King Charles’ Birthday – June 2024
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.
Shackleton / Drake ESU – Sweden Race Night Fundraiser
Thankyou to everyone who came and supported our race night last night. In total we made £538.73 towards our expedition fund to Sweden in the summer. A special thanks goes to all of those who helped organise and run the night including the delicious cake stall and those who donated …
Young Achievers Awarded
Congratulations to all the young people who received award certificates. Beaver Scouts’ Chief Scout Bronze Award and Cub Scouts’ Chief Scout Silver Awards certificates were presented by Tom Dalton our County lead volunteer and Ollie Gldman our District lead volunteer. These awards are the highest the young people can achieve …
2nd Ifield’s Annual Review Meeting – May 2024
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. …
Ifield May Fayre 2024
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 …
District AGM – Award Presentations
On Tuesday evening (23/04/24) The adults of the district gathered at Tilgate Golf Club for the annual general meeting of Crawley District. Joined by Tom Dalton, the County lead volunteer, the formal part of the evening, in the absence of a Chair leading the trustees, was chair by Dave Palmer, …
Shackleton ESU – Silver Practise Expedition – New Forest
6 Explorers and 2 Leaders have just returned from the New Forest on a D of E practise expedition. Both teams successfully completed the three day expedition during which we had beautiful weather on day 1 and 2, however the rain finally came in on day 3! Well done to …
2nd Ifield Chestnut Beaver Scouts Summer Camp – May 2024
On the 4th May twelve Chestnut Beaver Scouts went to Boidier Hurst Camp site in Tadworth, near Boxhill, for their Summer camp.The Beavers enjoyed camping outside, a campfire (with lots of songs and some magic!), a three mile hike, putting up tents, tye dying t-shirts, making bug hotels, learning new …
Stanford 100 Club – April 24 Results
The fifty fourth draw of the fundraiser for our District campsite took place at the end of April. 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.
National Celebration of Achievements
On Sunday Scouts from around the Country celebrated Scouting’s Parton Saint, St George, including our own event in Crawley. For all those who achieved their King Scout Award (the top award a young person can achieve) in the past year they are invited to the National Celebration of Achievements in …
A Celebration of St George
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 …
District Reports – AGM
The 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 23 April at Tilgate Golf Club Crawley starting at 7pm. This is our opportunity each year to review and celebrate the previous Scouting year (2023) and all that we achieved both as a District and for and on behalf of …