Stanford 100 Club – Fundraise and Win Prizes

Fundraise and win – £100 of prizes in draw money every month! You are invited to become part of the Crawley District Stanford Campsite fundraising effort by joining our brand new 100 Club. How does it work? For just £5/month (that’s less than £1.25 per week!) you can join and be in with …

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Our Jamboree Journey Reflection

Scouting Today – By William Lingard For over one hundred years, Scouting has been the largest youth organisation in the U.K. We help develop Skills for Life and enable young people to make a positive and lasting impact both on their local community and to the Scouting Organisation. Scouting is …

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Ifield Scout Active Support – Monopoly Run 2019

On the 13th April four of our Active Support Unit entered, for the first time, The London Monopoly Run joining 1500 Explorer Scouts, Scout Network, Senior Section Girlguiding and their Leaders from all round the country and further afield. The event requires teams of 4-7 members to visiting different locations around …

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Ifield Scouts – Paddlesports

Every Wednesday throughout the summer Tilgate Lake was busy with Scouts, Explorers and adults from the Group out Paddlesporting in kayaks and canoes. The evening saw new scouts take on the challenge of learning to paddle somewhere near a straight line to the experienced paddlers working on advance strokes. This …

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Ifield Scouts – River Medway

On Saturday 20th July, as part of our Paddlesport provision a group of Scouts, Explorers and SASU travelled to Tonbridge in Kent to paddle the River Medway. A great canoe friendly river with facilities along the river including a number of canoe shoots. The group headed off in sunshine, which …

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Volunteers Week

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, …

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District AGM

The District AGM is being held tonight at 7.30pm at Tilgate Golf Club. To conserve paper, you can access the 2018 District Reports and Accounts online. The formal part of the meeting will be as short as possible. There will be a raffle in aid of Crawley’s 2019 Jamboree Contingent.

Treating each other well

Chief Commissioner, Tim Kidd, challenged Team UK to come up with ideas on how we can foster a culture of positivity and respect, helping us wear our values on our sleeves I’ve been thinking a lot recently about something that sounds quite simple: how can we be nicer to each …

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Shackleton Mountain Activity Weekend

Shackleton ESU travelled to North Wales for their Mountain Activity Weekend Camp from Thursday 11th April to Sunday 14th April. Whilst staying at Cornel Scout Centre, they took part in hill walking and climbing activities. On Friday, the two teams took part in a full days hillwalking including some entry …

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Chief Scout Awards – April 2019

Congratulations to all youth members who were presented their Chief Scouts Awards during the awards ceremony in April 2019. 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 …

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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.