On Monday 5th of December, Phoebe Woolard and Zoë Grimshaw completed the final requirement for their Queen Scout Award: the presentation aspect. Attended by SRF Explorers, 1st Southgate Leaders, friends from the district, and family, the two presented their efforts. The Queen Scout Award (now changing to the King Scout Award) …
From 2nd to 4th December, Shackleton Explorers enjoyed a winter camp at Bentley Copse Scout Campsite. Staying inside in Palmer House, the cold didn’t bother us! Activities including a night hike, zipline, crate stacking, climbing, abseiling, rifle shooting, karaoke and lots of food! It was a nice relaxing camp to …
On 3rd November Drake Explorers went to Westminster to visit the Houses of Parliament. We met up with our local MP, Henry Smith, who was to be our tour guide. Passing through Portcullis House and seeing the committee rooms, where much business is done, we entered Westminster Hall. This is …
In October half-term Drake ESU, along with members of 2nd Ifield Scouts and Shackleton ESU, travelled to North Wales for their annual mountain activity weekend. Friday saw them hiking and climbing in the Ogwen Valley. Tackling routes despite the wet and windy conditions On Saturday everyone went on a big …
This weekend saw a number of Scout Groups joining their communities to pay their respects to those who have died in war and conflicts. On Friday a number of Scouts were involved with wreath laying at ceremonies at Schools. On Saturday 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley held a sleepover including …
Members of the District attended the National Scout Rifle Championships at the weekend. They enjoyed lots of shooting at a variety of ranges and guns attaining some good scores.
On Monday 3rd October, Shackleton Explorers had a very busy evening! We started off with a brief lesson in Heraldry before the Explorers started to design their own coat of arms to represent them. We then moved onto a more formal part of the evening where we had expedition reports …
Congratulations to Xander, Sam, Ben and Jake for completing the B Class and Nathan, Joe, Corey and Charlie for completing the E Class in the 2022 Downsman Hike Competition. Full details on the Shackleton Website.
Scouts across the UK join the nation in mourning the loss of our beloved monarch and Patron, HM The Queen. Her outstanding example of service, encouragement and kindness was an inspiration to us all.
Neil Armstrong enjoyed a very hot week away based down at Ferny Crofts in the New Forest. The week started with 4 explorers completing their silver DofE expedition walking around the New Forest before enjoying several of the onsite activities, including kayaking and climbing the week also included an afternoon …
Congratulations to both of our groups who successfully completed their D of E expeditions in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft. We had excellent weather and both teams actually looked like they were …
Last week, our Scouts, along with 7th Crawley Scouts, and SRF all spent the week at Kent International Jamboree. Scouts camped on Neptune sub-camp and SRF on Jupiter. Along with thousands of Scouts and Guides from around the country and abroad they had a great week taking part in over …
