Easter Family Fun Day for Crawley Squirrels and Beavers
Crawley Squirrels and Beavers are invited to Stanford Campsite for their annual Easter Family Fun Day.
Crawley District Scouts
1st Handcross Cubs Visit Gatwick Make Ready Centre
1st Handcross Cubs visited Gatwick Make Ready Centre this week to build on their first aid knowledge and find out more about the ambulance service. During their visit Cubs got to look at all the different vehicles they have and the equipment on them, including a truck which carrys an …
2nd Ifield Lion Cub Scouts Winter Camp
This weekend Lion Cubs went to Bentley Copse for the annual Winter Camp. After a movie night (with hotdogs and nachos) the cubs woke up to a full day of fun. A site quiz, to find different items around the campsite was followed by the bucket challenge. Everything was attempted …
Crawley Cubs Complete District Hike
Members from virtually every group in Crawley came together this weekend to complete a 10km walk around Tilgate and Tilgate forget for the Hikes badge. All of the cubs did really well walking up and down hills, enjoying a couple of snack breaks and observing the countryside code. This is …
1st Handcross Squirrels meet some animals
1st Handcross squirrels have been out and about this week visiting all the wonderful animals at Crawley’s Pets at Home. The squirrels had the opportunity to meet and stroke the bunnies, guinea pigs, and hamsters. The squirrels learnt about what the animals need and how we need to look after …
1st Handcross Cubs Christmas Celebration
As Cubs at 1st Handcross reached the end of their first full term they visited Caddies in Crawley as a joint Christmas and end of term celebration. Cubs played some very competitive crazy golf on both courses before enjoying some time in the giant ball pit. The Cubs had a …
1st Langley Green get their skates on
The Beavers and Cubs at 1st Langley Green had an amazing time ice skating at The Rec Rink in Horsham. Everybody had a fantastic time and are already talking about going again next year.
Crawley District Cub Craft Day 2025
The Cub Craft day was attended by nearly 90 cubs from around the District with 25 leaders bringing many different arts and crafts to share with all that attended. Each cub left the sessions with big smiles on their faces and boxes full of the different skills that they had …
Manor Green Christmas fair
Emma (Programme Team Lead Beavers/1st Langley Green) and Jemma (6th Crawley) attended Manor greens Christmas fair on Saturday 23rd November. We did a Christmas themed craft which was very popular. We got to speak to lots of people about volunteering and promoted how inclusive and diverse the scouting community is. …
1st Handcross Squirrels Library Visit
1st Handcross Squirrels visited Crawley Library this week. The Squirrels have been working towards their space badge and the Library staff put together a space evening for us. The squirrels enjoyed learning some facts about the planets and reading some space books.
Maps, Navigation, Adventure – Scout members invited to go orienteering in Sussex
Local Orienteering Club Southdowns Orienteers are reaching out to Sussex Scout Groups to invite members to have a go at Orienteering (suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers & Leaders). They have created a new web page showing how they can help with engaging children in navigation and maps or attaining …
Celebrating Difference Day
At the beginning of half term, Beavers and Cubs from 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley spent a day learning about the five senses and disability. Among other things they tasted different flavours, wrote with their feet, felt things they couldn’t see, identified different aromas and tried being a wheelchair pusher …