Easter Family Fun Day for Crawley Squirrels and Beavers
Crawley Squirrels and Beavers are invited to Stanford Campsite for their annual Easter Family Fun Day.
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2nd Ifield Squirrel Scouts Winter Sleepover
What a brilliant weekend! Our Grey and Red Squirrel Scout dreys had an absolutely smashing Winter Sleepover. We packed a whole 24 hours with fun, adventure, and sunshine. 21 excited Squirrel Scouts, 3 Young Leaders and 9 volunteers hopped on the bus and headed to Tilgate. We had an incredible …
Crawley Cubs Complete District Hike
Members from virtually every group in Crawley came together this weekend to complete a 10km walk around Tilgate and Tilgate forget for the Hikes badge. All of the cubs did really well walking up and down hills, enjoying a couple of snack breaks and observing the countryside code. This is …
1st Langley Green get their skates on
The Beavers and Cubs at 1st Langley Green had an amazing time ice skating at The Rec Rink in Horsham. Everybody had a fantastic time and are already talking about going again next year.
Wood Badge for Vicky
After a lot of hard work and dedication, Vicky Scutt, part of the Scout section leader team at 7th Crawley, recently completed her training, so she’s now a fully fledged Assistant Scout Leader. District Lead Volunteer, Oliver Gidman, popped along on Friday, to present her with her Wood Badge. Since …
Manor Green Christmas fair
Emma (Programme Team Lead Beavers/1st Langley Green) and Jemma (6th Crawley) attended Manor greens Christmas fair on Saturday 23rd November. We did a Christmas themed craft which was very popular. We got to speak to lots of people about volunteering and promoted how inclusive and diverse the scouting community is. …
Remembrance Sunday
Groups from around Crawley gathered at their local churches or memorials for Remembrance Sunday earlier this week. Each Remembrance Sunday, Scouts in cities, towns and villages across the UK show their support for the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women. As Britain entered the First World War on 4 …
Maps, Navigation, Adventure – Scout members invited to go orienteering in Sussex
Local Orienteering Club Southdowns Orienteers are reaching out to Sussex Scout Groups to invite members to have a go at Orienteering (suitable for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers & Leaders). They have created a new web page showing how they can help with engaging children in navigation and maps or attaining …
Celebrating Difference Day
At the beginning of half term, Beavers and Cubs from 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley spent a day learning about the five senses and disability. Among other things they tasted different flavours, wrote with their feet, felt things they couldn’t see, identified different aromas and tried being a wheelchair pusher …
Self Service News Articles – New Feature
By popular demand, we have now implemented a self service news submission capability – please navigate to our dedicated form here and complete all fields. You can upload a cover image, select a category and then submit to our moderators to review and approve your post! We hope this will …
Shackleton ESU – Unit Review & Awards
Last night, Shackleton ESU held our annual D of E Expedition Presentation evening which included our summer expedition to Sweden Video, several Chief Scout Awards, a young leader belt buckle, 2 investitures, explorer of the year and Downsman Hike Competition Presentations – all in all a very busy evening! Well …