Stanford 100 Club – Dec 19 Results

The second draw of this new fundraiser for our District campsite took place on the last Monday of December. The numbers drawn are: 08 – Winner of £50 04 – Winner of £20 01 – Winner of £15 07 – Winner of £15 If you would like to join the …

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Stanford 100 Club – Nov Results

The first draw of this new fundraiser for our District campsite took place on the last Monday of November. The numbers drawn are: 06 – Winner of £50 11 – Winner of £20 24 – Winner of £15 08 – Winner of £15 If you would like to join the …

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Canterbury Pilgrimage

On the 25th to the 27th of July a group of explorer and network scouts set off on an intrepid 3-day pilgrimage from Rochester to Canterbury around 60km braving the scorching summer heatwave with only what we carried on our backs with the goal of reaching spiritual enlightenment (evaluating our beliefs) and …

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Award of Merit

Congratulations to Denise Kilpatrick who was recently presented her Award of Merit for her work as the District Young Leader Commissioner. The Award for Merit is given for outstanding service of not less than 12 years.  It implies keen, conscientious, imaginative and dedicated service over a sustained period.  

WSJ2019 Participants Selected

2019 sees the next World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, America. 22 Scouts and Explorer Scouts in Crawley District applied to part of our contingent. They took part in a weekend selection camp, where they were given different tasks to complete and new people to meet and interact with. 8 …

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Monopoly Run 2016 – Explorers

The London Monopoly Run is an event open to all Explorers, Networks, Senior Section Girlguiding and their leaders. The 2016 event was held on Saturday 2nd April 2016 together with over 900 participants racing around London seeing the sites and earning £pounds to win some fantastic prizes. Participants enjoy a fun day in the capital competing in teams of 4-7 travelling via train, bus and foot visiting famous and specially selected monopoly locations. Nobody knows the locations until the day which adds to the excitement and anticipation!

Winter Camp – Gilwell Park

7 explorers and 3 leaders attended Gilwell Wintercamp Friday 8th January to 10th January in all it’s mud and glory. Along with several thousand others! At Wintercamp 2016 they were able to try a huge number of activities including miniature tank driving, a giant swing, shooting, archery, crafts, quad bikes, go karts, laser tag and a disco, camp fire and cinema. Some photos of these activities are included below. There were many other activities too. The day and night programme kept them totally entertained.

Young people first: Safeguarding and Safety in Scouting

Wherever we go and whatever we do, we put young people’s safety and wellbeing first. Here's how.