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District YouShape Day

18 March 2018 by Sean Edwards

Crawley District Scouts will be holding a District YouShape Activity Day on Sunday 15th April at Stanford Scout Campsite. The day will be split into two sessions as below: Cubs and Scouts (8-12 years old) – 9.00am to 1.00pm / Older Scouts and Explorers (13-18 years old) – 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Please drop-off/pick-up the participants from the main building at the campsite promptly at the times listed above. Please also respect our neighbours and DO NOT drive down the lane (Parents and members should walk down the lane to the campsite). During the event, the youth members will take part in a number of activities including archery, rifle shooting and team building games. It will also be an opportunity for those who attend to voice their thoughts on their weekly programme and district events which will be used to help us shape activities going forward.

SRF Winter Camp

22 February 2018 by Sean Edwards

10 explorers and 3 leaders attended Gilwell Wintercamp this year in all it’s mud and glory. Along with several thousand others! At Wintercamp 2018 they were able to try a huge number of activities including miniature tank driving, a giant swing, shooting, archery, crafts, quad bikes, go karts, laser tag …

Explorers Airhop 2018

22 February 2018 by Sean Edwards

On Tuesday 13th February, 25 Explorers from across the district visited Air-Hop in Guildford. On the evening, they were able to jump around the main court, practise their flips into the foam pool and take part in basketball slam dunk. Good fun was had by all who attended and the …

Mountain Activity Weekend

10 November 2017 by Sean Edwards

On 26th October 19 Explorer Scouts from across Crawley District were hosted by Drake Explorers at their annual mountain activity weekend staying at a bunk house in the Brecon Beacons, South Wales. Participants spent 3 days walking in the mountains, including Pen Y Fan (the highest peak in South Wales) …

National Scout Shooting Championships 2017 – Bisley

11 June 201823 October 2017 by Sean Edwards

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 …

WSJ2019 Participants Selected

25 October 201715 October 2017 by Allen Heath

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 …

WSJ 2019 – Adult Leaders have been selected!

11 October 20172 October 2017 by Wendy Keeley

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. …

Drake Explorer Scout Gold Expedition

26 September 2017 by Sean Edwards

The video below was filmed by some of Drake Explorer Scouts as part of their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award hike project video, in Scotland this summer.

WS Camp 2017 News Feed

21 July 2017 by Sean Edwards

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.

First Crawley Election debate showed the passion in the town

19 May 2017 by Sean Edwards

The 2nd Ifield Scout hut was the location last night for the first of a series of hustings taking place across the town. Hosted by Drake Explorer scouts there was an impressive turn out to hear from the candidates running for Crawley. With impassioned speeches the evening covered topics from Brexit …

Updates to Peer Leadership February 2017

24 February 2017 by Sean Edwards

Updates to Peer Leadership February 2017 Following a period of consultation, UK Scouts have made some updates to the peer leadership resources and how they are distributed. The main updates are: To support peer leadership in Beavers, a top tips poster is available on the Print Centre. From Friday 3rd March, …

Rifle Shooting Christmas Party 2016

11 December 2016 by Sean Edwards

On Friday 9th Dec, those attending the weekly 2nd Ifield shooting celebrated their last shoot of the year in style by partaking in a number of more unusual competitions to test their precision and speed. Some photos of these events can be seen below. Over the past year, Crawley District …

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