Winlaton, 2nd August 2025 – The 1st Winlaton Scout Group marked a proud moment in its history today as the doors to its newly refurbished headquarters were officially re-opened. The event, held from 10am to 1pm, welcomed dozens of community…
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…
Chinese New Year Parade 2025
Winlaton cubs were invited back to take part in the Newcastle Chinese New Year parade, carrying the snake banner we’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Cubs walked from greys monument to the Chinese gardens on Stowell Street….
District Cub Camp 2025
Cubs from across the district recently took part in a joint camp at Moor House Adventure Centre.
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 and make their own dance. There were other activities too…
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 they represent in the Hindu culture.
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…
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…
