On Saturday 21. May 2016, we are holding a Day Trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach for all members of the Group and members of Onchan District Explorer Scouts. We will be travelling to Liverpool on the 07:45 Seacat to Liverpool from where we will get a coach directly to the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. Everyone […]

The Group is holding our Family Bingo Night on Friday 26. February 2016. This very popular event is open to all members of 2nd Onchan and their families. The night includes a Baked Potato Supper, which always goes down well. We will be playing ten games of Bingo with prizes for a winning lines and […]

Happy New Year to all our members and here’s to another active year for the Group. Subscriptions are now due for the current term. Leaders usually email out the Subs Form to our members parents, but you can also download the form from this website (link top right) and we have paper copies available in […]

RNIB – 10 DECEMBER This year, as part of their 2015 Challenge, 2nd Onchan Thursday Beavers decided to start collecting USED STAMPS for the RNIB (Royal National Institute for Blind People) who are based at the Manx Blind Welfare Society in Onchan. We managed to raise a fantastic 2.26kg! Now here is an interesting fact […]

DOUGLAS HEAD – 1 OCTOBER Thursday Beavers picked a beautiful evening for their visit to Douglas Head. The Beavers split into two groups and spent time at the viewing point looking over Douglas Bay and also walked round to the Manx Wildlife Trust Marine Coastal Viewing Site, just by the entrance to Marine Drive. They […]

Apologies for being a little late with our 2016 camp details. It’s taken a little longer than expected. For our 2016 adventure we are planning a week long camp at a site we haven’t used before, it’s called Beaudesert Park and its located in Staffordshire. The site is a giant 132 acres in size and […]

Over the weekend of the 10. – 11. October 2015, Cubs and Scouts from the Group walked the Bayr Ny Skeddan (Herring Way) from Peel to Castletown, a distance of about fifteen miles. The Cub Scouts hiked over two days, stopping at the Round Table on the Saturday afternoon and starting again on the Sunday […]

We have added a new feature to our website, which shows the badges our members have gained and are currently working on. The information is always up to date as it takes the information directly from Online Scout Manager which most of our Sections use. No personal Information is shown other than a surname and […]

NATURE SCAVENGER HUNT at the ARBORETUM – 17 SEPTEMBER Thursday Beavers had a great time at the Arboretum. We managed to dodge the showers as we explored the Arboretum in St John’s. There was lots of interesting things to see, but the trees were a definite favourite for Beavers and young Leaders! It is nice […]

Over the weekend of the 25. – 27. September 2015, we held our Group Camp at the Crossags Camp Site on the outskirts of Ramsey. Cubs, Scouts and Explorers arrived on the Friday evening, with the Explorers working as Service Crew during the weekend. After everyone had got themselves sorted out, we held Flag Break […]