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!
The Scout Network is the final Scouting section and gives opportunities to 18-25 year olds who have an interest in Scouting, their own personal development and having fun! If you’ve been following us on Facebook and Twitter, you may have heard that the Scout Network is going through some changes to make the Programme even better and accessible to all young adults between the ages of 18-25. We’ve put together this article to break down the changes and to point you to all the information you need to know about the Scout Network reboot.
Congratulations to Liam Spriggs, Harley Raine and Craig Edwards who competed in the annual Surrey Scout Shoot Competition. The competition is for all members of the Scout movement over 14 and involves 5 different shooting events. The weather was kind and the day long with everyone improving their skills and trying different shooting events. The results for Crawley District were excellent, with three members winning awards.
A party of 21 Explorer Scouts, Network and Leaders spent 10 days in August in the Lake District based on the Scout campsite on the East side of Lake Windermere. The weather started cold and wet but got better the longer we were there. During the period eight Explorer Scouts …
A Million Hands is a Scout Association Community Impact campaign which reflects the ambition by 2018 to mobilise half a million people in support of four social issues chosen by young people. UK Scouts want to mobilise half a million Scouts in support of four social issues chosen by our young …
In a few days times, the West Sussex Contingent will fly over to Japan to take part in the 23rd World Scout Jamboree joining 4,000 Scouts and Guides from across the UK in Kirara-hama, Japan for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. The World Scout Jamboree is a gathering of tens of …
Explorer Scouts from Crawley joined Explorers from the across West Sussex at the presentation event in honour of their achievements. They were joined by Sir Brian Barttelet, West Sussex Scout President, Bob Burgess, former Mayor of Crawley and now a member of West Sussex Scout Executive and Ian Newbery, Regional …
Scouting has been around for 111 years, but that doesn’t mean things don’t change.
The new, refreshed, programme for 2015 is designed to ensure that the activities, badges and challenges of Scouting meet the needs of today’s young people, whilst continuing our Scouting traditions.
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