Mark Eastman 
On Saturday 17th May, we welcomed 25 Beavers and Cubs plus their parents to Stanfords Scout Campsite for a District Campfire to raise funds for Courtney’s upcoming trip to the Portugal Moot 2025, selected as part of the UK Contingent We sang a wide range of campfire songs, watched entertaining comedy …
This week saw four of Ifield’s members who have gained their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award, attend a Buckingham Palace Garden Party to recognise their achievement. All four of them took the mothers as their guest and travelled up the day before spending the evening together. The Garden party …
On Wednesday 7th May 2nd Ifield held their annual review, during which following the business part of the meeting they recognised the long service of some of their leaders, invested two new leaders and were then entertained by the young people. The Squirrels sang us their closing meeting song, the …
On Monday 5th May 2nd Ifield had great fun supporting the Ifield May Fayre. We had a great turn out of members for the procession along with supplying the safety cover. At the Fayre we had our rope bridge out again along with the Crossbows.
On Saturday 3rd May 2025, Drake Explorer Scout and flutist Paul, along with 9 other young musicians from the Langham Arts Youth Orchestra joined the All Souls Orchestra playing at Prom Praise at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert was a mixture of classical music inc Holst’s Mercury, Haydon’s Creation …
2nd Ifield has another great day on Saturday 12th April taking part in London Monopoly Run exploring London and collecting points as we went. We took four teams this year, an Explorer, Network and 2 SASU teams.
Congratulation to Rebecca and Lauren from 2nd Ifield who have completed their King Scout Award (the top Scouting Award a young person can achieve) On Thursday they fulfilled their final requirement of the award and gave a presentation on what they have undertaken to achieve this award. Tom Dalton, our …
What a brilliant weekend! Our Grey and Red Squirrel Scout dreys had an absolutely smashing Winter Sleepover. We packed a whole 24 hours with fun, adventure, and sunshine. 21 excited Squirrel Scouts, 3 Young Leaders and 9 volunteers hopped on the bus and headed to Tilgate. We had an incredible …
Happy 1st birthday to our Squirrels Dreys. Both Red and Grey Dreys celebrated with parties at their meetings this week, and are looking forward to another sleepover this weekend.
Eighteen Cubs and four leaders descended upon Polyapes Scout Campsite for our winter camp weekend staying in the Mowgli hall from Friday evening on 7th through to Sunday 9th February. On arrival the Cubs that had already arrived helped unload the equipment from the trolleys into the hall as …
Chestnut Beavers had their 2025 Winter Camp at 1st Cowfold Scout hut.Eleven Beavers, four leaders and two young leaders camped indoors from the Friday to the Saturday.The Beavers focused on earning their space badge by learning about Tim Peaks, star gazing, inventing their own planets and learning about the solar …
2nd Ifield Scout Group has celebrated another outstanding year of growth, activities, and achievements, continuing to instil “skills for life” in its members. The year began with the launch of two Squirrel Dreys, offering scouting opportunities to children aged 4 to 6 years. This initiative has boosted membership and enabled …