1st Handcross Squirrels visited Crawley Library this week. The Squirrels have been working towards their space badge and the Library staff put together a space evening for us. The squirrels enjoyed learning some facts about the planets and reading some space books.
The Group, from our youngest member of 4 years old through to our oldest member, being our Group President, gathered as one to remember all those who have died in wars and conflicts, filing St Margaret’s Church to overflowing. The service was led by Revd Dominic Desouza-Campbell, where we heard …
Groups from around Crawley gathered at their local churches or memorials for Remembrance Sunday earlier this week. Each Remembrance Sunday, Scouts in cities, towns and villages across the UK show their support for the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women. As Britain entered the First World War on 4 …
Our poppy field has been planted. Over the summer the young people collected bottles which have been recycled into poppies, 350 poppies were then planted around St Margaret’s Church, Ifield for the community to use for reflection.
1st Handcross squirrels made their very first trip to Stanford Campsite. We investigated the camp site and built a wonderful den. The squirrels collected leaves and twigs to disguise the den and then spent time playing in it. To end our session Harry our young leader taught the Squirrels some …
On Sunday 29th September 2nd Ifield gathered for our Harvest Festival. The service led by Fr Dominic at St Margaret’s Church, Ifield saw the church full with the youngest Squirrel to the oldest Adult member along with parents and friends of the Group. We all heard from Fr Dominic about …
On Monday night 2nd Ifield Grey Squirrel Drey wrote birthday cards to His Majesty the King, made crowns and then hiked to the letterbox to post the cards. They wait in anticipation hoping to receive a reply.
Last night (08/05/2024) the 2nd Ifield meet for their annual review. The evening started with the business part of the meeting which the Parents, Leaders, SASU and Explorer Scouts sat in while the young people were outside. This only took 15 minutes and then the young people joined us. …
This weekend saw the annual Ifield May Fayre which 2nd Ifield has supported for many years. It all started on Sunday with a number of adults spending time building the rope bridge and dredging the pond on a nice warm afternoon.Monday morning we all woke to heavy rain, and some flooding, but …
On Sunday 21st April the District gathered for the Annual St George’s Day Parade, where we celebrated our patron Saint. All the young people processed through Goffs Park up to the Goffs House. We were joined by our Mayor. We heard from Ian Philips, minister of Crawley Baptist Church, where …
On Saturday 30 March saw over 100 Squirrel Scouts and Beaver Scouts from around the District gathered at our lovely campsite Stanford for the annual Beaver fun day. The young enjoying a variety of activities around the campsite put on by our volunteer leaders. They were well fed by the …
Over the past few days we have invested all our new Squirrel Scouts, the first to the Group and District. A total of 23 young people are now Squirrels. We also invested 5 new leaders to the group to support the Squirrels. Two were invested last Monday due to being …
