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Chorley District Scout Council Annual Report and Accounts 2025- 2026 CHORLEY DISTRICT

CHARITY COMMISSION 1r14746 FOV E A%IJ 4111] W4 1,. Receipts and payments accounts 1stApnl 2025 315t March 2026 CC16a Section A Recei tsandpa ments unrests￿1￿1 lunds furbds Total lunds Laxya AIR 74.258 X6yn Inr.t AGiivily. [r￿j￿￿ l.-L¥r. Ai¥Yp.r lJyArtxQ￿11% S.￿5 &us 2.5TS OL￿.t 19n Z9rJ I99.MJ 199.613 179.534 199.643 19Y,GU 179.534 A3 L￿1 k'.i¥¥y (XT>ts .647 4J4 171$ Sixk 1226 17.135 3.246 7,251 1.3 tl (￿.. 24 i••.n1 Al Asèt pureha5cs159¢ labbel 19S,7J1 19Y.731 186.OQl Ne¢ ￿T￿tIPt￿PayMents) . A5 Transfe￿ b¢twoon tunos A6 Cash fun4$ lasi year￿d Cash yw ernl 6AG7 117.619 117.619 124.086 117.531 It7.614 Section B Ststoment of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnTrstsiGt•d RtslytlEd funds Endowrnèil lunds Cat•oorfe8 B1 Coshfw¥l fxi]*￿¢ ihr .245 T<i&ish 14nds 117.531

luftds funds B3 knv•ytm¢rt assets Cwrert vai B4 Assets rgtainèd th• Charity's use Irly rtlas S¥Jnr(l trvst¢¢ ippthal IXXX R7 *tDW (5S} IldX>7r2026

Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independerrt Examlner's Report Report to thè trustees On a¢wunts for the year 31° Mdrch 2026 Charity no (il any) 1024746 Set out on pages I rep￿ to the tr￿leeS (ffi my P.xaThn￿ltin d Ihe accounts of the above rjbanty Trusll fix Ihe year endod Responsibilities a￿1 basis of reFxxt As chartys trust￿. resrthsible ts the preparation of th accounts in acThdancc wilh ￿ requiremcnts of ts Chanbcs Acl 2011 (Ihe Act-}. I rewrt in resFed ot my eXarw￿ti￿ of Trust's Garrd out under Sec1K￿ 145 of tho 2011 Act and in CaT￿ry out my examinalDn, I havc f￿1￿￿ed.￿lI a[wi￿ble Chrectic)S givcn by the Gharity c(YnmiS5￿n urler w.linn 14SJXb) of thÈ Aci Independent tThe charity'5 grDSS irKome ex(e(Jed £250.(M)Q ar￿ l am qualified lo examiners slaiefnent urthrtakÈ the examinalN)n by bwrKJ a qualif￿d member of {￿rt of applicable Isted t(tyll. Delvle [ J rf not clpplicable. I have ccrpleled ry exami￿￿1c￿). I confimi Ihal no material mattof Ik4ve comc to my anenlion In connection wrth tho examinabcfft lothcr Ihan Ihdt disdosed below ') vthith gr￿ me causc to believe that in. any material of the Charities Act," LY the ac(x)unts rKt accord with the records: or the accoun￿ not comply with the appli&ible requirements concomirvJ ￿ fom arxl witent of act£MJnts sct out in ￿ Charrt￿S (Accounts a￿￿ Repxxl5) Ro3Utations 2008 Otr￿ Ihan any requircrynt that Ihc acc￿nts give a 'tr￿ and lair. whth r• a rnatter considered as part of ar) rMJLywhJcnt cxarnination. I have rK) I))rKen￿ arKI have axoss ￿ other mallers in (xmnedif th ￿ examinxltnn to Mbthich attentw SIK￿ld bp dmvm in this rcFQrt in order to ty)ablL' rl ufKlcrstanding of the a(xxJunts lo be re¥hed. ' Please d(4ele Ihe ￿)rdS in the brackets rfthcy do not apply. | 1￿ June 2026 Signed: Nan*". Catherine Hough FCCA Relevant profèssional qualification(s) or body IER Oct 2018

(rf any): Addres5: 14 War*ith Crescent Ch(xley Lancashire PR77NE Section B Disclosure i)nly compioip It thp ex3miner nocos io nignii9hi matenal mattcr5 Ot conccm (see CC32. In￿l￿￿nI examinat￿7 of charity accounts: dtreth(ms armj 9UKJarre exaMI￿rg). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wIs￿S to disclose. IER Oct 2018

CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 491h Annual General Meeting 9th July 2025 7.30pm CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOITh HEADQUARTERS Minutes of meeting 1 . Introduction and welcome - Members of the District S￿ut Council and guests were welcomed by the Chair. 2. Apologies for absence - District President Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Cath Lee 3. Govemance topics: _ a. The minutes of Ihe Annual General Meeting held on 1010712024 were approved. b. Agreed to re-adopt the model constitution from Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) 4. Review ol the previous year a. Amy Calderbank, Distrtct Lead Volunteer spoke al)out the year we had enjoyed since the last AGM and looking lorwards to the coming year under the new Distiict Lead Volunteer Mart( Finnigan. See Annual ReFx)rt for further detal. b. The annual report and statement of accounts were acLepted by those present as an accurate representatiori of the year. 5. Making ap￿intsmentS . District Chatr, following recommendation trom the open selection process inrtiated by the District Trustee Board - Pete Sturgess b. District Treasurer, Alan Venn c. Appoint members of the District Trusiee Board. as there were no changes to Ihe Trustees they had already been approved by the Scout Council. Emir Barker continues as administrative note taker for trustee mcctsngs. d. Appoint VI￿ Presidents - No new Vice Presidents were (ippointed. e. AppoiTIt the Scrutineer I Independent Examiner this changed during the year and the Trustees appointed Caiherine Hough who has

CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 49th Annual General Meeting 9th July 2025 7.30pm CHORLEY DISTRICT Scol￿ HEADQUARTERS volunteered to do this in the forthcoming year and this was approved by the Scout Council. 7. Closing rematks:_ lan Lonsdale (Lonnie) spoke whilst represenb.ng the Scout County. Thanked All members ot Chorley Scouts for their commitment to Scouting throughout the year providing excellent programmes and opportunities for the young people of Chorley. 8. Charr closed the M￿ts"ng.

District Lead Volunteer Report .14urk li's a plrJsurE lo intnKIuL this vcarfs 3nmMI r4￿rt w tthirvfthr Di¢rid TL•lI. :()?" 6 has IK'Ln a N'ear of 4wmwh. rkTrWtd CW¥y iu VUT ￿'0111n1&XY icanL& x)me bn51thni incimrnts for ÉN -)pk frimn a ￿¢L￿d tur￿￿( ai Li)unh' Rall). 10 imtr Sqiiirreb complctiJJ¥ their AL(¥ AwaTd. l.h￿￿ cvcryi)rY has %ivTh tkir Iiii. skills 3Th1 ¢￿th￿Sla¢M t4) m.ILc it hapto. TiTh" of th¢ above WIthn￿ vvluntc¢rk WL are ￿!.in8 hu￿ thank-you to Alan Vcnn. wliu is siLiJpine. dc)wm l)tqri¢t r￿￿sur¥r Jnd Chair vf TnLq¢c& aThl til Mail tri5hiLk. uur (￿￿￿01nn 14 4"[L￿ I￿lLy. Icft rlK' Distyt in &Xk%iib(x) than tkn, fi¥md IL Pl¢C jijin ML in wclcnmiiiitr io thc liwii Kith¢n DislrKi I rcasU￿'r. Matt Lkwliur%l . Yc)uth Team I￿￿'r. AllTr.u>ii N4ill¥Y Pri¥ramrTii l Cam Lxthkt. Paul %muh 14-:4 .1 e•iii Lcadcr ajid C"Iirrs iniwa)'s- Distr￿.1"r￿￿¥t.. We arc acli%Llv recruiling for and w¢k"om¢ anvoiir inlcrLQ¢xl in •ettin8 inb'vlv¢ryL in aiiTh' iap¥iiy k￿lp. klpino nr iKind-thc-S¢LllfS %UtV)ll as trcAwrt'r i administrdiur mle %ifct%. knfr%unli12 & C fimpliA¢r Adult trninw. IJ L()rr7 plianLX' ￿Til$S tl)L' Di￿1(1 stsnth ￿ 91% (up fnxn X4% last %'tsr). ￿l￿gUardIn Iraining Compli•icL sthnd%,11 YW.. We are yal£ful kn c￿en(￿L kqrt thi lip to dai¢. a￿1 will LiJnliniiK lo suprx)rt I1￿ small numtKY i?fN'oIuni￿￿ still ¥4Miipkiinn (AI(b￿K11n￿ mthjulis. All Gn)up.¥J Distrb¢t L-cMJntS WLry¢ iThJe￿Id&ylIIy rumi￿1 svbmirtL-J vji I￿)L Iliis lur. Whik tlKse arc (k) Theed g¢t bciky ￿ ih¢ inittsl i￿l￿rdI l•fEC nuM￿r ofn¢w voliiiil¥xYs wkn gct th) ￿ ntA c4¥iipk"iin-. dilvsure%. i)r irniniii wrthin firsr30 d fr-inJntr A full (tyl"iiKk'¥YndLMiII)' eum1￿3 XL4MmlS IS Fttyntcd h) t)istyia Tre4￿lr¢r. I summary. tk l))lrid en(kn tk )'fdT wilh rth¢rvci in li￿ 'ith tarbiel ￿lley. TlIAnk l i)u "I"hank vuu Io i￿￿rI. knjnn l.cadcr. help￿￿. l.'XLxutib'¥ aThJ Tru￿￿ tkwd ni¥iiiiv. I￿￿￿. and who Tvcn IiniL this Jw. IIThLihLT Icn minulr& Fmckini cknip C)r Icn ILWMJiniv a it m.Ide a ditrLTLyKr to a i¥> ('li()rlLTr. miank l'ou al￿) ILI IWI YX*iXY5 the local C¢ittiniunil)' CLxlliftwI ¥(XMlwill.

