About us

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About Us

The 1st Haywards Heath has a proud history, firstly as part of the Haywards Heath District and after the merger with Southdown District we became part of the Mid Sussex District family!

The group is positioned in the town of Haywards Heath and serves families local and the surrounding area.

Mid Sussex District is made up of 13 Groups and 5 Explorer units across Mid Sussex with approx. 1250 young people and 350+ adults.

if you would like to find out more about our history, don’t hesitate to use the links on the right to look at our past adventures and what makes the 1st history so important to us.

Dwayne Fields proudly holds the title of the UK's 11th Chief Scout

An explorer, adventurer and TV presenter, Dwayne's been seen in BAFTA nominated Channel 5 series Race to the Pole, on BBC Springwatch, Countryfile, National Geographic and Disney+.

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