Return to face to face Scouting

Over the past 4 weeks, several Crawley Scout Groups have been preparing for returning to face to face Scouting. Although activities are currently restricted and strict COVID-19 rules are in place, many groups have worked tirelessly to get young people back Scouting. A few pictures and videos of groups returning …

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Crawley District Scouts AGM

will be held at 7.30pm on 22nd September on: Online – Zoom (Details TBC) Section Leaders, Assistant Leaders and Section Assistants are invited to join and find out what Crawley Scouts have been doing last year and plan to do this year. The formal part of the meeting will be as short …

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Crawley Scout Shop Re-Opening – August 2020

Crawley Scout Shop will reopen on Saturday 1st August [10:00-12:30 as usual]. Our plan is to then be open every Saturday through until near Christmas. At this stage we will not be reopening on Tuesday evenings as other uses of the building make social distancing more difficult. We will have …

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Don Clements – Rest In Peace

Last Thursday (11th June), members of Crawley District Scouts and 7th Crawley Scouts gathered on a local street in family groups to form a socially distanced guard of honour to pay their respects to Don Clements. For those of you who didn’t know Don and his association to 7th Crawley …

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#ShowYourPride

Whilst Prides up and down the country have had to be postponed, including local ones in West Sussex, we’ve decided that we will instead bring West Sussex Scouts Pride… ONLINE!  A month long celebration of all things Inclusion & Diversity, which will include online webinars, #ShowYourPride competition and more. Information …

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Happy Volunteers Week, 1-7 June

Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. Although the coronavirus pandemic has stopped many of the things we would usually do, you can still get involved in Virtual Scouting. Over the last 12 weeks, our volunteers have been running …

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Home Adventures

South London Scouts have put together a set of Home Adventure awards and activity badges which provide an exciting opportunity for all beavers, cubs, scouts, explorers and network members to gain our special badges. There are five badges you can gain. The Bronze Home Adventure Challenge Badge The Silver Home …

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VE Day – 75th Anniversary

75 years ago, on the 8th of May, during WWII we had something to celebrate: Victory in Europe (VE Day). Although in the current situation we cannot proceed with the national events as planned, we can still mark this important day in our own ways at home. Bake a cake …

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St George

St George being the patron saint of Scouting, Scouts see this as an important celebration. 2nd Ifield Scout Group started by joining others throughout the district, county and country in clapping for the carers as Scouts. It is estimated that about 100 members from the group were out on Thursday …

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Young people first: Safeguarding and Safety in Scouting

Wherever we go and whatever we do, we put young people’s safety and wellbeing first. Here's how.