On Friday 14th June 2019, 8 Scouts and 7 Explorers from across Newcastle District travelled to Snowdonia, North Wales. Their aim was to climb Mount Snowdon; at 1085m (3560 ft) Snowdon is the highest mountain in England and Wales. We…
Monopoly Run 2019
Members of Iceni Explorer Unit who are based in Newcastle, have taken part in the 2019 Monopoly Run. This is where teams of Explorer Scouts and Scout Network travel by foot, train and bus to visit famous and specially selected…
Centurion Explorers Trip to Canada
Centurion Explorers meet each Wednesday at 7:30pm for two hours, however on Wednesday 1st August the young people did not go home at 9:30pm like normal, they remained in the community centre to begin what would be camping adventure like…
O2 comes to Newcastle Explorers to teach about Ethics and AIs
As part of their Guru in the Community initiative, O2 last week came to Newcastle Explorers to deliver a workshop on Ethics and AIs. At the heart of these issues is the central question of what role technology should play…
iScout at Newcastle’s Food Festival
On Saturday, the District took part in Newcastle Town Centre’s 1st Food Festival. Taking over the area by the Market Cross and Guild Hall, we had raffles, tombola, tea and cakes for sale, cooking pancakes on tin cans, pizza ovens…
New District Explorer Scout Commissioner (DESC)
I have pleasure in welcoming a returning leader, Adam Gray to the role of District Explorer Scout Commissioner (DESC) for Newcastle District. Adam has previously been an Explorer Leader, who took a break as he started his own business, but…
BBQ for Canadian Scouts
Following on from their visit to Vancouver last year, Centurion Explorers hosted members of the 40th Marpole Scouts at Kibblestone last week. The Canadian Scouts arrived on Friday 31st July and despite some jet lag they managed to have a packed programme…
Youth Forum
On the 18th of March, representatives from Explorer units in the district met for the first Newcastle District Youth meeting. This was a positive step for the District for Scouting to be shaped more by the young people in partnership…
Iceni Explorers Sailing at Colwyn Bay
On Saturday 11th October, Iceni Explorer Unit headed off to Colwyn Bay to the Watersports Centre. Travelling by train kept the costs down, and the Colwyn Bay railway station is literally within sight of the Centre so easy to find…
Centurion Explorer’s Canadian Expedition
Centurion Explorers spent some time in Canada this summer. Here is what they got up to – A little over 2 years ago now, the Leaders at Centurion were talking about how good it was to take the Explorers to…
