Members of the Group spent time on Saturday bag packing at Marks and Spencer in Hanley. We managed to raise a grand total £463. Thanks to everyone for taking part and their hard work!
Born Survivor Camp
The Scouts have joined many Scouts from the District and County on the Born Survivor camp at Kibblestone. The camp was to teach the Scouts outdoor skills in the style of our Chief Scout, Bear Grylls. Photos are in the…
2011 Group Annual General Meeting
Friday saw the Group’s Annual General Meeting. This is where everyone connected with the Group gets to see what each section has been up to over the last year and also to do the ‘formal’ stuff, approve the year’s accounts…
Royal Wedding Party
Tonight we held a special party for all the members of the Group in honour of the Royal Wedding. The Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Young Leaders and Leaders came dressed up as princes, princesses or in their best party outfits and…
Dragon Boating
The Scouts went dragon boating again at the weekend. Despite not repeating last year’s winning streak, they came a respectable 5th out of 13 teams. The overall winners were our friends from 14th Basford – congratulations to them!
District Swimming Gala
The Scouts took part in the District’s Swimming Gala today. In first place came the team from 15th St. George & St. Giles, in second place was 87th Holy Trinity and third place was us! In the Leaders race, John…
Scouts Go Scuba Diving
The Scouts went scuba diving again in January and everyone had a great time doing so! The photos were taken by ‘sub-Mission Dive School’ and ‘Paul Silver Photography’ – More are in the Gallery.
Scout Camp at Consall
The Scouts recently camped at Consall Scout Camp. More photos are in the Gallery.
Welcome Back!
We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts are all back after the holidays and have lots of activities planned (keep an eye on the calendar), not least the Scout’s upcoming camp.
Chief Scout’s Visit to Kibblestone in 1963
In 1963 the Chief Scout visited Kibblestone for the day. During the day, a film of the event was made and it shows someone we think to be one of our Scouts! That’s him in the centre at the back….
Remembrance Day Parade
For the first time in many years, the Group held a Remembrance Day parade. We met at the Hall and paraded down to the War Memorial outside the Church and we were kept in time by John playing a drum…
Planting Daffodils
The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have today planted over 1000 daffodil bulbs at St. Barnabas Church, Bradwell and St. Andrew’s Church, Porthill! The bulbs were given to the Group by Newcastle Borough Council. The bulbs have been planted in various…
Bag Packing
Members of the Group spent today bag packing at Marks and Spencer in Hanley. We managed to raise £587 for the Group. Thanks to everyone for taking part and their hard work!
Scout Camp
This weekend some of the Scouts are on camp. So far today, the Scouts have done their knife and axe and had a paddle in the stream. As usual it’s raining and the Scouts are standing round poking the fire!…
Scout Hike & Camp
The Scouts have recently completed a backpacking trip. They set out and hiked to their campsite, a farmer’s field, and then hiked back the following day. This means that all who attended have now earned their Expedition Challenge badge! More…