District Chair Report .414m Ven I woijki ILLL lo %incerel ihank evcry.1￿ VlKTr gives thcir rn¢pry' io hclp ￿lde thc bc%t %iblL' kouiinx r(Y >'oung Fopl¢ our DI￿[1￿1 in CIMwk)'. 'e arc al4) pTrJL.fiil io AM￿ Iw ixttsthThJinbV l>istrKi tKad Vi)juni￿r. Am). ?uJr4J Ilimuy.h a challthoing includini. . the intr(xl￿II￿ A￿la￿.￿l ini aiKI iKLyJcd to rnL￿ ¥i)iiipliance re￿ilT(¥￿0)￿.. We are pl&)al to wel￿e Mark finni82n ￿ imir next Dismet I Volwitccr. Mark nccd5 Ibo iiilnMluLiii)n, hL IS alr¢J)" known th¢ IhrN8h his kYLi'iOUS ro￿ 'iihoiil IIK.. rn4in)' N"IMJng kJers ￿MI Awho work ha￿ k) dcln'er lil¥l￿gUall1Y prv&¥ramme& k¢¢p I￿lIdIng£ saf¢ dnd CIL￿. MYit¢ Tisk aW&qnCr￿￿. karn bkills much mor¢. Ive ri)uld vtTcr kning io $0 manv N'ounx ￿ltr. li 1% k) thai Scouling cOnDft￿ lu offcr Fo mrfh to yrtng tw>k. and wr figures sIM)w Ihai demand ioiom is stronir ikn D'LT. As n¢u. L()ntIn￿ lo tK' buili QIKxl¢%'. planning. l( thL. futurc ol"kniinrt in K)ur 1)t￿r￿ rvrnaints LxiiliJl. The distr￿( h&$ an cmgoiiii¥ plan io fviurL' whili maiiikninin&• thc ex￿.11￿￿)1 alrL¥Jv tsk" ing pl￿￿. (kni. lil (L4N" W'c musi continije iv more adults toii)in ryir kni DiQrid familw ￿L￿1ng f(m Th Jtiup% and h¢lp -. ￿X>pl¥ dL%elop sk.ills fur lif¢-4n)m axr 4 ￿ l& and 1hr(￿￿h N¢t4v￿￿ up i¢> .5. All arc WLILMJm¢. A% a I)ist￿l lum, we thauld nc%'cr wid¥rr￿lmat¢ ￿. Vdiyk iwr Ita&rship 11> th¢ir ik, yi1411 rDk pia%cd hy twr tru￿tL .1 rU￿tt$ giL U￿Wai.¢rinl . wiyKI lo their r()utts. kad vo1uDlcc￿ and ieams cnablin&' io thliver ￿01111n0 to N'(MJiig pwpk ¢ach M'¢¥k. I Ih1Dk" ull tru￿¢￿. teams fvr cvntnl)uiM) )iiu makL 10 ¢nsuriii.i ￿￿U￿nI 1% puryK)¥¢ful CLthL%iw¢lw. enablJn8 thuii Iv fullv stw4x)rf I1￿ vft¢rcd li) IkK"ir Scoui by d¥￿M￿. t(fftar&ihinkmR lele Thc fulur¢ ol in ("h(Yky is iYighL with ¢.￿ilIng ￿0￿cts to twild Qrrnger coiiimunit), lu￿5 and kn'np ￿(￿ul]ng tc> nivrL wlc. I liiTh*dnl io ￿v¢￿￿1nS. s¢iiwrliiiii a11d cnoa¢iii%p wiUi vou all iii ihi )"rar ahead. "llwth %'i)u lur ¥'uur uHnmKmcnL and (vr CLmiinuing lo make a dilTiXLii¥¢ bv FffOWMliiiip a pkn10 sk"ill% lif¢ 3uiix•.iii¥. irting ill ￿xyk-￿ThJ yvur¥elvcs i￿. rJ.

