Mark Eastman 
It was great to see the return of the Ifield May Fayre on the May Day Bank Holiday, which the Group has supported for many years. The members joined the May Queen procession through Ifield to the May Fayre, before the Queen opened the Fayre.
Crawley District Beaver Scouts and their families enjoyed all the fun of Scouting last Saturday (9th April 2022) when 13 Colonies came together to celebrate. Originally the concept of Yvonne, ADC Beavers, she pulled together the team of adults who delivered this event. Leaders and their teams delivered fun activities …
Chestnut Beavers held their winter camp at Copthorne Scout and Guide HQ at the end of January. The evening started with the Beavers putting up their tent inners and getting their beds ready. The Beavers then went on to make their cars for the drive through movie evening. Several rolls …
It is great pleasure to present Maureen Dean with her 40 year long service award. Maureen has been part of the district in a variety of roles. Her roles have included helping run a cub pack, Assistant District Commissioner, District Commissioner, helped welcome new adult members to Scouting, assisted leaders …
7th-9th January 2022 Having arrived at Blacklands Farm on Friday night the leaders were joined by the massive horde of Scouts. The general chaos ensued as we sorted out accommodation and the basic rules of camp. A simple dinner was followed but a bit of wide games and then bed …
It was great to see members at Tilgate Lake out Canoeing and Kayaking again, keeping up one of the Group’s traditions. We have paddled at Tilgate on Boxing Days for so long no one knows when it started, the only year we missed was last year when we were in …
Before a new Group Scout Leader is appointed an existing one has stepped down. We are sorry that due to changes in time available Kerry Pearson is having to stop being our Group Scout Leader from the end of the year. Kerry has given a lot to the group and …
As the group approached the end of the term the theme at the Group turned to celebrating Christmas. Firstly the whole group gathered along with parents and friends at St Margaret’s Church (our sponsor) for a service of Readings and Carols, where we filled the Church both with people and …
To start the new year of scouting this week (08/09/2021), all our sections gathered together for the first time since the start of lock down for our first group meeting. We had the youngest Beaver Scout through to the oldest adult member and was a great celebration of Scouting. Due …
As from Monday (29th March) the Scout Association allowed Scout to return to outdoor social distancing meetings. This allowed some of our Group to return this week with Beavers exploring Stanford Campsite and Bunhan Park, some of the cubs running around the village green and the Explorer Scouts meeting up …
St George being the patron saint of Scouting, Scouts see this as an important celebration. 2nd Ifield Scout Group started by joining others throughout the district, county and country in clapping for the carers as Scouts. It is estimated that about 100 members from the group were out on Thursday …
Over the weekend of 10-12 January 2020, the huge group of 26 Scouts arrived promptly on Friday night. We squeezed into the building and started camp. A quick bit of dinner was followed before early to bed (but not sleep). The next morning we headed out early to do some …