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Winlaton Cubs Celebrate Chinese New Year

Cubs from Winlaton recently celebrated Chinese New Year by taking part in a lion dance complete with drumming and symbols. They also got to have a go inside the dragon…

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Volunteering: #GoodForYou and Your Community

The Benefits of Volunteering with Blaydon & District Scouts Volunteering is one of the most rewarding activities you can do. It has a positive impact not only on those you…

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Winlaton Cubs visit local Hindi Temple for Diwali

On Wednesday, Winlaton Cubs visited the Hindu temple of Newcastle where we learned about the different gods, took part in prayer and meditation, looked around at the different statues and who…

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Thunderbird 2024

Last weekend, our annual Scouts Thunderbird Competition took place. The 2 day incident hike weekend, ran from Blanchland, seen 5 patrols of Scouts compete in several challenges ranging from first…

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A busy summer for the Duke of Edinburgh Award

Over the summer, we ran Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions in Northumberland and around Hadrian’s Wall. During these expeditions, we had over 20 Explorer Scouts taking part,…

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Paisley Challenge 2024

1st Chopwell and 1st Blaydon jointing won this year’s Paisley Challenge competition. The adventure afternoon in Chopwell Woods had the Cubs taking part in 4 different challenges, working together as…

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