District Treasurer Report .,Ilun 'llbc w11L￿ c>fih¢ district S io ￿¢qU￿e liFLincial rc5erwes to pTr)vidc rwuisJ IcN¥l Il"supp()rt ts) Ihc S￿￿1•1 wiihtn t￿- I)I￿n{.1 fly a minimum c?f l 8 mont￿$ and Ic) rctain sutfiLIL71t rcwrcLS for the adLNl4ie maiHl¢naThLL of the and lathd th?1 ar¥ Tr￿.1d in th¢ name i>f C'hnrlcy District knul C'DiiiK'il. lThe Tr"arKML% of Di5trici aLsn maifitsin thcir 01 Ai thc cnd of thr vcar thc Ciuml anxMuiiL71 ki £l17J31 fNXtsry' asse 'I'IIL )'car with c￿5011￿aL￿ fund% lif £125_i76 a￿1 ￿1th £1 ry4.645 e￿{ of tl rii).ryn¢iai )'LW. wilh L.>￿dIt￿rC &Tricr 11k4111￿. vf L731. l•) F"Y•5n6 th¢ 1)i%triLI IAkr'l im roMkxl fun i'¢ar ol'L%'¥iils aLfirJS dll cciiott. All ￿'¢nI5 M'c'i¥ rwi li? Iljl'L' Ihe N'ounfi ￿le SL-illE fnr l.ilc acn)<% arKMJty ￿v￿¢￿I, ¢tri.tliL's. Iloth liiixiitK I...%￿dil￿r￿' inclu(k an amount f{￿ EXpl(￿er% Kcd 1)1"£13.1.$11. 'Ihi% saw tk l)isiriLI SL (iri)rg.¢s c.amp ai M'thILur Aa¥viTh' LLTrlr¢ Vlkniih SUI￿lJI￿XI ￿. l)istrid hy £? - l)Miriti I'hcrc .%LTh'cral wiihin ihe FY7$126 ow¢r thL TX)mMI ￿1111￿). rate iIL%¢ifillli¢. All SaFnts- W(KWl&Y Btyxh knJlc¥ Q576 r)i￿r￿1 C'Lryitr¥ Redc<(ii)n V_070 (JL'I)PIL. l iild prctKrdlKxi for h&$ I￿u￿¢￿ a Lus1 <)f £1.9? wliich ha5 irlu&xl Nile.¥e￿rnl muiTJIcn￿iLL Jlxb th¢ Pl￿7n1￿11 avli¢￿1017 for Ihv nTh' bujldintt £673. Plamiiii" •{ppli￿lI(￿ for changc of £588 and th¥ C'vmptsiinrt TIM￿ Toiki L"1.444. Th¢. l.icld h&% liK￿li￿ iif£6(>S And rtrei%'e4J ¥ grani fr(n Chorkn. I4n￿1£.h C'.Thin¢il C£t)Th. 1 51 Yo¢Jii¥ Pywjlc Count￿ McmTrtr•thip Fce pkn l)LStrict lth)" al £65ryP bv c of the Tru￿￿5. Total MeM￿lship te¢% incI￿1ft￿ l)tstrict l-cvy IAII Grthys & ftspl(v¢rs): L81.11 S.(M> MeM￿r$bIP f(ts uf£fA).lJ6:.UO wlyr paid io Wl.C3C I'k disliiLi n(X t￿1￿Ld anv 5iEJllfKani (kn*Mm5 in ?JfP6 eliEibk for n jft gid. TIIL I.'.Ipk￿¢r ￿￿￿.111•n ¢lJims rtift aid. ￿MI LS I'Ta ihi l)LStriCi N￿we￿ Acc(wnL All an4

Programme Team Lead li p)silii'e wear for WJdmm¢ acrDkS Di)tKL f(KU5 1$ Prowme'l e#m l.v4(k.r is io makc Mirc Li.i¥) Th'oung W￿b￿. wthatri'cr ￿￿-t￿li1 iliL?'re I￿ h&$ to a i'Jri¢d. hi'.li- qualitirf and pr ¢VL7yun¢ WIM) ￿ ixmtnlxrtcd idGTs. Tun xtTh'rts 0￿j li14￿. thJ% hapsy). Acrip5¥ di¢ Disiri¥l. trth"c CThllinucd io dcliLT a bynu1￿1% Iyi¥xl p￿gr￿llMk. blemdilig skillx 'orL ath.cnthr¢ atyj al￿<￿%1￿C IIK l)istri¢i cTrenis brmo ￿'tryI￿ loacthcy. WL'%'C hxd tnake SU￿ t￿. pr￿.￿lIMMe SLl1'% (￿&h and cngaotnrf, h.15 iiib id￿% and rLx)urcLT Fth'cen s¢cixx)s and lekn has io plan in lyi1￿11￿ Il's L'n L￿¢91 %¢¥ leade￿ Ir¥ing ￿1VIll¢S and PJllin¥z IIKir own styiip Im ihc prOornm￿ while ke¢pii)&p jl (irmly rthylLxl ￿ ￿'b￿ wjplc •il Iv IYS reallw <¥i￿nIng io see r￿K1Pai1(yl xro&s ttx" Distria this year. with 4<xNI nilm￿. I"fv(hJn= FLylc iakiniv . part iii WLd. [%' ¢ii(yn m¥¢lin¢s a￿1 (xtr l)Lr4nd.wMk e%'enLS FLYdkk p fK4T- JIL ¥nJoi'mts the ati¢l!' on offer and v<)rning Kx"k for m4Nt. WL'v¢ alw tr￿]￿11 llLY" ￿[1￿"111￿￿ this )'Gv. and I￿.￿.wL w¢lL Mr'rr IM)w tt) buibj aThJ ioll Ilthi wl m￿¢ ￿'Ide71.. None thf this hap￿￿5 withLwi wr Icr& athl I io thauk them all ttK"ir hard ueativity and th￿￿)1￿$M in brin?nÉns I￿. IXity•ramm¢ lo life aftcr alwab). W'e'd kn'c morc luiilttrs to •nvolb'¢yI ¥T￿ ￿1p keep th¢ qmwin& plcw do Inuch il'yffti. or wniwne yi)u kiww. M)uld likc io Ix. pan ofil li IKcn Pleasu￿ inanJging thi8 kn And I kavc il In th¢ Sale a￿1 qwbk. han￿$ of Allyk)n. lThikin.. forward io & v¢x Jh¢a(L

