for Beavers, Cubs , Scouts and Explorer Scouts with a group membership of over 100 young people, and now have a firm plan in place to develop Wreakes Lane Scout HQ on behalf of the whole district.

So far we have raised almost £120,000 pounds, with £50k coming from grants and £70k from our own fundraising and careful budgeting over 20+ years.

The plan is to buy and install a 4 module building to create a large enough room for meetings and activities for both our group and others in and around Dronfield.

Planning permission has been granted and we have a local supplier on board with our plans. Our plan would also help in developing the space into a community bookable resource with a large secure enclosed activity field.

Unfortunately once again, rising costs has left us short of our target by between 10k and 15k so we are hoping that we can make a dent in that gap with donations, whilst continuing to apply for grants and fundraise ourselves!

We are at a critical point in the project as we are ready to place an order for the cabins and the associated groundworks. We have worked so hard and raised so much whilst continuing to provide weekly activities, camps, expeditions, hikes, expeditions, DofE awards and other activities but we find ourselves with a relatively small gap in funding to fill quite quickly to enable our plan to be fully realised.

So, for the first time ever we are asking for your help via crowdfunding to hopefully allow us to bridge the funding gap as quickly as possible Every little will help. Feel free to message us with any questions. Thank you.