Drake Explorer Scout Gold Expedition
The video below was filmed by some of Drake Explorer Scouts as part of their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award hike project video, in Scotland this summer.
Sean Edwards
Crawley Network – Explorer Belt
Congratulations to six members (Sam, Matthew, Ania, Adam, Tom and Joe) of Crawley District Scout Network who have recently completed their Explorer Belt in the Netherlands. The Explorer Belt is a challenge of a lifetime. It is a chance to take part in a ten day expedition that allows the participants …
District Youth Commissioner – The Search Is On!
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 …
4 Week Challenge
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.
WS Camp 2017 News Feed
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.
#Youshape Evening
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 2017
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 …
AGM 2017 Photos
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 …
First Crawley Election debate showed the passion in the town
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 …
District AGM
To All Members: Crawley District Scout Council has the pleasure in inviting you to the District AGM on Friday May 19th at St Andrews Church Furnace Green Crawley at 7.30pm. As most of you know this will be our opportunity to say thanks and farewell to Eddy Hills as he steps down from his role as District Commissioner and to welcome Wendy Keeley as our new District Commissioner. As always the formal part of the evening is kept to a minimum and will be followed by light refreshments. We hope that you will be able to attend this important event in the Crawley Scout year.
Intercounty Shooting Championship 2017
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 …
Young Leaders celebrated by Crawley Lions Club
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, …
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