Parents and carers
What do you need?
Whether you're thinking about joining, have a badge to sew on or a camp coming up, start with what you're trying to do.
Every week
When we meet
St George's Church Hall, St George's Close, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 2TF
Beavers
Wednesdays5:30–6:45pm
Beavers is running as a joint section
Cubs
Wednesdays5:30–6:45pm
Scouts
Mondays7:15–8:45pm
Can't make it? Report an absence in Online Scout Manager, or email your section's leaders — not on WhatsApp.
Thinking about joining?
Find their section, then fill in one form
Young people join the section for their age and move up as they grow. Joining is through our Online Scout Manager form, and it takes about five minutes.
Beavers is our most popular section, so there is usually a waiting list. Sign up anyway — we'll be in touch as soon as there's a space.
Just joined?
Your first few weeks
Five things that make everything else easier. Most take a couple of minutes.
Check their details in Online Scout Manager
Medical, emergency contacts and consents. If anything is missing we may not be able to take them on trips or to events.
What we need and how to update itSort out uniform
What each section wears and where to buy it. Neckerchiefs and badges come from us, included in the termly subscription.
Uniform guideJoin your section's WhatsApp group
For changes of plan and reminders on the night. Ask your section's leaders to add you.
How the WhatsApp groups workJoin the parents' Facebook group
Photos from meetings and camps, news and upcoming events, and a place to meet other parents.
Joining the Facebook groupKnow who to contact
Your section's leaders for anything about the weekly programme; the Group Scout Leader for anything else.
- Beavers: [email protected]
- Cubs: [email protected]
- Scouts: [email protected]
- Group Scout Leader: [email protected]
A badge to sew on?
Where does it go?
Every badge has its place on the uniform, and it's different in each section. Pick your child's section for its diagram.
A camp or trip coming up?
Before you pack
Nothing is booked just now. Details of the next trip go to parents first, then appear on our trips page with a kit list.
- Check their medical and dietary details in Online Scout Manager — they're what leaders work from.
- Every trip has its own page with a kit list and how to reach us while you're away.
- Our Nights Away Policy sets out how camps are planned, staffed and approved.
Something's changed?
Keep us up to date
- How to update
New address, phone number or email
Update it yourself in Online Scout Manager.
- How to update
A medical, dietary or consent change
Update it in Online Scout Manager, and tell your section leaders if it matters this week.
- Contact us
Moving up a section, or leaving
Talk to your section leaders, or email the Group Scout Leader.
Worried about something?
Tell someone
Whatever it is, you won't be wasting anyone's time.
A safeguarding concern
About a young person's safety or wellbeing. Report it straight to The Scout Association's safeguarding team.
Bullying or falling out
Talk to your section leaders. Our Anti-bullying Policy says what we do next.
Anti-bullying Policy
Anything else
Something that doesn't feel right, or a question nobody has answered. Email the Group Scout Leader.
[email protected]
From the Group
- Year in Review - 2023/24A review of the 2023/24 school year in Scouting.
- Spring 2024A review of the Spring 2024 term.
Also here
- Order a Group hoodieThrough the Shop in Online Scout Manager.
- Our policiesSafeguarding, admissions, nights away and more.
- Volunteer with usNo experience needed — training and DBS checks are provided.