GRANTHAM SCOUT POST IS BACK ! Now into their 27th year of this popular fund raising service, and after a break in 2020 owing to Covid, once again Grantham Scouts will be involved in delivering Christmas cards within the Grantham NG31 area, plus Barrowby, Great Gonerby, Harlaxton, Allington, Sedgebrook, Colsterworth, Skillington, Foston and Long Bennington ONLY.
NO OTHER AREAS PLEASE, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT ANCASTER and BOTTESFORD ARE NOT INCLUDED THIS YEAR.
As a charity, they cannot post or deliver cards to any addresses outside the advertised delivery areas above. Any cards in this category can be collected from the Scout Shop at the 2nd Grantham Scout HQ, Broad Street, Grantham, on Saturdays between 10 am and 12 noon until the end of January.
Since the scheme started in 1993, more than 413,000 cards have been delivered, raising nearly £64,000 for local Scouts. The stamp price this year is STILL 25p, after many years at 20p. Groups who deliver the cards will receive 18p of the 25p for each stamp on a card delivered in their Area. The remainder goes towards district-wide projects.
In 2019 over 13,000 cards were delivered, boosting local Group funds and at the same time helping to save money for local residents.
All the money earned either went to the individual Groups who delivered the cards and was spent on a variety of projects at local Group level, including the purchase of new camping and activity equipment, or to the District for funding bigger projects, such as the continuing need for training, and for maintenance and improvements at the Ancaster campsite, Dukes Covert.
Special “Scout Stamps” ware now on sale at the outlets listed below, all of which have special posting boxes.
As mentioned, stamps this year are ONLY 25p each, except for large cards and calendars which will be 50p each. Deliveries began this week.
- Barrowbygate Pharmacy, Winchester Road
- McColls (to be changed to Morrisons Daily) New Beacon Road
- The Melton Building Society, 43 High Street
- G Skinner & Sons Butchers, Barrowby
- Coversure Insurance, Conduit Lane (opp. Café)
- Grantham Library, Isaac Newton Centre
- Gonerby Club, High Street, Great Gonerby
- Manthorpe Convenience Store, Rushcliffe Road
- John Beaty Motors, Castlegate
- Colsterworth Co-Op, Bridge End, Colsterworth
- Long Bennington School
Finally a reminder again to properly address the cards, and please only post them for the areas listed above – NO OTHER AREAS!
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