We have been working towards a badge called ‘Changing the World’, part of this badge involved finding out about the difficulties faced by people who unfortunately find themselves Homeless usually through no fault of their own.

We have found out about some of the difficulties faced by these people and no doubt there were a lot we never learnt about.

Although regrettably we are unable to resolve this situation in society we would like to show at least some of these people that we do care and do understand some of the problems they are meeting.

As a unit we have been collecting soaps and toiletries to make small overnight bags for some of your guests. We have added a pair of socks to these bags as we feel that although this does not solve the problem of homelessness everyone feels a lot more comfortable in clean dry socks.

We would like to wish all you guests a Peaceful Christmas and we all hope the New Year finds them the answers they are looking for.

We also made Christmas Cards with lots of glitter and feathers to give to the homeless.

On one of the snowy days before Christmas the gifts were delviered to the Winter Comfort Drop in Centre on Victoria Avenue.

The 2nd Histon Brownies have been learning about climate change and the problems of plastic rubbish polluting the sea with the WWF FUND Project.  We made mosaic pictures from plastic packaging to highlight the dangers to turtles and albatrosses when they eat this rubbish mistaking it for jelly fish.  You might have seen our pictures at the Village Greening Launch and we hope to display them at the Histon Baptist Church soon.

We also enjoyed a fabulous plastic bag fashion evening, had a visit from the local HICCA group and learnt about polar bears in the Arctic.  Next term we will be starting a new project so look out for our news.