We are a successful scouting group currently providing opportunities to 290 local children, primarily from Claygate but also from Esher and Hinchley Wood.
More local children want to join 1st Claygate Scouts but we are limited by the capacity of our building. This September we offered the chance for 30 local children (beavers, cubs and scouts) to become involved in the group yet over 60 were eligible to join.
We have leaders ready and waiting to engage more children in scouts, but our Scout Centre is fully utilised 5 nights a week with existing groups. To be able to offer more places, we need the capacity to be able to run additional groups.
Project Merlin will:
Extend the meeting room upstairs, doubling its size, allowing two groups to meet at the same time (one upstairs, one downstairs). Add an additional access around the side of the Centre to enable two groups to arrive and depart independently. Provide an extra leaders' meeting room upstairs Addition of new facilities - additional WCs, car parking spaces and storage
This will enable us to add an additional beaver colony (30 children) as soon as the building is extended, and additional Cub Packs and other sections later.
Planning permission has already been granted by Elmbridge Borough Council and 60 letters of support were received from local residents.
Campaign Target
From 1st Claygate Scouts
Current local children
New Places
Extend the meeting room upstairs, doubling its size, allowing two groups to meet at the same time (one upstairs, one downstairs).
Add an additional access around the side of the Centre to enable two groups to arrive and depart independently.
Provide an extra leaders' meeting room upstairs
Addition of new facilities - additional WCs, car parking spaces and storage.