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1st Hillsborough Scout Group

Northern Ireland Charity NIC 103838

1st Hillsborough Squirrel Drey

Northern Ireland Charity NIC 104854

Annual Reports for 2018/19 & Annual General Meetings

6th January 2020

Contents

• Group Scout Leader’s Welcome
• Chairperson’s Report
• Section Leaders’ Reports
• Treasurer’s Reports
• Election of Committees for 2019/2020

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Chairperson’s Report

• Activities
• Membership
• Leaders
• Committee

Squirrel Leader’s Report

• Intake of 40 children in September 2018
• continue to be split over two sessions,

Monday night / Wednesday night

• Extensive waiting list still in place
• Squirrels registered with the Charity Commission

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September 2018 Welcome to our new leaders Doreen Webb & Louis Mallon Monday night - Christine Scott, Susan Hill, Doreen Webb & Louis Mallon Wednesday night – Natalie Wray, Neeta Cubitt, Mark Gibson & Laura Greer Explorers helping out both nights

Squirrel Leadership Squirrel Activities

Work continued on Smile Badges programme 2 badges achieved: I’m Active I’m Learning

• Visit from Fire Brigade
• Sponsored scoot / cycle around the Down Royal racecourse
• Visit from Debbie Doolittle and her animals
• Jumping Clay night
• Science night
• Hillsborough Rocks
• Themed nights
• End of year party at VC
• +++ more!!

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Beaver Section Leader’s Report

• In September 2018, we started off with 2 strong colonies with 24 Beavers in
• each. Approximately half of these Beavers were invested in November.
• These were held on:

– Thursday nights led by Tara, Rosemary, Georgie and Hazel. – Friday nights led by Jo McCue, Joanne Kelly, Judith Flowerday and Joanne Rea.

• Our focus throughout the year was on badgework, and combining this with

as many outdoor experiences as possible, and of course, lots of fun! Badges completed included: Space, Navigator, Disability Awareness, Experiment and Health and Fitness. Hikes Way and Nights Away badges were also gained by those who attended our camps during the year.

Beaver Activities

• Other activities throughout the year included:
• District Christmas Quiz at Hillhall.
• Beaver Rally Day
• Winter Camp at Cultra (1 night).
• Summer Camp at Lorne (2 nights).
• Beaver Rally Day at Crawfordsburn
• Trips to the Forest Park from Easter
• Sponsored Fun Run: At the end of May we held our second official Fun Run in

Hillsborough Forest Park. Cubs were also invited along to this event this year. It was a great night, despite the rain, supported by both Beavers and Cubs. All children successfully completed the course, raised an amazing amount of money for Beaver and Cub funds and had a lot of fun along the way. 7 8

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Cub Section Leader’s Report (1/2)

• Cub Scouts attended over two evenings in 2018/19.
• Akela David Anderson was in charge for both nights with 6 Leaders

supporting the Cubs Pack in 2018/19.

• Badge completed to date: Book Reader, Disability Awareness, DIY,

Entertainer, Scientist, Fire Safety, Home Help, Home Safety, Nights Away, Hikes, Swimmer, Equestrian, Sailing, Nautical Skills, Paddle Sports, Snow sports & Martial Arts.

• Winter Residential at The Ulster Folk Museum November 2018 was

enjoyed by all. National Museum Open day on the Sunday saw the Museum organising a scavenger hunt that the Cubs participated in.

• Ten Pin Bowling at Lisburn was the Christmas party location and it

was great to bring the two nights together.

Cub Section Leader’s Report (2/2)

• Summer Camp 2019 to Lorne Estate. Activities attended included

Team Building, Bush Craft, Abseiling, High Rise Crate Climbing and Wood exploration. A very wet weekend added to the challenges for the weekend. A lot of fun had by all!

• David Anderson is handing the Akela of Tuesday nights cubs over

to Georgie Huston who has two years Leader experience with Scouts USA and a year with 1st Hillsborough Cubs. David is also considering handing Monday nights over to Stuart Gracey and Mike McCracken to run jointly.

• Thank you to the support and guidance of many to ensure our Cubs

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Scout Section Leader’s Report

• 23 scouts Tuesday, xx scouts Wednesday
• Completed Navigator / Emergency Aid/Pioneer/ Entertainer /

Sports Enthusiast badges

• Completed Personal, Team Work and Outdoor Challenge

badges

• 11 scouts on Summer camp, 2-3 badges earned.

