Nov 11 2017

Newcastle District Scouts Remember

  • 11/11/2017

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

John McCrae, May 1915

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We remember all killed in war and especially those Newcastle and Potteries Scouts killed serving their country and we are proud to commemorate them on this Roll of Honour.

Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle Division Roll of Honour

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Oct 25 2017

Support Centurion Explorers 2018 Canadian Trip

  • 25/10/2017

 

Next year, Centurion Explorers are planning a trip to take 27 Explorers to Vancouver, in the hope of exploring the Canadian Scouting Life. They hope to give the young people the chance to explore a different culture, using the line “once in a lifetime” when talking about this trip!

To do this they need to raise a lot of money and one of the ways people can help is by signing up to Easyfundraising. Simply sign up, log in and then do your online shopping and Centurion will collect a percentage of the money you spend at no extra cost to you!

You can sign up here by clicking this link.

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Oct 23 2017

Support Newcastle District with the Co-Op

  • 23/10/2017

Don’t forget you can still support us when you shop at the Co-Op. Please watch this video to see how you can support the District with no cost to yourself!

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Sep 22 2017

87th Holy Trinity are the Last visitors to the Mayor’s Parlour

  • 22/09/2017

The District had been asked if they’d like to go to the last ever visit to the Mayors Parlour. It had been scheduled for a Thursday evening and the only Scout Group who meet on Thursday nights was 87th Holy Trinity.

They arrived at the Civic Offices at 19.00 and where met by one of the Mayors Mace bearers Peter. He welcomed them and showed them up into the Mayoral chambers, which is set for demolition later this year.

They waited for a few minutes outside the Mayors Parlour until they were shown in and entered the Parlour. Each of the scouts walked up and shook the Mayors and Mayoress’s hands and introduced themselves. They were then shown the Civic Mace and Mayors Wand, with these being explained to the Troop what the history was.

They also had a short history of the Borough’s Mayoral past. All in all a very informative evening and they learnt a lot about the Borough’s past and its history. The Scouts were even lucky enough to see the visitors book of any royalty that had visited the Borough. An excellent evening was topped off by the Scouts signing the last ever visitors book that will be placed up in the Borough’s museum and this made them excited.

They even had a question and answer session inside the Council chamber with the Mayor and the Scouts loved this as they thought that the microphones were great as they had to depress the button and speak to the Mayor!

After this they went back into the Mayors Parlour and the buffet was opened with the Scouts having sandwiches and cake with the Mayor and Mayoress.

 87th Holy Trinity would like to thank all who made the evening happen and also thank the Mayor, Councillor Simon White and Mayoress Councillor, Shirley Boyle, as well as Mr Peter Whalan the Mayors Mace Bearer.

More photos are in the Gallery.

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Aug 19 2017

District Display in Newcastle

  • 19/08/2017

If you are in Newcastle town centre, you can see a display about the District in one of the shops on the Ironmarket (towards the Roebuck Centre end).

The display will be there until the end of September, so go and take a look.

Newcastle District Scouts would like to thank Staffordshire County Council for funding the banners and Mr. Keith Humphries of Ramsdell Estates Ltd and Newcastle BID for the use of the shop.

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Aug 17 2017

Tea Prepared at Newcastle’s Food Festival 2017

  • 17/08/2017

Following on from last year’s Food Festival in Newcastle, members of the District will be again attending the Food Festival this year.

On Saturday 16th September 2017, our Scouts will be serving teas, coffees and refreshments, having a chocolate tombola, a cake stall and a climbing wall. All this is being done to raise money for three international trips that will be taking place in 2018.

79th Clayton’s Scouts are planning a trip to Norway, Centurion Explorers are going to Canada and the Scouts from 19th Red Street and 25th Knutton are going to Gibraltar. Please come along and support them!

The following day, on Sunday 17th September, the very talented young people of 1st Porthill’s Drum Corps will lead a parade around the town at midday, before performing for the Bishop of Stafford at St Giles and then leading the parade through the town again. We hope you will come along and watch them play.

