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Last month the new ‘Robin’ Beaver Colony at 1st Langley Green Scout Group opened. The new colony joins the original Tuesday Beaver Colony, now renamed ‘Chaffinch’. Across the two Colonies, the Group has been able to welcome 12 new Beavers, bringing numbers up to 36. The team have also welcomed …
The national event for #YouShape week is taking place 5-7 February. This is currently being organized by a team of 15 fantastic young people from across the country. Applications to attend the event are now closed, however there are great opportunity’s to get involved with YouShape Week including joining the …
Every year, West Sussex Scouts run a number of Instructor courses to train you in the skills needed to safely take members climbing within the framework of the Scout Association’s Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme. Whether you’ve never taken your section climbing before, or are fed up paying for expensive centre instructors, …
We are pleased to announce our new Crawley District News subscription service is now configured for use. Rather then sending alerts after each news article, an aggregated summary will be sent every Monday detailing the latest news. For those who hold website accounts or have previously subscribed using the old …
Drake Explorer Scout Unit, based in Ifield, spent the weekend at their annual log cabin camp. This year the unit visit Broadstone Warren Scout Campsite. Friday night was spent getting to know the site and the building before the formal start of the weekend. The evening was spent with the members reviewing their D …
On Thursday Tim Taylor, the Deputy County Commissioner for Scouting in West Sussex, came to Ifield Scout headquarters to present both the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award and the Queen’s Scout Award to Jamie Keeley, who has become a Queen’s Scout, the highest training award in the Scout Movement. In …
On Saturday 16th January, 8 Cubs from 2nd Ifield and 1st Southgate along with 4 leaders attended the West Sussex Launch Event at Out of Bounds to celebrate 100 years of Cubs. During the action packed morning, they took part in numerous high rope activities including the Lightening Crack, Skyscraper, Speed Climbing, Checkerplate, Leap of Faith and Vertical Drop Slides. After an action packed morning, they settled down to eat lunch before singing happy birthday to Cubs around a Cubs100 cake.
7 explorers and 3 leaders attended Gilwell Wintercamp Friday 8th January to 10th January in all it’s mud and glory. Along with several thousand others! At Wintercamp 2016 they were able to try a huge number of activities including miniature tank driving, a giant swing, shooting, archery, crafts, quad bikes, go karts, laser tag and a disco, camp fire and cinema. Some photos of these activities are included below. There were many other activities too. The day and night programme kept them totally entertained.
The annual Crawley District Wappenshaw was held today with over 25 local shooters taking part in 6 yrd pistol, rifle, biathlon and archery. It was a well fought competition with the attached photos showing the winners from both the competition today and the county shooting competition in 2015. Over 15 adults/leaders …
People have been tying knots for thousands of years. Today, despite technology, knots are still as necessary as ever. All knots have a purpose and it is just as important to understand what that purpose is, and when the knot is used, as having the ability to tie it. Take this quick quiz to test whether your skills are up to scratch.
Dates for 2016 have now been uploaded to the website and can be viewed on our District Diary Page. If you notice any mistakes / omissions, please contact the webmaster who can correct / make additions. From everyone at Crawley District Scouts, we’d also like to wish you a Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year. We look forward to continuing our big adventure into 2016.
2nd Ifield Scout Group attended St Margaret’s Church in Ifield for their group Christmas Carol Service with over 150 members and their families filling the church with the sound of carols. The service was lead by Fr Simon and Fr Jamie (Rector and Curate of the Parish) and followed the …
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