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…
District Cub Camp 2020
Over 30 young people enjoyed our Christmas themed Cub Camp at Moor House this month. Along with our own activities including crafts and backwoods cooking, young people also had a chance to do some archery, crate stacking and caving in…
Paisley Challenge 2019
Back for 2019, our district Cub competition was more popular than ever, with 6 teams from across the district taking part. This year, the theme of witches and wizards took us to a magical land, challenging our mental and physical…
