Jamboree 100 Club
100 Club draw – July 2022 1st Prize – 14 – winner of £50 2nd Prize – 07 – winner of £20 2 x 3rd Prize – 22 – winner of £15, – 15 – winner of £15
Chief Scout’s Gold Awards
Recently Barney, 7th Crawley, and Alex, 1st Crawley were presented with their Chief Scout’s Gold Awards by Superintendent Alex Gerldart of Sussex Police at a ceremony in Horsham. Dawn and Lauren of Drake Expolorers received their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Zac of SRF Expolorers got his Young Leader …
Shackleton Explorers – D of E Bronze Qualifying Expedition
Congratulations to our two explorer teams who completed their Duke of Edinburgh Award Bronze expeditions in Ashdown Forest this weekend in the heatwave! Both teams worked amazingly well with each other and the participants even had enough energy left to tackle the Blackland Farm assault course. The Duke of Edinburgh …
Shackleton Explorers – Traditional Raft Building
On Monday 11th July, Shackleton Explorers had their traditional annual rafting building evening. Traditional rafting is a great way to try something new as traditional rafts are very different to other crafts. It’s also a true test of teamwork, as you’ll all need to play your part to get the …
2nd Ifield Group Camp
Last weekend (2-3 July) saw the return of our Group camp at Blackland Farm with about 90 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Network and SASU members along with their families gathered together. Some of the Group’s Scout Active Support Unit (SASU) arrived on the Friday evening to set up camp and …
2nd Ifield Tiger Cub Scouts Senior Cub Camp
Saturday 11th – Sunday 12 June 2022 The leadership team arrived on site at Beacon Hill campsite on Friday evening to set up for the following day to mayhem in the carpark from other groups trying to leave, having already escaped mayhem in the carpark of our Acorn HQ too. …
Jamboree 100 Club
100 Club draw – June 2022 1st Prize – 08 – winner of £50 2nd Prize – 47 – winner of £20 2 x 3rd Prize – 33 – winner of £15, – 45 – winner of £15
Stanford 100 Club – June 22 Results
The thirty second draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of June. 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.
Go Beavers 2022
On Sunday 12th June, over 800 Beavers arrived at Blackland Farm for a fun filled day of activities. Beavers got to try a range of exciting adventure activities alongside some traditional scouting and craft activities. There were 4 zones – adventure, scout skills, fun and craft. Each Beaver had an …
1st Balcombe Beavers
On a hot summer’s evening, Lucas and Finn were awarded their final activity badges. Lucas completed his you shape awards before half term and Finn completed his tonight. They have worked extremely hard to gain these achievements and all the beavers and leaders are very proud of them. Well done. Toni …
Stanford Jubilee Celebrations
On Saturday 4th June, over 400 members and families gathered at Stanford Scout Campsite for a day of celebrations in honour of the Queens Jubilee. After an opening ceremony, many activities were available including, Archery, Tomahawks, Crossbows, Field Games, Karting, Face Painting and much more! After a day of activities, …
District Explorer Scout Administrator Investiture … at height
Tonight Shackleton and SRF Explorers held a joint meeting taking part in Climbing and Abseiling. In total 40 Explorers attended. During the evening, we also took the opportunity to present Zac with his YL buckle and invest Dipti, our District Explorer Scout Administrator. Not wanting to waste the fantastic facility, …