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 aid to traditional Scouting skills. This year the Thunderbird trophy…
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, who all passed both the practice and qualifying expeditions of…
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 a team to earn points. Activities included soft archery, pirate…
1st Chopwell take win in Kirby Shield Competition
A team of 4 Scouts from 1st Chopwell won this year’s Kirby Shield Competition. The 2 day event sees teams camping in a traditional patrol style, with challenges throughout the weekend.
District Scout Orienteering Night
Over 50 Scouts form three of the District Scout Troops (1st Winlaton, 1st Blaydon & 2nd Crawcrook), took part in a joint Orienteering training evening at Gibside NT on Tuesday night. Along with enjoying game of capture the flag and time to socialise…
St George’s Day at Gibside for Winlaton
On Sunday, Members representing all 4 sections of 1st Winlaton Scout Group, took part in an event to celebrate the patron saint of Scouts, St George at Gibside National Trust. The event included a parade along the main avenue and…
Winlaton’s Fire Service Visit
As a wrap up to the Fire Safety Activity Badge, 1st Winlaton Scout Troop had a visit from Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Services – to explain what they do, the equipment they have and let them have a go…
Chopwell triumph at Scout’s First Aid Competition
Today, Scouts from 1st Chopwell took first place in our historic emergency aid competition which has been running 1928. It was a tough competition which after heavy rain and wind forced a change of location from Edmunbyers to Ryton Scout…
Winlaton Team Training Day
Adult Volunteers from across our sections took part in a bespoke team and skills session today. Learning new skills while working as a team and developing our outdoor program. To help us deliver some exciting outdoor sessions in the upcoming…
Volunteers recognised in local awards
Lead Volunteer Colin Hurst recently visited some of our volunteers to present some very special awards.