Long Service Awards
Congratulations to Pauline and Colin on receiving your 40 years and 5 years long service awards on Wednesday 21st Feb.
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SRF Winter Camp
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
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 …
6th Crawley Beavers On Ice
6th Crawley Beaver Colony recently put on their skates and made good use of the Queens Square Ice Rink. A great time was had by youngsters and adults alike.
Wappenshaw 2018
On Saturday 6th January, 4th Worth hosted the annual Crawley District Wappenshaw Competition where local shooters took part in 6 yrd pistol, rifle, prone rifle, biathlon, field target, and archery. It was a well fought competition with the attached photos showing the overall team and individual winner. Over 15 adults/leaders turned …
Merry Christmas
Dates for 2018 have now been uploaded to the website. We have also uploaded the 2018 Rifle Shooting Permission Forms available on the rifle shooting page. If you notice any mistakes / omissions, please contact the webmaster here who can correct / make additions. From everyone at Crawley District Scouts, we’d also like to wish …
Cub Leaders celebrate Christmas
Many thanks to Ian Head for arranging – again – for Crawley District Cub leaders to gather and celebrate another successful year in Scouting. We may well need a bigger venue next year as this is becoming very popular. 17 of Crawley’s Cub Leaders, who regularly meet to plan District …
Beaver Craft Day
On Saturday 2nd December, Crawley District Scouts held a Beaver Craft and Fun Day. We had over 80 children attend throughout the day making, Reindeer’s, Christmas decorations and gifts to take home. We even had Father Christmas drop in to see them all and give out some presents. A big thank you to all the leaders, young leaders and family members that helped to make the day a success.
Co-op Grants to Crawley Groups
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 …
Standing Room Only For Remembrance Sunday
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 …
New District Leader Appointments
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 …
Mountain Activity Weekend
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) …
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