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Aug 08 2017

District Circus Camp

  • 08/08/2017

The weekend of the 7th– 9th July finally saw the arrival of the Newcastle District Camp at Kibblestone. It was over ten years since the last event of this nature and some 550 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Leaders and members of the Adult Support Unit attended the Circus themed camp over the course of the weekend.

While tents had been pitched earlier in the week everyone started to arrive from 6.00 pm on the Friday evening to Circus music blaring out over the CMA Meadow. Fireworks announced the official opening of the camp at 8.00 pm and circus themed sectional wide games then followed all over both sides of the campsite.

The catering team produced breakfast for over 500 on the Saturday morning and the rest of the day saw activities for everyone.

Professional circus instructors had been brought in to run bases such as juggling, diablo’s, plate spinning, tightrope walking and stilt walking just to name a few. These were supplemented with other activities including face painting, bouncy castles, axe throwing, crate stacking, assault courses and leaps of faith.

 

After tea a grand parade was formed led by Porthill Drum Corp and the whole camp ‘marched’ over to the campfire outside the Training Centre. This was truly a District Camp fire with every Group present doing ‘a turn’ – great to see their material both old and new.

A firework display took place after the campfire and then the Beavers were off for a session of Magic, Punch and Judy and Balloon Modelling. At the same time a live band (Stepping Lane) brought the day’s events to an end by performing two ‘sets’ for everyone else over in the ‘Big Top.’

Sunday morning saw a short ‘Camp’s Own’ followed by a challenge to see how small an area we could get everyone on camp into and it appears you can get in excess of 500 people into a 5 x 10 metre ‘box’!

The sun had shone brightly throughout the weekend but all too soon it was time for the camp to come to an end and after some presentations and thanks at 12.30 p.m. everyone was off site by 2.30. It was strange to look down the meadow and see it  empty, it was as if we had never been there, well at least until the next time!

Our thanks to everyone involved in make the event the undoubted success it was.

More photos can be seen here, here and here.

Paul Bailey
Assistant District Commissioner Scouts

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Jul 20 2017

New Website for 87th Holy Trinity

  • 20/07/2017

It’s time to update your web bookmarks as 87th Holy Trinity Group have a new website for you all.

It has all the information you will need to know about them and you can visit it by clicking on this link.

They also have a new Facebook page which you can visit by clicking on this link. Please like them!

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Jul 15 2017

Chief Scout’s Gold Awards at 79th Clayton

  • 15/07/2017

Many congratulations to the two Scouts who were awarded their Chief Scout’s Gold Awards at the 79th’s AGM on Thursday.

More photos are in the Gallery.

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Jun 27 2017

From the District Secretary

  • 27/06/2017

At last week’s Annual General Meeting, our District Secretary, Linda Baddeley, retired from the role. Linda has written the below to thank everyone.

As many of you will know, at the District AGM I stepped down from my role as District Secretary, after 12 years in the post. I will however be staying on in the roles of District and Explorer Administer.

I would like to thank all of the members of the District Executive Committee both past and present for everything that they have done. As John Atkinson pointed out to me, I have worked with 3 District Chairs, 3 District Commissioners and a large number of executive members over this time. I would like to thank them all for the help and support that I have been given over the years and good luck to the new executive committee.

I would also like to thank all of the Group Scout Leaders for their support in completing the District Census over these same years often enabling us to be the first District in the County to close it down. Unfortunately for you all I have been asked as District Administrator to continue doing the census so you will not escape me chasing you for your figures again this year!

I am looking forward to the new challenge of sorting the District Administrator role from the District Secretary role and working with the Explorer Leaders and Explorers.

Finally I would like to thank everyone for the present that I was given last night on behalf of the Executive Committee and to Vera for the Thanks Badge which she gave to me.

Thank you Linda

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