Visit to Gravetye Estate 11th April 2024 | By Oliver Gidman | One Comment A wonderful, warm afternoon was had at the Gravetye Estate today. A group of Beavers & Cubs got to learn new skills using a variety of hand tools to do some coppicing. The wood will then be used to make a dead hedge. They were all extremely well behaved & were excellent at working in teams & sharing.
Crawley Town FC 29th March 2024 | By Oliver Gidman | One Comment Well done to Georgia representing 1st Southgate with other Cubs from around Crawley flag waving at the Crawley Town FC home game today. The cubs were praised for their politeness and behaviour.
Family Winter Event 2023 5th November 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments Thank you to everyone from 1st Southgate, 7th Crawley, 1st Langley Green and 2nd Crawley that came along to the 1st Southgate Winter Event last week! We hope you had a great time eating, singing around the fire and watching the fireworks. A massive thank you to the leaders that made this event possible and a big well done to Lowen who was presented with his Chief Scout Bronze award around the campfire!
Group Camp 2023 2nd October 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments What a weekend! We had 41 young people join us for our group camp this year! The whole camp had an amazing atmosphere! This weekend wouldn’t have been possible without the support from the amazing leaders we had with us. Every leader got stuck in and helped where they could. So on behalf of all the young people, and myself, I want to say a MASSIVE thank you to them. They tried Archery, Angel throwing, Air Rifle shooting, played lots of games and did a lot of being loud and running around! We really hope that all the young people enjoyed their time with us this weekend, here are some photos below from the weekend! Phoebe Woolard – Deputy GSL
Stanford 60th Celebration 25th September 2023 (updated 29th September 2023) | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments This weekend we celebrated 60 years of Stanford Scout Camp Site with a day for our Adult Volunteers and their families – an opportunity to say thank you for all of their hard work. The day was full of activities, fun, food and a tug of war (which 1st Southgate/SRF won!). As the light faded, we gathered around the campfire for some presentations. The evening then continued with Adam Jasko leading the campfire before we finished the day with a quiz.
Congratulations Darren 15th September 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments This week our Group Scout Leader, Chris, was able to award Darren with his Getting Started certificate and pin badge. Already such a strong part of the team, well done Darren and thank you very much for all you do.
SRF Summer Camp 2023 1st September 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments For those of you who don’t know, SRF is the Explorer Unit (14-17 year olds) that 1st Southgate Scouts usually move up to. We have just finished our 2023 summer camp, a week at an activity site in Hertfordshire. Great fun was had by everyone who attended. The first two photos were from the first day of camp versus the last day of camp – everyone looks a bit more tired, but all still happy and smiling!
2023 Scout Summer Camp 9th August 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments 2023 Scout Troop camp at Ferny Crofts with 7th Crawley and 1st Langley Green all coming together to make one of the wettest camps ever into an unforgettable experience. Thank you very much to all the adults who gave up a week of their time to make this happen. You are all amazing and I hope everyone has recovered. – Chris Hobbs, GSL
Congratulations Henry 20th July 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments A massive congratulations to Henry for completing his Chief Scout Bronze Award which was presented at the last Beaver meeting of the term last night! Well done from all of us at 1st Southgate!
Karen’s (Rama’s) 30 Year Service Award 18th July 2023 | By Oliver Gidman | 0 Comments Last weekend marked the end of Karen’s (Rama’s) final beaver sleepover. All of the Beavers had a great time and the closing ceremony allowed the whole group the opportunity to say thank you to Karen for all of her hard work over the last 30 years. Karen really has given everything to 1st Southgate and influenced the lives of so many young people. In her own words: I just wanted to say a HUGE Thank You to everyone for making my last Beaver Sleepover a memorable one. For the last 30 years I have had the privilege of being part of an amazing team but the time has come to hang up my scarf & woggle & pass the job on.Wishing you all the best Tracy in your new role. Good luck to all the current Beavers, I hope you continue to have a fabulous Scouting journey.🎉⚜️🎉
