I’m scared of heights

Luckily, not many of Griffyns Explorers suffer with heights, as demonstated by thier ability to build freestanding crate towers. They also seem to have come up with an interesting way to get back down!

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What have you done recently?

Fancy Go Karting, Kyaking, Climbing, Camping, Sailing, GeoCaching, Caving, Paracending, or a whole host of other exciting activity’s? If your aged 14-18 then you should join explorers.

Photos from Thurs 28th May - Griffyn ESU Go Karting

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Sussex 24

Sussex 24 is an activity weekend that will give ALL Explorers the chance to try just about anything they want whilst having fun and socializing at the same time!

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West Sussex Explorers have “arranged” the entire Broadstone Warren site and all of it’s activities for 24 hours on the 12th/13th of September 2009.

This event is simply not to be missed!!! Along with ALL the activities we have also arranged for a Big Top arena to be available so that we can have a party on the Saturday eve! Which we hope we include a live band or 2!.

Keep reading for more info….

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County Cub Camp 2009

May 15th-17th saw the South of England Showground in Ardingly play host to the spectical of CampALot, the 2009 West Sussex County Cub Camp.

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East Grinstead was well represented with the District Attending with nearly 100 cubs and Leaders. A large number of East Grinstead Members form Scouts, Explorers, Network and Section Leaders also pitched in to help with the behind the scenes running.

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Bear Grylls - The New Chief Scout

Bear is a man who has always loved adventure. After breaking his back in three places in a parachuting accident, he fought his way to recovery, and two years later entered the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, at the age of only 23.
He has since led ground-breaking expeditions across the world, and now at the age of 34 has become the 11th and youngest person to be appointed as Chief Scout.
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For more information see the article on scout.org.uk or Bear’s Own Website

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So Much to Tell You!!!!

It has been a busy few weeks in scouting, and I have not had a chance to update the site with things as often as I would have liked, so here are some quick bits:
New Chief Scout Appointed - Bear Grylls see http://www.scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185

Photos from County Cub Camp 2009 Camp-a-lot:Photos 1, Photos 2, Photos 3

East Grinstead Has a New Queen Scout - see http://www.westsussexscouts.org.uk/update.php

More information on these stories, and more to follow soon!

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Beaver Fun Afternoon

Saturday 28th March played host to an afternoon of fun and games for East Grinstead’s youngest section.

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Once again, huge thanks to Fellowship, who once again gave up their time to run the bases.

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Raksha’s Trophy 2009

On Friday 27th March 10 Sixes from all over the district took part in the annual final of Raksha’s Trophy.

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Congratulations to the 1st TH/CD Oak Pack who took 1st place.

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First Response Dates Announced

The next first response course is scheduled to run on Sat 14th and Sun 15th March.


Book now to avoid disappointment and secure your place! For more information, contact John Railton.

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Local Scouts Presented Awards

On Sunday 25th January over 40 awards were presented to young members of East Grinstead, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers and Leaders. The awards recognise the experiences and developments young people have made during their time in the Scout Movement. Particularly notable was the presentation of the Queen’s Scout Award which is the highest award a young person can achieve and demonstrates a strong dedication and commitment to scouting and the wider community.

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Welcome

What is Scouting about?

Have a look at this video to get an idea of just some of the things young people in our district have been up to over the last 12 months.

Our District

East Grinstead is located in West Sussex on the borders of Kent, Surrey and East Sussex. Scouting has been strong in the area since 1908 and in 2008 there were some 686 Scouters in the district including 564 youths.

We have been scouting in the area for 100 years - come and see what we do. If you are not already involved with scouting, come and join us

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There are eight separate groups in the East Grinstead area. Locations of each and details of where and when they meet are set out on the group pages.


Designing your Group or Section’s Website?

If you are thinking about designing your own scout website, or need somewhere to host your existing site, we can help.

For any scouting websites we are able to provide fully featured hosting at no charge.

If you are interested in finding out more, please email webmaster{at}egscouts.org(.)uk