Last night at St. Andrews Church, Porthill, the District staged its annual Carol Service for Beavers and Cubs. Hosted this year by 1st Porthill Scout Group and attended by Councillor Eddie Boden, Newcastle’s Mayor, and his wife, we saw the…
2015 Jamboree
We are pleased to announce that six of the District’s Explorers – Alexander, Hugo, Jodie, Laurence, Nakita & Sarah – will be representing Newcastle District in Staffordshire’s contingent to the 2015 Jamboree in Japan. Congratulations to all six for being…
74th Silverdale’s HQ Refurbishment
Over the summer, 74th Silverdale Scout Group completed a major refurbishment of their ageing Headquarters, carrying out essential insulation and improvement works to make it fit for future use. The current HQ was built in the 1960s and although the…
2014 Dates for Explorers
Below are the dates for the diaries of all Explorers in the District – Unit Leaders Meetings 28th January 7:15pm Chancellors Building Keele University 25th March 7:15pm Venue to be confirmed 24th June 7:15pm Venue to be confirmed 30th September…
2013 Remembrance Day
Groups throughout the District took part in Acts of Remembrance yesterday. Scouts from 14th Basford, 15th St. Giles, Explorers and members of the Keele and Newcastle Networks took part in the Parade and Ceremony in Newcastle Town Centre along with…
2013 Cub’s Five-a-Side Competition
Congratulations to 36th St. Wulstans Cub Pack who were this years winners of the Cubs 5-a-side football competition held at Keele Sports Barn on Saturday 2nd November Runners up were the Cubs from 79th URC. A “Big” Well Done to…
New District Network Leader
We are pleased to announce that Chris Eyton-Jones has been appointed as the new District Scout Network Leader for Newcastle Scout Network. He is also the Network Leader at Keele University and his appointment will help the two Networks to…
Castle Capers 2014 – Want To Take Part?
Castle Capers Gang Show will be celebrating it’s 40 Year in 2014! This is quite a milestone to achieve and the 2014 management team are looking forward to an even stronger cast and the full support from all sections within…
ADC Cubs – Position Vacant
Just before the summer break I had an email from Richard Anderson saying he was having to step down as ADC Cubs and so we are in the position of being without an ADC Cubs again. I have mentioned the…
Training Surgery Dates 2013/4
Below are the dates for District Training Surgeries for the rest of 2013 and for 2014. The next Surgery will be on Sunday 29th September 10 am – 4 pm. Could you please pass on this information to any Leaders…
