Northumberland Scouts are thrilled to announce the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. Following the Annual General Meeting in September, the Scout Council approved the nomination of Dr Helen Paterson to be the Chair of the Board of Trustees for Northumberland Scouts. Helen’s appointment will commence immediately. The Chair Read more…
We are sad to announce that the following people have stepped down from their roles within Team Northumberland Professor Sir Alan Craft – Chair of the Board of TrusteesSir Nigel Sherlock – Vice PresidentRio Groves – County Youth LeadOliver Scott – Digital Team Lead Professor Sir Alan Craft has led 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…
Nationally we’re planning to migrate away from Compass to a new digital system during the Autumn term of 2024. Everyone currently on Compass will move to this new system which offers exciting new features to help manage volunteers, learning, awards, permits and more. To make sure all members can easily 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…