Blaydon & District Scouts are delighted to share the wonderful news that our very own Lead Volunteer from 1st Chopwell Scout Group, Brian “Skip” Stubbs, has been honoured with a Red Kite Award by our local MP, Liz Twist. Skip…
Thunderbird 62 – 2025 Results
Thunderbird 62 took place on the weekend of 11–12 October 2025, bringing Scouts from across Blaydon & District back to the hills and moorland around Blanchland for our annual two-day incident hike competition. Patrols navigated through the route, taking part…
Pirates Take Over the Paisley Challenge 2025!
Cub Scouts from across Blaydon & District set sail for adventure as they took part in this year’s Paisley Challenge Cub Competition, held with a swashbuckling pirate theme in honour of its founder, Phil Paisley. Teams braved a series of…
Celebrating Our Volunteers – This Volunteers’ Week, We Say Thank You
This week (2nd–8th June) is Volunteers’ Week – a time to recognise the incredible contribution of volunteers all across the country. And here in Blaydon & District Scouts, we want to shine a spotlight on the fantastic people who make…
District Cub Camp 2025
Cubs from across the district recently took part in a joint camp at Moor House Adventure Centre.
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 aid to traditional Scouting skills. This year the Thunderbird trophy…
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.
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…
Police visit to 1st Chopwell Cubs
Cubs from 1st Chopwell were recently visited by Dawn, the local neighborhood police officer. As well as talking about Road Safety and the Green Cross Code, Cubs also had a chance to try on some police uniform and sit in…
