Sean Edwards 
Last night, Shackleton ESU held our annual D of E Expedition Presentation evening which included our summer expedition to Sweden Video, several Chief Scout Awards, a young leader belt buckle, 2 investitures, explorer of the year and Downsman Hike Competition Presentations – all in all a very busy evening! Well …
Well done to the three Explorer Teams who took part in the Downsman this weekend. 2nd Ifield / Drake Explorers came second in the Class S, a great effort for their first time on the hike. Class S is ideal for Scouts with the skills, fitness and experience required to …
Congratulations to our young people who were recognised by West Sussex Scouts last weekend for achieving their Chief Scout Gold and Platinum Awards
1st Northgate Cubs have recently returned from their summer camp. One of the Cubs has submitted the below camp write up sharing all the fun they got up too! Day One Mummy and daddy dropped me off and we put our stuff in the place we needed and our camp …
Congratulations to 7 of our Explorers who successfully completed their Silver D of E expedition in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t kind to us and we had heavy …
As you know, Explorer Units are run by volunteer leaders. Unfortunately, we currently have a shortage of volunteer leaders in some of the units and if we are unable to resolve this in the near future, we regret we may have to make the decision to close these units temporarily. …
Well done to our 7 Explorers who passed their D of E Bronze Qualifying Expedition in Ashdown Forest this weekend. The Bronze Expedition is a two day expedition, with one night spent camping. There should be six hours minimum of activity planned each day, with at least three of these …
Thankyou to everyone who came and supported our race night last night. In total we made £538.73 towards our expedition fund to Sweden in the summer. A special thanks goes to all of those who helped organise and run the night including the delicious cake stall and those who donated …
On Tuesday evening (23/04/24) The adults of the district gathered at Tilgate Golf Club for the annual general meeting of Crawley District. Joined by Tom Dalton, the County lead volunteer, the formal part of the evening, in the absence of a Chair leading the trustees, was chair by Dave Palmer, …
6 Explorers and 2 Leaders have just returned from the New Forest on a D of E practise expedition. Both teams successfully completed the three day expedition during which we had beautiful weather on day 1 and 2, however the rain finally came in on day 3! Well done to …
The 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 23 April at Tilgate Golf Club Crawley starting at 7pm. This is our opportunity each year to review and celebrate the previous Scouting year (2023) and all that we achieved both as a District and for and on behalf of …
Over Easter Weekend, 13 Explorers and their leaders travelled to Cornel Scout Campsite in North Wales. Originally we planned to climb Snowdon on Saturday but snowy weather meant we had to do our contingency, lower level route heading over Foel Fras, Carnedd Gwenllian and Foel Grach. On Sunday, we headed …