qulrrels ' Squirrels li h$ amrther of.gmwth r(¥ SquiTrcl S¢a¥Jn in CknAcy wiiJJ i1￿11n￿ of a rty. rLLYuithi¢nt ofsrb'¢ral ncw" adiik vi)limirrr$ 3Tr1 inlertst frThn p(vple wi..thing to join. In thL iilin SquiTTtls arc h3ving. a ￿)￿lI1ve imrwr on the Di<Tid •tMJ azr 'cll rcceiv¢d. the tiend of 8fOM'Iii IIK. scrtion Iwks ts) conitllUL. This I'aqr has scrn the )wanJing of 2 I￿1th￿ numbcr ol"C-Iii¥fsC￿Ls ALVrn Awards With Sq45irrc rwiii Ll'crn. fiYVUP ￿Ing iixM-ar(L hai'e prUCnw￿ at largcr indi'idually'. CIMYlc% Sguirrels ha¥< had J bu%N' ￿"￿7r knih in their ( If￿1p% Imrt 4?1.11￿ wider t)Irfri￿ and C'cAmrN' Programm¥. tllan!. thank% lo all ￿. aduh voluntLiTS M"IxF coniinue li) ￿. thcrc C￿'¢Th r¢k to make this ￿&ible and (Mir lh¢ lywr￿n•t> Iv luN'c lun. part in Thc c%￿y1¢ncC5 and make n¢w 'lThi% !/exr Squirrcls att(XKknt th¢ annual CThristin8k r¥irc <•WTye s ehitrth number of Ac(wn Awa￿ WLry¢ p￿￿1¢d. 'n in jan￿r} w¢ wcnl lo th¢ pani(xnm in FlolKwJ to wch B¢auty and lh¢ an(￿cr wcll aiiuxkd cv¢ni. tr¢lKuarv wc h1 a g(Kxl number of ￿￿11r¢I$ iuin a heeti¢ morning ￿ IA¥po M#ALYs thry VI abk to ik.ir imagliiiii14￿ 1%? I￿1￿j a IKMIIL fly a Lcoo Inan. "IThL rn￿# rtt4.nt l)istri¢i event ha% Jungle WtKhi which ￿l[ln￿lS ts) ¢hance lu C￿￿TlenCe. nigjii ¢xpkYing a ptsw Lxiitr¢ w)d pi2a ssP5rr follo%tsl b). a liliiL all ieks. ￿￿lfILl5 wlrc al￿} Ir￿led in a NIMTrW'. birtlMknI C￿'L PdfLcI. ixgpili thc ￿eall￿r. all wlx) al￿1￿1￿ hal a lovclv (tsy cclctKaling th¢ ) )'car mi1c5k)￿ l#rtlMla￿ IL)r il ￿ll[rr£I ￿lOn. C'.ouniv h#%e alg) an luli volunffjxy wh￿￿ 2ft1-ndcd s￿lie (Trf 84Utrr¥l voluniLrK ihis ses%ion uscful inflxmRIi￿L s1￿Ck71￿ a￿1 l() ihem ID cDntini lo ry oul an fun priw•miiiL I7Lh wcck. Gr¢att￿ thanks ¢AI47KknI lo Hekn 5UPWWting the %quirrel PrDerammc afvj pn)vidinb ) rn￿h LI￿riCr￿￿'. ￿Jea$ ￿￿'1Cc. In •jdill￿ thc BL"dlLT l ¢am Kalc aThJ Ilev_ w.IK) have h hccn mi * at cx1endinn LhstrK'I Pr(yramm¢ kn irKI￿k and 5UPW1 ￿ul1r¢￿ Whil￿ ik P.¥cTh' M'CCL" w¢ have ￿tsir¥￿T> ￿MI Jduli% Turniti. build i1￿. . 4nNJndwivk fly their SL%iulin up io ilk.ir ￿'u13r Jnd thi< Is IK.Ipinn to Jolin￿. ¥_i)in8 loNaYd. I hac lithl i1￿ pris'ilcg.c 14) b is11 mo4 ufvur curr￿1 l)rci's aml can see IM)M, ILryPPy plca¢&l lh¢ b'oung BKxylr arc in k. rqn of thi iIVil alsv wiwsed the d¢xluli1￿ aTrJ Lm[h￿l￿n of rdch of thL' ￿￿Arrel I rkr5hip"ILanL I hi% 1% grL-al ncw3 ltr thL ￿￿11011 alld Ji Iwks 5a r()r d hripjtt lulU￿ &% ol'chnrkv r)iqriil.

