Sean Edwards 
Crawley District Scouts is looking to appoint a Youth Commissioner team (18-25) to lead the adventure for young people within scouting in Crawley. In this exciting role of District Youth Commissioner, the chosen candidates will support and develop local Scouting making sure the voice of young people is heard at …
An open ended volunteering commitment can be a scary thing. For parents and other potential volunteers who might not know much about Scouting, agreeing to volunteer in itself can be a huge leap. They’re unsure whether they will enjoy it; they may well feel out of their comfort zone and might be equally worried about letting the leader down. That’s why the new Four Week Challenge, being piloted in some parts of the UK by the Regional Development Service, is proving such an interesting experiment. It is a time specific volunteering commitment for those interested in supporting young people, staggered, as the name suggests, over four weeks. If they want to continue, then this is a great time to discuss the range of roles available, the training requirements and benefits. Equally, if they want to stop there, then leaders can present a certificate and thank the volunteer in an appropriate way. If they have had a good experience, there is a good chance they will volunteer again in the future.
With WS 2017 just around the corner, we have setup a news aggregation service on our District Website so you can keep up to date with the latest news and activities happening at WS2017. It will aggregate all of the media feeds and display them in one handy page.
On Thursday 13th July, two District Youth Commissioners (Miles and Owen) from East Grinstead Scouts ran a #Youshape evening for 1st Langley Green Scouts. After introductions and questions about #Youshape, the scouts were still slightly confused as to what it was. They introduced the snowball game, “throwing” ideas at each other …
Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is an annual campaign that celebrates the contributions that millions of volunteers make across the UK. Run by the charity, Volunteering England, the campaign provides the perfect opportunity to do something positive for your community. Scouting volunteers Scouting continues to play a huge role in volunteering …
Photos from our AGM are now available on our website. During the AGM, we said our goodbyes and thanks to Eddy Hills who steps down as DC after 8 years. We wish him the best in his next Scouting adventure. We also welcomed Wendy Keeley who will be taking up …
The 2nd Ifield Scout hut was the location last night for the first of a series of hustings taking place across the town. Hosted by Drake Explorer scouts there was an impressive turn out to hear from the candidates running for Crawley. With impassioned speeches the evening covered topics from Brexit …
The inter county Shooting Championship is shot Annually around the beginning of April and is contested by each scout county (who chooses to enter). Teams of 8 shooters from each county compete shoulder to shoulder and have to shoot both Air Rifle and Air Pistol both shot over a 10m …
On Monday 24th April five Young Leaders were presented with certificates by Crawley Lions Club in recognition of completing 100 hours of volunteering as part of the Lions’ “Young Leaders in Service” programme. The Young Leaders and their families were joined by District Commissioner Eddy Hills, District Chair Wendy Keeley, …
Scouting now has the largest number of volunteers than we’ve had in our entire history! The annual Census figures are out and show us that there’s an incredible amount of volunteers in Scouting, but that with a sky-high waiting list for young people, we still need more. Here’s a snapshot …
We are pleased to announce that our new look News Feed is now live on this website. As well as displaying articles from this site, it also connects to external services such as Facebook and Twitter and pulls in relevant stories from National Scouting, West Sussex Scouts and our local …
This years St Georges day event will be taking place on the paved area in front of the George Hotel at 15.00. Each Group will mass from 14.25 in the St Johns Church car park From 14.45 Groups will walk/march with Group Flags high down towards The George Hotel, forming …
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