LIPHOOK Scouts are all set to deliver Christmas cards thanks to a new collaboration with fellow Scouts in Fernhurst.

They can deliver to addresses in Liphook, Bramshott, Conford, Passfield and central Fernhurst. Just drop a Christmas card, along with a payment of 25p per card, into any Scout box and the group will collect, stamp and deliver the cards.

The special stamps can be bought in advance from Gables Newsagents. There are seven different designs, which have been drawn by members of the group.

Liphook Scouts has been running a Christmas card delivery service since the 1980s – partly as a useful service for village residents, and partly to raise much-needed funds to help pay for the upkeep of the group’s headquarters and equipment.

Last year, the Scouts delivered more than 2,200 cards, raising more than £600 in the process.

The special posting boxes can be found in Gables Newsagents, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Route 6 Hairdressers, Countrywide Stores, Hiscocks Pet Supplies, Passfield Store and The Deer’s Hut up until Saturday, December 19 – the last collection will be at noon on that date.