EAVERS Beavers This ￿¢￿r ha% len 1 and cnjolthlc onL' for uur Ikxb"¢r& fill(xl with mLliii)Trhk ￿1vil￿￿ Lhallcng¢& io l¢ap m Th f&ills. •d plcnts nf fvn thc way. Lkxrinbcr. ￿ h¢ld our #nnual chri￿1n￿￿ at Si Ciwnic4 ('hiwth. la¢av￿5￿1lled iti ccIct￿a1iil. nd l¢arnin&p alm>￿ thc m¢anin#T of ChristJny.k. li a lovcl). ¢wi￿L the ikacrs arKI wr ondcrlul vi)luntttrs rclk¢i¥xl fch w ofyJmrthin- sxcial. we a15(• pfttthcd (￿• BnMJ Awaril>. tireat ¢A&ll IV IIK l."eslivc 5(￿LML In January. tka)'cr% hJ a CaniLstic ttmc all¥ThJing Iltxttv a￿1 lJ¢aq PanKxn jrt. whith w full <>l' laukhi¢r ex¢ilLinaL It was a w￿￿krfUl waw to new Icar. rebrn2ry siw us pul oiir Cniiviiv and skill% In tk itst with a I w m11￿LS. Th¢ Ik7v¢rs wixkLd iii small icams to d¢%ien and twild imaL•inatiYe ¢rtrai1(￿& slh)wing. L'XLill¢nl ￿)￿-M110 pnthlL'm-sol%' skilK 0￿j pltht>' (bfenihusiasm. Thc cb'¢ni _ rcal fnr c%.Cry(￿)l In Aryil. wri)iilLYI in Weq lanc¥ cclcbraTinb Ek?N'¢r% 4fkl7 FltrthdaN'. willi x Paw. at ljibb)" Fann. M.hYe FkaveT% fn)m ￿0&S thc count). iame t4)g.LilxY fur d dx%' of Xli￿.11]eS 3nd ¥LlIlMaliLtyi. p.iing• ()uf ￿L.#￿e￿ cha￿t ITh mcx Oth￿ takL part in shatcd and acii%'iiiLS. and (clchrn 'c)uliftp. a wknlc. M1ts1 rertiitly. in Ma%.. we thi(•vrd an Th¢iliTl& sleew¥LY ￿ Juiiuk. Il'¢)rld This a fall1￿￿lIL adi'cnture f4)r Ihc g¥jTr'in2 tlkan thc orwrtwiilw li) nigjbt aas. fn)m honi¢. cxpkye th¢ pla) after hthir& I￿1 iwild atml iW'tMkYiLe. li was a.Lrn.S￿¢c$s arKI li)r(￿ * Iv Ljoy¢d by all XT•Mkxl. W¥ currLmilv hxve awarded iwer l(M) Bn)iiA£ aw.'inl%. In h¥vL slivwil bf¢ai and Loniiiiitmcnt ( ollLxXivel>". ha'c Iwrd to achic¥L al M'ide skill& i-JnJiii" Challeng¢ Aw'ardR AL1i%'iTh' Ili.ck and SL4'ed Acti%'ih Iladqek cowcrrn. V 3rc% %u¥li ILm•A'nrk. ¢rLdii¥iiv. athl dewelopn(TAL li wnthul io f<L" IhL' Bea%'tt% tJk"¢ pride in Iheir xhie%'LYncnts and tti wnfilkr￿ W[).¥r￿S throu¥h ik&i'm. I alw Itk'e ￿ txlthd th3nk% to Rtrukv th¢ Squirrel'l for their SUTwn to all 01.￿r wkw iiiiK. dixliLalKin. and enihu%i4m iTidke e¢r)iliiii. "Ikir aNnmilm¢nl ensures ihai th¢ CLmiinU¢ IQ a safe, fil￿ aDd cno4.ijik cxh ￿¢¥k. ari al4) sTdicful ￿ pr¢nts arml fnr ilk•ir Mgoino supwi th1￿￿.￿￿1 ih¢ I'￿￿r. Vi'crdlL il I￿11 a rcw?rdin¥ ￿r. We m. nt'AII Ilw), have fcwward lo e.x¥iiinfv ah(*d.

