St Augustines Scout & Guide Headquarters
‘SJF’
St John Fisher, 56 Begbrook Park, Frenchay, Bristol, BS16 1NF
42nd Kingswood Scouts 23rd Kingswood Guides
We are on the move to SJF
Dear Parents
You may well remember that at our AGM last May we announced that Fr Frank has very kindly offered us the use of St John Fisher in Frenchay as our scout & guide headquarters and for us to hold our weekly unit meetings there. After explaining some of the reasons why the move was being considered, the response we received from you as parents was favourable towards it.
However, before it could take place, it was dependent on a certain things happening & this has taken some time to achieve.
Some structural changes to the building itself were required.
We needed to obtain & install suitable storage capacity for each unit.
We needed to meet & inform the neighbours of St John Fisher of what was being proposed.
These things have now been completed & in particular I am pleased to report that the neighbours on the whole are favourable towards us using St John Fisher.
So the move can now take place – and so it is our intention to actually move in during the week of the school holiday in February and that consequently commencing from week beginning
Monday 20th February unit meetings from then on will be held in St John Fisher in Frenchay.
What does this mean to St Augustine’s?
First & foremost, the units are still very much part of St Augustine’s parish. Monthly church parades will still take place & there will be times when unit events will take place at St Augustine’s. The relocation to St John Fisher is purely a practical issue for the weekly meetings as it offers us opportunities which at the moment are restricted to us at St Augustine’s.
Like in any move, I am sure there will be some teething troubles but please bear with us whilst we settle in.
We hope that you approve of this move but if you do have any specific queries, please refer them direct to your unit leaders.
Yours in Scouting & Guiding
Graham Williams – Group Scout Leader on behalf of all the Leaders