On Sunday 21st April the District gathered for the Annual St George’s Day Parade, where we celebrated our patron Saint. All the young people processed through Goffs Park up to the Goffs House. We were joined by our Mayor. We heard from Ian Philips, minister of Crawley Baptist Church, where …
1st Southgate Beavers and Cub Scouts had a wonderful, warm afternoon at the Gravetye Estate Thursday. Supported by our volunteers, they learned new skills using a variety of hand tools to do coppicing. The wood will then be used to make a dead hedge. They were all extremely well behaved …
This Sunday saw K2’s diving pool again full of kayaks, as 2nd Ifield gave the Cub Scouts a taste of the fun of kayaking. The event organised and run by two of their Kayak instructors, Damien and Mark, assisted by some Explorer Scouts and Scout Network. Spread over three sessions …
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.
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.
Whether it’s for one meeting, going on a Night Away event or taking on the Outdoor in 24 challenge, we’re hoping to get young people trying something new in the great outdoors throughout the year. There’s even an extra 24 hours from the leap year for you to be outdoors. Our Outdoor in 24 …
Crawley Scouting has a large interest and some great success in young people improving in shooting and winning in competitions and we would like to remind everyone that Shooting is a District Supported Activity with members able to shoot at any of the groups. Currently the opportunities are:- 2nd Ifield …
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 …
In November, the district recognised all the top award achievers in Beaver Scouts, Chief Scout Bronze Award, and Cub Scouts, Chief Scout Silver Award. Congratulations to all the young people receiving their certificates and thanks to all their leaders who have guided them through the awards.
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 …
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, …
Following the completion of my Scouts of the World Award, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you to all those who have supported so far, but also to encourage any of those who didn’t get a chance to get involved with the sessions I was delivering to have …
