Junior International Shooting

4th Worth Scout Rifle and Pistol Club, on the 4th August 2019 sent 4 of their shooting team to join the National Scout Squad to take part at Bisley in the Junior Internationals: Harley Raine, Max Moore, Courtney Palmer-Jones and Eve Roberts. With teams from all corners of the UK, …

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1st Southgate Group Camp

Last weekend, 1st Southgate Cubs and Scouts shared Stanford with 2nd Crawley Beavers. The site is in fantastic condition thanks to the SAS. Total co-operation between all the leaders, sharing experiences across the Groups and Sections, putting Young People First which is what Scouting is all about. Cubs and Scouts were …

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Cub Leaders celebrate Christmas

Many thanks to Ian Head for arranging – again – for Crawley District Cub leaders to gather and celebrate another successful year in Scouting.  We may well need a bigger venue next year as this is becoming very popular.  17 of Crawley’s Cub Leaders, who regularly meet to plan District …

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1st Southgate Scout Camp

1st Southgate Scout Group held their annual Cub and Scout Camp last weekend at Stanford.  We camped 24 Cubs (Pack has 24) and 18 Scouts (Troop has 20), with the amazing support of 15 Leaders from our Colony, Pack, Troop, SRF Unit and YLs.  I am so proud of this …

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Two new Scouters in Crawley

Tonight 1st Southgate Scout Group invested two new Leaders, Zoe Grimshaw and Daniel Buckett. They met at preschool and have been friends since. So when Daniel’s scout troop had a ‘bring a friend’ Scout-mate evening she joined him in the troop. Then onto Explorers and now as adults they are leaders …

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1st Southgate Cubs – Chief Scout Silver Awards Success

Congratulations to 4 Cubs from 1st Southgate who have recently achieved their Chief Scout Silver Award. The Chief Scout’s Silver Award is the highest award which a member in the Cub Scout Section can achieve. Having gained this award, the young people then move on to the Scout Section and carry the badge forward to wear on their Scout uniform. To achieve the award, the members must complete a number of requirements.

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.