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
Posted on 16th December 2024 at 09:14.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…

Winlaton Cubs visit local Hindi Temple for Diwali
Posted on 19th October 2024 at 17:01.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…

Thunderbird 2024
Posted on 2nd October 2024 at 13:28.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…

A busy summer for the Duke of Edinburgh Award
Posted on 15th September 2024 at 17:49.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,…

Paisley Challenge 2024
Posted on 24th June 2024 at 16:39.1st 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…
Young people first: safeguarding and safety in Scouting
Wherever we go and whatever we do, we put young people’s safety and wellbeing first.