Vitality Westminster Scouting Mile
The late may Bank Holiday weekend saw one of our Beavers, Eloise, represent 1st Crawley at the Westminster Scouting Mile. This annual event, the largest timed mile event in the world, has a starting...
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Save the Date: Family Camp 2019
UPDATE! Family Camp has now moved back a week to our usual slot, starting on the Summer Solstice, Friday 21st June until Sunday 23rd June. Family Camp this year is at Stanford camp site...
Operation HQ Success for 1st Crawley
Saturday 18 May saw the Crawley scout groups in action for Operation HQ. Teams had to navigate and hike between the town’s group HQ’s, tackling an ‘incident’ at each hut. At Oak Road we...
Can you help us?
We are always looking for additional help to keep our group running smoothly. From occasionally helping out at weekly meetings or becoming an instructor for adventurous activities to becoming a uniformed leader, everyone’s contribution...
St George’s Day 2019
Sunday 28th April saw the massed Crawley Scout troops march from St Wilfrid’s School to Tilgate Park for the annual St George’s day celebration and picnic. St George is the patron saint of Scouting...
1st Crawley Scout Leader treks solo across Nepal to Everest Base Camp
You can read a fantastic account of Andy’s Himalayan trek over at the Crawley District website… https://crawleydistrictscouts.co.uk/news/2019/02/1st-crawley-scout-leader-treks-solo-across-nepal-to-everest-base-camp/
Chief Scout’s Awards
Well done to all the 1st Crawley Beavers and Cubs who received their hard earned Chief Scout’s Bronze and Silver Award tonight. The awards were presented by the Mayor, Carlos Portal Castro in a...
1st Crawley Scouts given cash boost from Taylor Wimpey
The 1st Crawley Scouts have been gifted £250 by Taylor Wimpey South Thames as part of the donation box scheme which is running at its Forge Wood development in Crawley. Visitors to the development’s...
Brecon Beacons Expedition 2018
Just 6 hours after leaving our Oak Road headquarters 23 of us were all safe and warm in the wonderful Tyle Morgrug bunkhouse in South Wales. It had thick stone walls, double glazing, central...
Stanford Appeal
As many of you are aware at some point during the last week of September metal thieves disconnected and stole 150m of high voltage copper cable from Crawley District’s Scouts Campsite, Stanford in Pease...
The Mysterious Long Man
Group Hike #37 The first day of Autumn saw 1st Crawley head out into the hills for the first time after the summer break. But someone forgot to tell the weather that the seasons...
