
12th Gateshead Scouts
Providing opportunities for young people
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A warm welcome from us…
Welcome to the new website for our group! 12th Gateshead Scouts offers beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers for young people aged between 6 – 18 years. 12th Gateshead Scout group are one of 6 groups that make up the Gateshead district and we meet weekly in St. Mary’s Centre adjacent to the church, as well as take part in a whole range of district activities, and of course camps!
Latest Updates
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Great Tower ‘25
Here are some photos from 12th’s latest camp at Great Tower: Our explorers taking on Jacob’s ladder. Our explorers channelling their inner Robin Hood. Ben very helpfully “supervising” the bridge building activity. We were lucky enough to have 4 different scout groups joining in with one big game of football. Kirsty and Jamie prepared for…
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Cookery – random ingredients
Look at the quality of these dishes made by our explorers!! The explorer leader provided some randomised, key ingredients to the young people. Their task was simple: all they had to do was prepare and cook a dish with the ingredients that they were given! Look at some of the stuff that they prepared. One…
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Whats on
Below is a calendar showing our meeting nights and other events. You can use the black arrow buttons to adjust the dates shown, and you can click on an event to open the google calendar panel which includes location of the event and a brief event description.
Sections
For section specific information, see our pages for beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers.
We’re part of Gateshead district scouts, and part of the wider, Durham county.
Parent’s facebook group
We operate a private Facebook group for parents of young people in our group. Just speak to a member of the leadership team to be added to the group.

Section meetings
Our sections meet weekly during school term time.
Beavers: Fridays 18:00 – 19:00
Cubs: Fridays 18:00 – 19:15
Scouts: Fridays 19:30 – 21:15
St Mary’s Centre
Normal weekly activities take place in St. Mary’s Centre, just off of Whickham Front Street.
St Mary’s Centre, Church Chare
Whickham
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE16 4SH