Mothering Sunday – March 2024
Today 2nd Ifield filled St. Margaret’s Church to standing room for their Mothering Sunday service. The service started with the two new squirrel flags being bless by Rev Christine, before being paraded.
Mark Eastman
2nd Ifield Group Sleepover – Guildford AirHop – February 2024
This weekend saw 100 young people from the group spend Saturday night at AirHop in Guildford. This included members from every section and supported by 22 adults from the leadership team and our Active Support Unit.
Cub Scout Community Impact Badge
5th Crawley (Three Bridges) Cubs have been working on the Community Impact Badge this term. The Cubs chose Ten Little Toes Baby Bank as their nominated charity, taking part in a sponsored silence to raise funds along with raffling off some football tickets. The Cubs raised an amazing £200 with …
National Rifle Shooting Championship
The district was represented at the Nation Scout Rifle Championship in to Bisley, over the weekend of 21st/22nd October. Teams were entered from 2nd Ifield Scout Group, 4th Worth Scout Group, 1st Southgate Scout Group Crawley and 5th Crawley Scout Group.The young people all got to experience a variety of …
Barry Jones
It is with much sadness that we have to announce that Barry Jones, Crawley District Scout’s ex-Chairman, sadly passed away Thursday evening (5th October 2023). Barry truly embodied what a Scout should be, gentle, kind and helpful. Barry has held many roles in Crawley over his 40+ years of service …
Dougie Takes The Conkers Gold!
Today (Saturday 7 October) was the perfect morning for the Annual Crawley District Cub Scout Conker Competition. Beautiful sunshine, gloriously warm and a wonderful array of cakes to go with the coffees and teas on offer. Numbers were quite a bit lower than we have seen in the best years, …
Stanford 60th Anniversary
This weekend we celebrated 60 years of Stanford Scout Camp Site with a day for our Adult Volunteers and their families. The day was full of activities, fun and a tug of war. As the light faded, we gathered around the campfire for some presentations: Scout of the Word Award: …
A Celebration of St George
St George being the patron saint of Scouting meant Scouts across the country gathered to their local celebration. Crawley Scouts gathered at Goffs Park along with Councillor Jilly Hart, Mayor of Crawley and Henry Smith, MP. The event started with all the members processing up the hill to Goffs Park …
Beaver Easter Trail
This Sunday the District held their Beaver Easter Trail at Stanford Scout Camp Site. The Beavers followed a trailed around the campsite doing activities as they went. When completed they were allow to hunt for an Easter Egg. There also a number of craft events to try out and some …
National Scout Rifle Championship
Members of the District attended the National Scout Rifle Championships at the weekend. They enjoyed lots of shooting at a variety of ranges and guns attaining some good scores.