Scout Section Leader’s Report

• Commitment to Scouts from Sept to June
• Focus on taking care of possessions and uniform and good

behaviour

• Opportunities to earn badges outside Scouts, i.e. music,

sports etc. Let us see certificates, reports etc. on progress

• Duke of Edinburgh Bronze

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Explorer Section Leader’s Report

• 28 members during 2018/2019 my assistant Leaders are Jonny

Naomi, Dave and Peter

• Winter camp Marks forest with cooking demo
• Night hike to Divis mountain
• Go hydro water park
• Giwell 24 in London
• Several day Hikes in the Mournes
• Go-Karting at Xmas
• Joint Momentum 3.0 with Night owls from castle rock

Explorer Section Leader’s Report

• Bronze Dofe Expedition
• Silver Dofe Expedition
• Police Neighbourhood visit
• Module A of the young leaders ran by
• me at Hillsborough
• Sponsored walk along the Lagan
• One Explorer did his Explorer Belt in

Germany

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Badges /Unifor ms 1.88 Other 0.55 Consu mables 0.47 Charity Donati

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0.55 Trainin g 0.28 Insuran ce 0.65 Grants Paid 1.00 Capitat ion 5.89 Camps 6.88 Camps 7.63 Gift Aid 3.79 Events/ Activiti es 4.08 Fund Raising 0.98 Grants 1.59 Other 0.12 Loan Repay ments 5.63

INCOME Total £40.79K EXPENDITURE Total £32.05K Year Start

Unreserved £27.46K

Year End

Unreserved £30.56K + Reserved £5.63K

( hall/ site fund)

1ST HILLSBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP ACCOUNTS 2018 / 2019

Subs 16.19 Donati

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0.77 Hall Hire 5.00 Govern ance 1.40 Awards /Gifts 0.56 Equip ment 3.35 Events/ Activiti es 3.60 Badges /Unifor ms 0.09 Other 0.04 Consu mables 0.18 Grants 1.00

INCOME Total £1.00K EXPENDITURE Total £2.01K Year Start

£1.67K

Year End

£0.66K

1ST HILLSBOROUGH SQUIRREL DREY ACCOUNTS 2018 / 2019

1st Hillsborough Scout Group pays hall hire and capitation for Squirrels Events/ Activiti es 0.93 Awards /Gifts 0.77

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Election of Scout Group Committee for 2019/2020

Action Owner To be confirmed at AGM

at AGM, Nominate Chairperson Group Scout Leader, David Anderson Chairperson: vacancy Elect Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer Group Scout Council Secretary: Catherine Rogers Treasurer: vacancy Confirm Section Leaders on Exec Committee Group Scout Council Mark Mckeag, Lindsay Reid, Tara Jones Agree number of Elected Members (generally 4-6) Group Scout Council No limit set Elect Members of Exec Committee Group Scout Council Anne Thompson, Christine Scott, Natalie Wray Elect Additional Trustees Group Scout Council Jessica Kidd, Maurice Diamond, Christine Scott, Natalie Wray, Anne Thompson (GSL, office holders and section leaders are automatically trustees) Appoint Auditor Treasurer to nominate Group Scout Council to appoint Iain Gillespie Approve Committee Members Nominated by GSL (< elected members) Group Scout Council Jessica Kidd, Maurice Diamond Define quorum numbers for committee Group Scout Council 5

Election of Squirrel Committee for 2019/2020

Action Owner To be confirmed at AGM

Nominate Chairperson Group Scout Leader, David Anderson Chairperson: vacancy Elect Chairperson, Secretary & Treasurer Group Scout Council Secretary: Catherine Rogers Treasurer: vacancy Confirm Red Squirrel on Exec Ctte Group Scout Council Natalie Wray Agree number of Elected Members (generally 4-6) Group Scout Council No limit set Elect Members of Exec Committee Group Scout Council Mark Mckeag, Lindsay Reid, Tara Jones, Anne Thompson Elect Additional Trustees Group Scout Council Jessica Kidd, Christine Scott, Maurice Diamond, Mark Mckeag, Lindsay Reid, Tara Jones, Anne Thompson, (GSL, office holders and Red Squirrel are automatically trustees) Appoint Auditor Treasurer to nominate Group Scout Council to appoint Iain Gillespie Approve Committee Members Nominated by GSL (< elected members) Group Scout Council Jessica Kidd, Maurice Diamond, Christine Scott Define quorum numbers for committee Group Scout Council 5

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