{"alias":"storyCaseStudy","byline":"","standfirst":"When 1st Hathersage Scout Group in Derbyshire were coming up to their centenary, they wanted to celebrate their 100 years of history and all the Scouts a part of it. With a little help from the Scouts\u2019 Heritage Team, it turned out to be a celebration worth commemorating.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"type":"Promo","cta":"10% discount this way","body":"\u003Cp\u003EEnjoy 10% off Promise Path orders until 28 August 2020. 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A year before the event, the group\u2019s Beaver Leader, Toria, contacted the Heritage Team at Gilwell Park\u2019s Scouts HQ, to request information about the group\u2019s history: \u2018We\u2019re celebrating our 100\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E year,\u2019 she said, \u2018and we\u2019re hoping to organise some great events to celebrate.\u2019\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter riffling through old documents and deeds alongside the Heritage Team, Toria, group leaders, and local village elders, found what they were looking for: great facts, stories, and the names of some former members.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd so, they decided to end their year on a high with a Celebration Day, including food, activities and historical displays. Toria contacted as many of the retired members as she could find, inviting them to the event. The day was advertised locally too, encouraging past members (and everyone else in the Hope Valley!) to pop along and join in the celebrations. Having officially formed in 1919, there were lots of people with past memories of the group.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022rte-center\u0022\u003E_____________\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen the day arrived, Scouts, parents, community members, retired leaders and former members gathered together to toast their teacups to the 1\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C/sup\u003E Hathersage centenary.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the Hathersage Memorial Hall guests enjoyed freshly made afternoon tea: sandwiches, cakes and treats. Everyone made their way around the venue, bumping into friends, making new ones and reacquainting themselves with old faces from years ago. Former members had travelled from all over the UK to come to the event. It was a chance to thank them for being a valuable part of the group and to show them how it\u2019s evolved over time into the thriving community it is today.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null},{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EDisplays around the hall re-telling the history of the group: their first meeting in 1911, official formation in 1919, the gift of their first Scout Hut premises and land in 1939, and stories about Scouts today \u2013 with over 80 young people in the group today, and a satellite group in a nearby village.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null},{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EAt one point a former member stood by the uniform table telling a few Beavers what it was like to get his first uniform. Before long, they were eager to try the uniforms on for themselves. Unsurprisingly, they were far too big for the six and seven-year-old Beavers.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBeavers, Cubs and Scouts performed on stage, delighting their audience with a live \u2018campfire\u2019 singing activity. Finally, the winner of the badge competition was announced.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the event drew to a close, Tom, the Group Scout Leader and Richard, The District Commissioner, announced the winners of the badge competition. The young people had designed some fantastic badges to celebrate the 100\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C/sup\u003E anniversary. They combined the adventure and fun of Scouts with Hathersage\u2019s famous mill stoning history. 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