Welcome to the 7^th Crawley Scout Group.  I hope that your son/ daughter will enjoy their time with us and learn not only exciting and challenging life skills but will also have the opportunity of tackling many new activities and adventurous pursuits.

7^th Crawley was formed in 1966.  We were awarded the County Standard in 2004, an achievement of which we are all justly proud.

The Scout movement is ever growing and we at 7^th Crawley are all very proud of the contribution that all the volunteer leaders, supporters, parents and, especially the young members make to this Group

The Group Executive is made up from a number of volunteers who are responsible for the day to day running of the Group and look after the finances and administration etc.  Because the Group is also a Charity, each member of the Executive is also a Trustee.

The Executive is led by the Group Chairperson, Group Treasurer and Group Secretary, none of whom are allowed to hold a warranted leadership position within the Group. The Group Scout Leader (or Scouter-in-Charge), together with his Section Leaders from the Beaver Colony, Cub Pack and Scout Troop represent the uniformed members of this Group.

Parents are invited to join the Executive to represent each Section as well.  We are fortunate to have a parent member for each of our three Sections.

It is with immense pride that the Group received recognition of the hard work of all its members, young and old, by being awarded the COUNTY STANDARD in 2004. Each member wears this badge on the right sleeve of their Scout uniform.  It is the West Sussex County Badge with the addition of a yellow border.

Each uniformed member of the Scout Group wears a GROUP SCARF. The colours have been specially chosen to remind us of the historical importance of Furnace Green in the development of Crawley.

Many years ago, before the area that we know as FURNACE GREEN was developed into a housing estate, the whole area was covered in forest.  CHARCOAL BURNERS would work in the forests.  The BLACK on the scarf represents the CHARCOAL that was produced in this area and the RED reminds us of the FIRES burnt to produce the Charcoal.