cubs Cubs li Iw Ix¢n a (anthJiiL )'LW Ccw ('uh Scwring xross I)lAr￿1. with pacL% ￿¥nIn8 fly S(Mn¢ brilliani 4)anxl ¢vcnis on nl.xll il orejt Iwwiing ￿tion mttlines. I anr to sa). a hll￿ thank yvu lil dll our C'.ub aK%iNlan15 and helm witkwt wtrKMii JKHbV tsr Ihi% r￿)￿•b￿.. Ikrr aTeJ￿￿ • lii..hli¥his from the l'ear. Silv•r Awar(Is li wc)rthrful io 1¢¢ w many LutJ4 Distr￿ ￿,<￿￿. io hie%'¢ thcir Silver Aw'aDI the hiLl%l aw'ard a c.ub Lan ￿m. Rnchiniw this mik?torJk' r¢al i1￿)n111mL￿ll &nd Tl a pkasurL iuyk"'s &YJlcaii￿ and eclcbrare their achic%'emeni M'iih Ihcir pack& lamilies a￿1 Icrs. C LNigrdlut#iii)ILS lo ¢¥LY)'Im¢ w.ho rccci%ed ihL-ir S"ilTr'c¥ Aw￿d this )'Lar. thank y£Mi li) lh¢ l¢xdcrs SiiPPXled thlxii >t¢p of the ia>'. Monopoly Run ()ur l)14rbU.¥%'Nk Mowlv liun br(￿￿ tmcks ￿￿ether f￿ a arml ¢ncrg¢tic daTr ttpI1￿tnll. wvrkmitr Ith and wmpkninE. rhallenTrc4 ..IruuTKI tl)e lam4>115 wic. Ir wai a grLdl ¢ipix)rtunity fur Lubs from diffiTu)t P￿k£ irt m￿. Iwiw fnCndQbl￿ thLir dnit ()b1cm￿S￿1V1￿g skills to Ihe w all wthik h&vino a of fun lh¢ wav. Gulliverf# Warld A irip to Gullilcrfs W(KkJ with L4)unty (wr Cuk • fan&tyic day (puL full i)friik laughitt a￿1 adN'cniiirc. F.Thcnts Iikc ihis arr s￿h a %,al￿ble pan 4Trf ihe Cub prI￿r￿m￿lL.. gi%'ing ihe ¥harKe ts? iiiak¥ mLTrOri¢S * iih friETh15 fft-m th¢ l)isincl aThJ C'ounlv our£idK" lif usual ivin& vur kn. th 4'¢11.(7nK'd cha￿% io th¢ C'.ubs %impl) enjoty" Lego Ma%ters niir l ¢go M<¢rs LTrthil %aw C'ubs pui iheir crCati￿1￿. jmaiTrinati¢i XINJ leaM￿'Trrk iii gr¢al usc. desisitiitiy. atbd buildiilg ihL'ir L¥%v LYuIiiHLS in a niixi ufLhall¢n¥its ￿ld ihcm¢£. li was iYilliJnl t4) ¢iiihusias￿￿ tnvenlivcnL￿ aThl dI￿laN.. and a rcal of JU￿ hrnb. miKh ialiijl w¢ haw¢ xniss Looking thad vfllitsc wi)ukt rM>sstbk w'ithoul ik iiui¢. ¢ncr&v ￿ enihLLSiAQb ofvur voluniar ILYdcr& and I wani i() Ilwik all stn¢LYclN' ￿eti.thin￿ do. A.% M arr L¢¢n 141 ncm. ￿011•￿1￿T5 to h¢lp ilni￿n8 ikne ran￿ ￿￿UnIt￿ 14) Ik }uimr p¢YJplc <if the l)i%lrKL tsMK"h if vr M)ni¥iJrK' )'Iw krTh, W￿ld like ts) ￿ iiivvlvKI. I Iwk. io ￿uthly ¢x¢iI1￿. YLW L)f Cub SL"vutino aw.

SCOUTS Scouts a iwsv y¢#rwc hav¢ IWJT Ir¢ ￿tt￿nn o1._￿75. held • Patrvl (.￿￿11. whcrc il WILS tircai lo IILJT di￿￿11Y fn)m (wr )Ixin¥ WIL. Folhjwill.. l¥¥1 i)Iir Elo%4.liJ)g Com￿111101) wilh lib'L Inx)ps" r¢F￿￿ntcd. M ell li) Si MtL4uel's Crosw IrtTrhy hom¢ thi% Tr'ear. l.aniy jt>iiiiiig im this lime) ("id _iih Ni)vcmkn in )'(HJT diaTr'. lil Jd111141n'. VIL hL.Id Pl. & %ix¢r training ¥bttkend ￿ l.%.Idc K w'a% a'r￿ io IK.Ip train Ivjr clirrL￿l and iyTriring Pl.% and API.s. "Thi. Srwts l&¥nt nc skills knhilsk ￿k. ini¥ il in lurrL lo ILad their ieams. On thi. Sun(kny. dfe were mnv hapw. but tircd f&xs. li fullowini thi5 ei'eiiL Yathan 4'r¢ixl li) jilin Ik. L>iStr￿1 ￿ I￿￿K)n"] eam. Ir) ApriL hcld (>ur whcrc tC2ms ra￿￿1 wund CIKKky trying io wi%il all th¥" lJndTnark"5 nw). (..[)M￿li11(￿ ￿S timjah with Iiwi) ILwns tJk'ing. part ￿,¢11 ('.IwN Kbchard knits f4Jr winning! Nathatk frff wrrfk i¥ganisins this uwral ¢tr¢ul. In Ma%., alL¢i￿va dle WL￿ l A1ncs knits C4Mmtv Rallv. This vcar w¢ (k)ubl¢d our numl LomparLxI 147 1i%1)'¢ar. with nearl%. 'IM) ￿xI)lL fn)m ninL C'horlo. trrrys #ll¥iwJin¥ the wcck"cThl cwi A% a l )iJlri¢L also t(￿. i￿. rL￿D￿￿1￿1I7¢). of orynising l￿- ￿'1)I￿.￿.bjll and iuix?r-war Ll)Tn¥rtilioits. I Iwik% lii NAIl￿n li)r lakiiw. d IL7d ￿ <)[p￿ni41￿g these. As- Usi￿1. It l(th'¢ly to catch up wilh kkrs aThl %i)un& FKiyIL fr￿11 th¢ l)istyics. I MUST mcniion ih.xl Ihi% was a ￿.4￿¢ fnJm CIK)rlo'. IA)ts of liappTr k"vuL% iKMrd¢d thc ¢oa¢hcs to go all with slc)rn% kn ll nf thetr we¢&end. ThruuJovt ik. yLMf WL. ha￿￿ hcld stvcfxl CThf liold revil￿ ry¢niny& .411!'v Milky thanks. ts> All!'4A)n ((Y her w(Kk ￿ thi4.li i5 2 rcal pleasure to shar¢ ￿1th Vimuig ￿%?Ple Ihcir the rewiew and at the we%en￿1{XV5 (YWi5ed b%. Wthi C.Iwnl) IAKbkiii> fun4dnL habL I1?￿1* ei'<YiL% LI￿ning up. i￿ludIn? thL aforementK￿ed Ikiwliii C omFKlilithi iti NovcmtKY a PL & Sixer Camp in Jamw).

