Mark Eastman 
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 …
This week 2nd Ifield Scout Group celebrated Christmas at our Carol Service. The members all gathered as one for their final meeting of the year along with family and friends in St Margaret’s Church. The Christmas story was ready by our Scouts, Explorers and President, whilst the prayers were led …
Both Squirrel Dreys have had fun trying out some Circus Skills including plate spinning and juggling. Both meetings were full of fun and laughter. Many thanks Damien from our Active Support team who facilitated this.
The Group, from our youngest member of 4 years old through to our oldest member, being our Group President, gathered as one to remember all those who have died in wars and conflicts, filing St Margaret’s Church to overflowing. The service was led by Revd Dominic Desouza-Campbell, where we heard …
Our poppy field has been planted. Over the summer the young people collected bottles which have been recycled into poppies, 350 poppies were then planted around St Margaret’s Church, Ifield for the community to use for reflection.
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