Cubs
1st Northgate and 5th Crawley sleep with the Dinosaurs
On the weekend of 10th/11th November members from 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley travelled to The Natural History Museum to participate in the Dino-snores event. We enjoyed activities such as a science show, designing our own dinosaur t-shirts, searching for dinosaurs on a torch lit trail and an animal encounter. …
Remembrance Sunday
Each Remembrance Sunday, Scouts in cities, towns and villages across the UK show their support for the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women. This year is made all the more poignant for the fact that that 2018 is the centenary of the Armistice, bringing an end to the First …
National Scout Shooting Championships 2018 – Bisley
Over the weekend of Fri 19th to Sun 21st Oct over 40 members of Crawley District took part in the 42nd National Scout Shooting Championships at Bisley. The event is held every year and approx. 800 shooters from across the UK take part in a large number of shooting events including: Air …
Appeal – Let There Be Light Again – Please Help
The young people of Crawley have lost the use of a magical outdoor place after the theft of the main electrical cable into the local Scout campsite. At some point during the last week of September metal thieves disconnected and stole 150m of high voltage copper cable from the Pease …
Three Bridges Scout Group celebrate 60th anniversary
5th Crawley Scout Group, which is based in Gales Place in Three Bridges, has this year been celebrating its 60th anniversary with a number of special events. Saturday 22nd September saw leaders old and new, VIPs, and young people from across the sections of the Group gather for their main …
Chief Scout Awards July 2018
Congratulations to all youth members who were presented their Chief Scouts Awards during the awards ceremony in July 2018.. The Chief Scout’s Bronze Award is the highest award available to Beaver Scouts. It is gained by a Beaver who completes each of the Global, Promise, Creative, Community, Outdoor and Fitness Challenges. The Chief …
1st Southgate Group Camp
Last weekend, 1st Southgate Cubs and Scouts shared Stanford with 2nd Crawley Beavers. The site is in fantastic condition thanks to the SAS. Total co-operation between all the leaders, sharing experiences across the Groups and Sections, putting Young People First which is what Scouting is all about. Cubs and Scouts were …
Recycled Computer
1st Crawley Cubs had a fabulous evening building a computer out of recycled material as part of their digital maker badge. The cubs had to work in their sixes to produce their allocated computer parts and tell everyone what the function of each part was.
2nd Ifield Cubs – Opening a new Cub Pack
2nd Ifield Scout Group is pleased to open their second Cub Pack. The pack was formally opened last Wednesday following a number of months work with Mark Guy, our County Development Officer. The biggest challenge was to put together a leadership team. After several months of planning and preparation they …
St George’s Day Celebrations
Sunday 22nd April saw members from all the Group in our District join together in Queen’s Square to celebrate Scouting’s patron saint, St George. The procession, lead this year by 2nd Ifield’s large green dragon, took the Scouts through the town centre into the Square. We heard the story of …
District Youshape Event 2018
On Sunday 15th April, Crawley District Scouts Youth Commissioners ran the first District Youshape event at Stanford Scout Campsite. Over the course of the day, we had just under 50 participants from across Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. It was a shame about the weather but everyone had fun regardless! During the day, the participants got to try a number of activities including Archery, Rifle Shooting, Backwoods Cooking, Fire Lighting, Team Games and a Youth Forum.
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