On Thursday 25th April 2019, Scouts in Ifield were joined by Robert Sawyer, the County Commissioner for West Sussex, who presented awards to scouts and leaders. After the presentation of Bronze and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards to young members, he presented the Queen’s Scout Award badges to Adam Bravery, …
Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is an annual campaign that celebrates the contributions that millions of volunteers make across the UK. Run by the charity, Volunteering England, the campaign provides the perfect opportunity to do something positive for your community and as the results of the 2018 Scout Experience Survey show, …
Congratulations to Denise Kilpatrick who was recently presented her Award of Merit for her work as the District Young Leader Commissioner. The Award for Merit is given for outstanding service of not less than 12 years. It implies keen, conscientious, imaginative and dedicated service over a sustained period.
Every year 2nd Ifield Scout Group construct and operate a Rope Bridge over a small pond at the annual Ifield May Fayre. In this post, we provide a brief summary of how we construct the rope bridge for those who are interested.
We are proud to announce that 4 adults from across our District have been recognised by our Chief Scout and been awarded a St George’s Day Award. Baden Powell chose St George to be the Patron Saint of Scouting. St George embodied the qualities to which he wanted Scouts to …
Congratulations to Pauline and Colin on receiving your 40 years and 5 years long service awards on Wednesday 21st Feb.
Louise Baker has been appointed ADC Beavers with Helen stepping down Lou has taken this role and has started visiting colonies and coming up with exciting opportunities to support leaders within the District. I first became a helper at Beavers when my eldest son now 16 was a member and his …
Grow your Group is a set of fun and entertaining workshops where skills and ideas will be shared which are supported by both electronic resources and hard resources such as your Vacancy Boards. All areas you will need to help your Group grow with adults will be looked at. Grow …
An open ended volunteering commitment can be a scary thing. For parents and other potential volunteers who might not know much about Scouting, agreeing to volunteer in itself can be a huge leap. They’re unsure whether they will enjoy it; they may well feel out of their comfort zone and might be equally worried about letting the leader down. That’s why the new Four Week Challenge, being piloted in some parts of the UK by the Regional Development Service, is proving such an interesting experiment. It is a time specific volunteering commitment for those interested in supporting young people, staggered, as the name suggests, over four weeks. If they want to continue, then this is a great time to discuss the range of roles available, the training requirements and benefits. Equally, if they want to stop there, then leaders can present a certificate and thank the volunteer in an appropriate way. If they have had a good experience, there is a good chance they will volunteer again in the future.
Over the weekend of 10-11th June 12 Adults attended GB Archery Instructor Course at Broadstone Warren Campsite in East Sussex. It was an intense course lead by GB Archery Coach Arthur Scales and over the weekend the participants learnt about the equipment, range safety, planning a session and instructing young …
Every year, West Sussex Scouts run a number of Instructor courses to train you in the skills needed to safely take members climbing within the framework of the Scout Association’s Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme. Whether you’ve never taken your section climbing before, or are fed up paying for expensive centre instructors, our course …
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