To start the new year of scouting this week (08/09/2021), all our sections gathered together for the first time since the start of lock down for our first group meeting. We had the youngest Beaver Scout through to the oldest adult member and was a great celebration of Scouting. Due to the size of the …
As from Monday (29th March) the Scout Association allowed Scout to return to outdoor social distancing meetings. This allowed some of our Group to return this week with Beavers exploring Stanford Campsite and Bunhan Park, some of the cubs running around the village green and the Explorer Scouts meeting up at the HQ. These were …
A year ago England went into Lockdown due to the COVID-19 virus. Scouting, of course, followed and we all had to stop face to face meetings. Within hours the Explorer Unit organised their first online meeting and didn’t miss a beat with their programme. The other sections followed suit in the following weeks and by …
The Group members celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday 8th May. Due to the current situation with COVID-19 we could not join together for anything, but the group still put together a programme of events to remember the sacrifices and to celebrate 75 years of peace in Europe. Preparations for the day …
St George being the patron saint of Scouting, Scouts see this as an important celebration. The Group started by joining others throughout the country in clapping for the carers as Scouts. It is estmated that about 100 members were out on Thursday 23 April, St George’s Day, to offer our thanks to the NHS staff …
On Remembrance Sunday (11th November) the residents of Ifield, the congregation of St Margaret’s Church and 2nd Ifield (St Margaret’s) Scout Group gathered around the war memorial in Ifield churchyard for two minutes silence, the last post and reveille, wreath laying included prayers, remembering those who had died in wars and for peace. The ceremony at the …
The group is pleased to open our second Cub Pack. The pack was formally opened last Wednesday following a number of months work with Mark Guy, our County development office. The group was growing following the opening of our second Beaver Scout colony, and the Tiger Cub Scout pack outgrowing itself. which required a second …
Sunday 22nd April saw members from the Group join members from the other Scout Groups in the town in Queen’s Square to celebrate Scouting’s patron saint, St George. The procession was lead this year by 2nd Ifield with our cubs processing their dragon through the town centre. We heard the story of St George as …