Energy Efficient Refurbishment for Scout’s Hall

The Veolia ES Cleanaway Pitsea Marshes Trust is providing funding to the scout’s hall to allow the Pitsea and Vange Scout Group to carry out its activities in an energy efficient building. The new hall will be built using a number of energy efficient materials, including double glazing in windows, and cavity wall insulation.

The hall was the first for scouts in the area, and has not been refurbished since it was first built, meaning that new changes will make a huge difference. The insulation through double glazing will mean that the hall is a far more comfortable environment for the Scouts to meet in. Double glazing can greatly reduce the amount of heat that is lost through windows, and will also save the club on energy costs.

The hall is used by 60 scouts, cubs and beavers each and every week. It is also helped that the new changes will encourage new groups to the hall when the Scouts aren’t there.

The refurbishment work has already started with the installation of uPVC windows and cavity wall insulation, and should be completed within the next few weeks.

Once all of the work has been completed students will be decorating the building as part of the post-16 educational program Skills for Life.

The involvement of local groups in the project shows just how much of a role the Scout’s hall has for young people in the Pitsea and Vange area.