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On Friday 8 December, the recipients and their families got together at the Bear Grylls Adventure at Birmingham NEC. They were recognised personally by Chief Scout Bear Grylls for their achievements. Ranging in age from 5 to 23, these amazing young people earned their awards for a variety of skills and endeavours. …
Last weekend, Shackleton ESU held their annual winter camp at Bentley Copse. They were all very glad to be in a warm building as temperatures dropped into the negative outside! On camp, the Explorers took part in variety of activities including wide games, incident hike, climbing, abseiling, caving and rifle …
The forty nineth draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of November. The numbers drawn are: If you would like to join the Stanford Campsite 100 Club for the next draw, please click here for more information.
5th Crawley (Three Bridges) Cubs have been working on the Community Impact Badge this term. The Cubs chose Ten Little Toes Baby Bank as their nominated charity, taking part in a sponsored silence to raise funds along with raffling off some football tickets. The Cubs raised an amazing £200 with …
In November, the district recognised all the top award achievers in Beaver Scouts, Chief Scout Bronze Award, and Cub Scouts, Chief Scout Silver Award. Congratulations to all the young people receiving their certificates and thanks to all their leaders who have guided them through the awards.
On Sunday nearly 100 Beavers from across the district gathered for their annual craft day. The young people tried a variety of crafts in preparation for Christmas. The Beavers also had an unexpected visit from Santa, who spoke to the all.
The district was represented at the Nation Scout Rifle Championship in to Bisley, over the weekend of 21st/22nd October. Teams were entered from 2nd Ifield Scout Group, 4th Worth Scout Group, 1st Southgate Scout Group Crawley and 5th Crawley Scout Group.The young people all got to experience a variety of …
The forty eighth draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of October. The numbers drawn are: If you would like to join the Stanford Campsite 100 Club for the next draw, please click here for more information.
The third weekend of October is when JOTA, the Jamboree On The Air, happens. It’s a chance for Scouts from around the world to make contact with each other using amateur radio. This year Crawley District were fortunate enough to get invited to the Crawley Amateur Radio Club (CARC) hq …
As you know, Explorer Units are run by volunteer leaders. Unfortunately, we currently have a shortage of volunteer leaders in some of the units and if we are unable to resolve this in the near future, we regret we may have to make the decision to close these units temporarily. …
Well done to our Explorers who attended the County Award Presentation at the weekend. We had members collecting their D of E as well as their Chief Scout Gold and Platinum. We also had several collect their young leader belt buckle. The CSA Gold is the highest award a Scout can …
This year, Shackleton ESU entered 2 teams into the annual Downsman Hike Competition. Both teams completed Class E and managed to finish in record times for the unit. A big congratulations to you all and hopefully it doesn’t take too long for them to fully recover!
