12th Harpenden.

Reg No. 45556

Is a Sponsored (C of E) Group.
The Group colours are Green with scarlet border.

The Group Headquarters are at:-
Church Green, Harpenden.

Meetings held are:-

• Beaver Colony Monday 5:00 - 6:00
• Cub Scout Pack Wednesday 6:30 - 8:00
• Scout Troop Thursday 7:45 - 9:15

You can contact the Group through the Contact us page

You can view the Group website here.

A few words from the GSL

The 12th were formed in 1992, whilst we are the youngest Group in the district we do nonetheless have a strong heritage, including both girls and boys from the outset.  We meet at St Nicholas church hall and, in addition to a full programme of scout activities, play an active role in the church’s programme of children-focused services, and charitable fundraising. 

During term-time our beaver colony meets between 5 and 6pm on Mondays; our cub pack from 6.30 to 7.30 on Wednesdays; and scout troop from 7.45 to 9.15 on Thursdays.  In addition our cubs and scouts play a prominent role in the annual Harpenden Gang Show and we have a very active outdoor programme including spring camp and autumn pack holiday for the cubs, and several weekend camps and a week-long summer camp for the scouts.  In addition we have undertaken expeditions to Ghana and attend the 4-yearly Jamborette at Haarlem in The Netherlands.  Our scouts’ cooking team frequently achieve high placing in district, county and regional cooking competitions, and after several years of strong performance in the county Green Beret competition one of our teams came first (out of over a hundred teams) in 2009.

We have strong demand for places in the Group and despite running our sections at full capacity we have a long waiting list.  We follow the Scout Association Balanced Programme and most of our young members achieve the Chief Scout Awards appropriate to their sections.