The Co-op Local Community Fund is an initiative which aims to give back to the local members and their communities – giving money to local causes that their members care about. As part of this two, local Scout Groups were presented with grants on Saturday 25th November to help improve …
On Remembrance Sunday (12th November) the residents of Ifield, the congregation of St Margaret’s Church and 2nd Ifield (St Margaret’s) Scout Group gathered around the war memorial in Ifield churchyard for two minutes silence and wreath laying. The ceremony, with the last post and reveille, included prayers, remembering those who had died …
Louise Baker has been appointed ADC Beavers with Helen stepping down Lou has taken this role and has started visiting colonies and coming up with exciting opportunities to support leaders within the District. I first became a helper at Beavers when my eldest son now 16 was a member and his …
Over the weekend of Fri 20th to Sun 22nd Oct over 40 members of Crawley District took part in the 41st 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 …
2019 sees the next World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, America. 22 Scouts and Explorer Scouts in Crawley District applied to part of our contingent. They took part in a weekend selection camp, where they were given different tasks to complete and new people to meet and interact with. 8 …
Following a tough application process, twenty adult leaders were invited to attend a weekend selection camp at Lodge Hill over the weekend 23rd – 24th September. During the course of the weekend each leaders was assessed in their Young Person Interaction Skills, Leadership, Team Work, Communication, Adaptability, Working when tired. …
Grow your Group is a set of fun and entertaining workshops where skills and ideas will be shared which are supported by both electronic resources and hard resources such as your Vacancy Boards. All areas you will need to help your Group grow with adults will be looked at. Grow …
Congratulations to six members (Sam, Matthew, Ania, Adam, Tom and Joe) of Crawley District Scout Network who have recently completed their Explorer Belt in the Netherlands. The Explorer Belt is a challenge of a lifetime. It is a chance to take part in a ten day expedition that allows the participants …
Crawley District Scouts is looking to appoint a Youth Commissioner team (18-25) to lead the adventure for young people within scouting in Crawley. In this exciting role of District Youth Commissioner, the chosen candidates will support and develop local Scouting making sure the voice of young people is heard at …
An open ended volunteering commitment can be a scary thing. For parents and other potential volunteers who might not know much about Scouting, agreeing to volunteer in itself can be a huge leap. They’re unsure whether they will enjoy it; they may well feel out of their comfort zone and might be equally worried about letting the leader down. That’s why the new Four Week Challenge, being piloted in some parts of the UK by the Regional Development Service, is proving such an interesting experiment. It is a time specific volunteering commitment for those interested in supporting young people, staggered, as the name suggests, over four weeks. If they want to continue, then this is a great time to discuss the range of roles available, the training requirements and benefits. Equally, if they want to stop there, then leaders can present a certificate and thank the volunteer in an appropriate way. If they have had a good experience, there is a good chance they will volunteer again in the future.
With WS 2017 just around the corner, we have setup a news aggregation service on our District Website so you can keep up to date with the latest news and activities happening at WS2017. It will aggregate all of the media feeds and display them in one handy page.
John Yarlett was presented the Award of Merit on Saturday 24th June for his outstanding contribution to Scouting both in Crawley and Horsham. He has previously been a District Commissioner and was instrumental in restarting 1st Crawley Scout Group with all 3 sections 6 years ago and has successfully recruited …
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