A thank you from Framwellgate Moor Scouts for the donation I have made through the local fund the Council gives us as councillors 

Dear  Mr Mark Wilkes  

Thank you very much for your donation of £250 to 1st Framwellgate Moor Scout Group. We have used the money donated to buy fittings for the new kitchen at the Scout Hut. The kitchen is now almost complete, thanks to your donation and donations from local trades people. 

A kitchen is very important for a scout group, apart from the obvious use of preparing refreshments for functions etc, it is in training that it becomes perhaps even more important. Scouts are taught to look after themselves in all circumstances. An example being that a sixteen year old scout would be expected to be able to cook a meal on an improvised wood fire, in open countryside, when it is blowing gale, raining very heavily andthe only available wood is soaking wet. Not easy, but the training starts with much younger boys in a safe, well organized kitchen at the scout hut. 

Thank you again for your support – which allows the leaders to concentrate on developing our young people rather than worrying about funding the essential extras.