Young adults from across Northumberland were honoured at Windsor Castle for their scouting achievements. The special event on April 27 saw Chief Scout Dwayne Fields and the Duke of Kent, joint president of The Scouts, commend the awardees for earning the King’s Scout Award. This is the highest recognition in Read more…
Join us from Friday 23rd – Monday 26th May 2025 for an action-packed fun weekend at our County camp. Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Scout Network are invited to join us for a three-night camp starting Friday 23rd May 2025. Squirrels and Beavers can join the fun on Saturday 24th, Read more…
We are delighted to announce the winner of our first county challenge – badge design. County Lead Volunteer Peter Thorp selected Lauren Mole’s entry as the winning design from a wonderful selection of entries. Well done Lauren and all who took the time to enter. Look out for the Read more…
Dwayne Fields has been appointed as the new Chief Scout Liam Walsh and Laura Humphries from Northumberland Scouts takes part in historic investiture of the new Chief Scout Dwayne was chosen for his values, commitment, and outstanding leadership qualities Scouts announce Dwayne Fields, the first Black Briton to reach the North Pole as the UK’s newestChief Scout. Dwayne has been chosen to Read more…
Nationally, The Scouts have embarked on a massive programme of transformation, all aimed at improving our volunteer culture. A large part of this is a move from role-based to team-based volunteering – making it easier and more flexible for our fantastic volunteers to do what they do best, delivering skills for life Read more…
This International Youth Day we need volunteers – just like YOU! 👍 Each week we help hundreds of young people in North Tyneside, Newcastle and all the way across Northumberland and up to Berwick have fun, try new things, make new friends and stand on their own two feet. Why Read more…
Are you interested in making a difference? Young people are the heart of Scouts, and we need your voice to shape our future! We’re going to be speaking to young people of all ages from Squirrels to Network to find out about what they think should go into the next Read more…
At Northumberland Scouts, young people learn how to speak up and take the lead. But they told us that the programme didn’t recognise this enough. That’s what the YouShape Award is all about. We believe that this award gives our young people the opportunity to get recognised for all the fantastic skills Read more…
KISC AWAY 2024 Following 2 weeks of delayed flights, lost bags, long coach journeys and lots of amazing adventures, new friendships and amazing activities and sights, the adventures are coming to an end. We are so proud of our representation who have been great throughout and in the spirit of Read more…
Many of you will have seen the media coverage about our record waiting lists – which now stands at over 107,000 nationally. Of course, as volunteers, we know all too well that demand greatly outstrips supply. Although we’d love to welcome more young people into the movement, we need more Read more…