This Sunday, 4 of our Scouts represented the group at Blaydon & District’s annual First Aid Competition. It was a tough competition after heavy rain and wind forced a change of location from Edmundbyers to Ryton. Our Scouts didn’t let…
Local Police visit our Cubs
Our Cubs were recently visited by Dawn, the local neighborhood police officer. As well as talking about Road Safety and the Green Cross Code, Cubs also had a chance to try on some police uniform and sit in a police…
Chopwell Clean Up
This week, our Cub section took on there first community challenge of the summer – litter picking. The cubs undertook a circular walk around the green and the back of woodside terrace – returning with two black bags full of…
Improving the perception of Scouting
During 2020, we were lucky enough to have been awarded a grant to improve the perception and image of Scouting in Chopwell. A large part of this grant was spent on rolling out a new image across the group including…
Youth Shaped Scouting
Putting young people first is at the heart of what we do in Scouting. We have a Youth Shaped approach, or YouShape for short. This week, our Cubs spent the night coming up with ideas and rating them via a…
Our New Roof
We’re delighted that during lockdown we have managed to have our aging roof replaced on our HQ. This project has been years in the making due to the costs involved. We now can’t wait for face-to-face Scouting to resume so…
