Last weekend, 1st Southgate Cubs and Scouts shared Stanford with 2nd Crawley Beavers. The site is in fantastic condition thanks to the SAS. Total co-operation between all the leaders, sharing experiences across the Groups and Sections, putting Young People First which is what Scouting is all about. Cubs and Scouts were …
Over the Bank Holiday weekend 11 1st Crawley Scouts tackled the South Downs to complete their Expedition Challenge Badge. Despite the heat, steep climbs and heavy bags everyone made it. Even the leaders.!
Sunday 22nd April saw members from all the Group in our District join together in Queen’s Square to celebrate Scouting’s patron saint, St George. The procession, lead this year by 2nd Ifield’s large green dragon, took the Scouts through the town centre into the Square. We heard the story of …
On Sunday 15th April, Crawley District Scouts Youth Commissioners ran the first District Youshape event at Stanford Scout Campsite. Over the course of the day, we had just under 50 participants from across Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. It was a shame about the weather but everyone had fun regardless! During the day, the participants got to try a number of activities including Archery, Rifle Shooting, Backwoods Cooking, Fire Lighting, Team Games and a Youth Forum.
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.
Congratulations to all youth members who were presented their Chief Scouts Awards during the awards ceremony in March 2018. The Chief Scout’s Bronze Award is the highest award available to Beaver Scouts. It is gained by a Beaver who completes each of the Global, Promise, Creative, Community, Outdoor and Fitness Challenges. The Chief …
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 …
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 …
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.
On Thursday 13th July, two District Youth Commissioners (Miles and Owen) from East Grinstead Scouts ran a #Youshape evening for 1st Langley Green Scouts. After introductions and questions about #Youshape, the scouts were still slightly confused as to what it was. They introduced the snowball game, “throwing” ideas at each other …
1st Southgate Scout Group held their annual Cub and Scout Camp last weekend at Stanford. We camped 24 Cubs (Pack has 24) and 18 Scouts (Troop has 20), with the amazing support of 15 Leaders from our Colony, Pack, Troop, SRF Unit and YLs. I am so proud of this …
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, …
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