East Grinstead District Scouts

At a special ceremony on Thursday 4th February, the 1st East Grinstead Group Scout Leader Jok Dowe, and Group Chairman Martin Groat officially opened new WC facilities at the Scout Hall in Moat Road.

The work has improved the existing facilities at the Hall, and includes the provision of a new purpose built disabled facility.

This has been a long running project, and costs have been met through a combination of grants and fundraising.

The ‘First Flush’ celebrations took place following the groups ‘Going Up’ ceremony, which sees young people moving from one section to another.

Parents and leaders were treated to a brief speech riddled with toilet humour, as the chairman thanked those present for not allowing the project to ‘go down the pan’, and agreed to stop the bad jokes at the in cistern’ce of everyone there.

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.

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.

Read the rest of this article for more pictures!

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!

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

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

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.

During May 15th-17th The South of England Showground in Ardingly plays host to the 2009 County Cub Camp dubbed Camp-A-Lot. As you may infer from the name the theme this year is the Knights of the Round Table.

As always these county camps require months of planning, and as the quest draws closer we are looking for adults to help with site services for the event in such matters as car parking, security, set up & take down.

1st East Grinstead Buckhurst & Walker Cub Packs recently spent a weekend in Portsmouth taking in the local sights and attractions. Unfortunately, the leaders were taken hostage, and nothing has been heard from them since.

Read the rest of the article to see the reports from some of the cubs who were lucky enough to escape the clutches of the empire.

Leaders, Parents, Explorers, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers. If you have something you would like to see on the website, please get in touch with webmaster{at}egscouts.org(.)uk and we’ll get them published for you.

Leaders, why not ask your young people to draw or write something for the website as an evening activity. You can either type, it up, scan it in, or you can use that old fashioned stuff you write on made from trees, and we’ll do the rest!

Scouts can apply for a slice of £2.28m that supermarket chain Waitrose will donate to nearly 7,000 community projects in the next 12 months.

The money is being awarded to local charities as part of Waitrose’s plans to support more local causes.

On a bright Sunday afternoon, on the 29th June, teams from all over the district assembled to take part in the annual soapbox derby at Imberhorn Lower School.

Read the story for pictures and results