Dear Young Leaders, Bookings are now open for the Young Leader Training Weekend in the north of the County, open to Young Leaders from Newcastle, Potteries North & Three Towns Districts. The weekend will include Young Leader Training Scheme modules,…
A Wet & Windy Llanberis
Llanberis, Wales 2025 A group of Scouts and Explorers from Clayton decided to head to Llanberis for the second year running to attempt to summit the highest mountain in England & Wales. Unfortunately with 70mph winds and torrential rain forecast…
2025-05-13 Audley Celestial Explorers Community Project
On Tuesday 13th May Celestial Explorers finished a community project they had been working on for 6 Months. The local Jean’s Community Garden, Audley had requested something special be made for their gardens. Explorer Scouts from Audley got together to…
Explorers Willy Wonka Camp!
Over the weekend of 4-6th April 2025 50 Explorers and 15 Leaders came together for the first joint Explorer camp for over 10 years. The explorers have been getting to know one another at joint meeting nights over the last…
Explorers and Pancakes!
On Wednesday 5th March we held the 4th joint Explorer night of 2024/25. 45 Explorers, 13 Leaders and a Squirrel in the making came together for a pancake challenge night. Competing in elaborate mini games, points were won or lost…
2024-12-12 Explorers Ice Skating
On Wednesday 12th December 40 Explorer Scouts from Newcastle met up for the last time in 2024 to go Ice Skating. There were wibbly-wobbly legs however everyone who attended seemed to have a blast! It was great to again see…
Young Leader Belts
Phoenix Explorer Unit have 5 Explorers who’ve completed their Young Leader Belts Explorer Scout Young Leaders (ESYLs) are Explorers who volunteer alongside adult leaders in a Squirrel Dray, Beaver Colony, Cub Pack or Scout Troop. They’re a valuable asset to…
District Explorer Units All Get Together
On Tuesday 22nd October all the Units of Explorers came together for their first joint meeting of the year. Phoenix (Silverdale), Centurion (Wolstanton) and Kingfisher (Clayton) were hosted by Celestial (Audley) Explorers for an evening of orienteering at Apedale. We…
Back to the Hills!
On Saturday 17th July 2021, 10 Scouts and Explorers from across Newcastle District travelled to Edale, Peak District. The aim; to climb Kinder Scout; at 636m (2086 ft) Kinder is the highest point in the Peak District. The pandemic has…
2019 District Camp – Indaba
Over the weekend of 12 – 14th July 2019, over 500 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers from 14 Groups from across the District, joined together for this year’s District Camp. It was titled ‘Indaba’ which is a Zulu term for…
