This weekend saw a number of Scout Groups joining their communities to pay their respects to those who have died in war and conflicts. On Friday a number of Scouts were involved with wreath laying at ceremonies at Schools. On Saturday 1st Northgate and 5th Crawley held a sleepover including …
Members of the District attended the National Scout Rifle Championships at the weekend. They enjoyed lots of shooting at a variety of ranges and guns attaining some good scores.
Congratulations to Xander, Sam, Ben and Jake for completing the B Class and Nathan, Joe, Corey and Charlie for completing the E Class in the 2022 Downsman Hike Competition. Full details on the Shackleton Website.
Scouts across the UK join the nation in mourning the loss of our beloved monarch and Patron, HM The Queen. Her outstanding example of service, encouragement and kindness was an inspiration to us all.
Congratulations to both of our groups who successfully completed their D of E expeditions in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft. We had excellent weather and both teams actually looked like they were …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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, …
