On Sunday 3rd April, West Sussex Scouts are holding a free activity event for all 14 – 25 year old members to help shape Scouting in West Sussex and launch the new County Youth Forum. The day will involve a number of activities including archery, shooting, backwoods cooking and team challenges; and your chance to have your voice heard on the issues that matter to you in Scouting. To find out more details and register, please see this news article.
The national event for #YouShape week is taking place 5-7 February. This is currently being organized by a team of 15 fantastic young people from across the country. Applications to attend the event are now closed, however there are great opportunity’s to get involved with YouShape Week including joining the …
Every year, West Sussex Scouts run a number of Instructor courses to train you in the skills needed to safely take members climbing within the framework of the Scout Association’s Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme. Whether you’ve never taken your section climbing before, or are fed up paying for expensive centre instructors, …
Drake Explorer Scout Unit, based in Ifield, spent the weekend at their annual log cabin camp. This year the unit visit Broadstone Warren Scout Campsite. Friday night was spent getting to know the site and the building before the formal start of the weekend. The evening was spent with the members reviewing their D …
7 explorers and 3 leaders attended Gilwell Wintercamp Friday 8th January to 10th January in all it’s mud and glory. Along with several thousand others! At Wintercamp 2016 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 and a disco, camp fire and cinema. Some photos of these activities are included below. There were many other activities too. The day and night programme kept them totally entertained.
The annual Crawley District Wappenshaw was held today with over 25 local shooters taking part in 6 yrd pistol, rifle, biathlon and archery. It was a well fought competition with the attached photos showing the winners from both the competition today and the county shooting competition in 2015. Over 15 adults/leaders …
People have been tying knots for thousands of years. Today, despite technology, knots are still as necessary as ever. All knots have a purpose and it is just as important to understand what that purpose is, and when the knot is used, as having the ability to tie it. Take this quick quiz to test whether your skills are up to scratch.
Dates for 2016 have now been uploaded to the website and can be viewed on our District Diary Page. If you notice any mistakes / omissions, please contact the webmaster who can correct / make additions. From everyone at Crawley District Scouts, we’d also like to wish you a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. We look forward to continuing our big adventure into 2016.
If you’re getting ready to look for your first job, here are some helpful tips to get your CV writing off to a great start. To help you illustrate your Scouting experience and skills, we’ve put together a resource that will take you through all that you have learned and show you how to apply them to your CV
At the county awards ceremony Scouts and Explorer Scouts from Crawley District were presented with their certificates by the UK Deputy Youth Commissioner, Jagz Bharth. Hanna Allessendro-Pearse was presented with her Duke of Edinburgh’s Silver Award having completed 6 months at Cub Scouts (volunteering), 3 months developing her kayaking (physical), …
Congratulations to 4 Explorers from Drake Explorer Unit who came 4th in the Operation Triangle Night Hike on Saturday 21st / Sunday 22nd November. Operation Triangle is a night exercise for teams of 4 Explorer Scouts. The exercise involves hiking approximately 18 miles across country (longer if they get lost!). Teams will walk along the course as directed, reporting at the various incident and checkpoints designed to test teamwork, scouting skills and navigation.
40 members from Crawley District including Scouts, Explorers, Network, Scout Active Support, Leaders and Shooting Instructors have recently returned from the National Scout Shooting Competition at Bisley (16th Oct to 18th Oct). This year there were over 800 Scouts partaking in the competition. An impressive number of trophies and medals were won between the Crawley District competitors as listed below. Congratulations to all of those who won awards and keep up the hard work training for future years as we have come a long way in the last few years!
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