EXPLORERS Explorers .vI￿ Fiihwic li hls 4fvJ r¢wardina ￿ear liy ExPl￿r koul& with a varbcd wogrammv iiive Nir ￿0￿nty IS￿￿tUnItieS Iv in(kmlcncL. praL1iral FA"illk ii?Iifi(ILIIL¥ HiiII, iiiusl IM￿rrIn[l￿.. enjoy ￿411¥ part ol Lxplor¢ 'thr￿..h￿l ihc vcar ljnits hai'e delii"LYuI a wi¢k rangL ol-aLti'itio4. ilk1￿1Th8 lifeknskllls eenin hikL and Lnmmijnili. e&'cnLk (￿r r.w10r￿ kn7L 411%) rort in and inLludiniv rhc (.'hirf i)Ul'% Pldiinum Award Iiamm(Kk ¢%￿d111￿ML th￿. plannL￿d th¢ir n)tJt¢. ￿￿rIed thi'ir equipm¥xiL UP tsnip WIJ iLxTrKcd I(￿ i￿￿1￿1ve5. ￿'C Jlfn [an￿le ￿￿1¥1P311{￿J io >xlip%c. Ili¢ diiiri¢ts scen￿1 )'¥w vl'thi.s i)r&'&iixil aEKI run iTh' ￿ I)i￿r￿1 Youth CommissKM￿ Mau l)ewhurs1. A mainr hig.hli¢. -ht ha% kn-11 S¥¢UliV our F.xp14nTr ￿L"C Crf)IMiJniii(s tlK IlniL k"liilii i)ung ￿0pIL dtvlicd tor 01¢ fib¢ I'horlL p]&e% at ihc ?077 World S¢(￿1 tn I'()iazuL with IIIL SUL£L4ti&lly XI¢L￿%1 fnllowing lJi%tm sclcaion pnKc55. W"e hal'e also had I'.xpli)reTh ii¥vIFI%'LxI in ihr. Rv(J Ruye Q:6 trirn an incl￿1bk. inlernalional afts'¢niurv r( 11 daws i￿luding Irips to l oronio arwj Nia• F'all&. I'¢ IMI'L l&Jd WMNhLT Mjcccssful v¢ar in rwr l)uke ofFAItn￿rgb wwrramme with many F.xpkM4 N()tK ol. Ihi4 W(￿{d ws¥ibk. without IIK umilTrKnl of ottr voluntc¢r i£lerfthip"l ￿ffl. Mos1 'ry)thJnx uffcr. 'L a¥( ii)LredihlN proud of t￿?. have ¥hKve41 OV￿ the and fiknbard to arMMher 'ear ofadLFlturL-. dw11¢￿￿C afyj ¢.Yffle￿x network Network J¢vm:¥ 110￿1￿￿￿ have li￿1 a Lwsy l_g ffi￿th5 b￿1￿08 thi incre&sing Ikir m¢mlYrship ak￿2 wrth a mixillfL> thI"SLK'iaL& &wnp9 ad actJi1￿& ALlivilNs IMWL inLludcd iKlin" tTrtn¥ Ilieir IUFMI pumpkin ￿1r%.7ns. Im'ith SOfftL' Imp￿SSIV￿ r¢iulLs plKK4).X pwKak¢5 and tak¢ii Iwi in M)mc ¥ulJr puh "llTh've clia5kno¥yl <xh (￿h￿r at Karftng aThJ a r￿Ing¢nI Iifx mLYnlxTh %%tnt li? thc Ni¢?Iial N¢￿ork C•athcnn" _ Ixjr IJzE¢g group in lime.

I wk"In￿ rt￿￿ have a Fe4ival Camp comin" up in thL" few 5knrt￿ fulk)'¢d by RLxxMinrcttyJ in %epiLynlv. F..5"L￿mtr plJnncd iitlu&" mini.golf, laxy ￿ Ix)ard kdmc nivhi alviiLV N Ith IIiFE uui in Icc £kaiini• and ihl Lhristsnas mark¢Lk A nilm￿rOfthc ¥.r(MJp Jre aL%i) XllV¥lv tnV•iirds ihcir highct th￿ards inclimlinb Kinn % K"{)ui dThJ i)f the W￿1(1 Avi"ord. ..Ini' )'oung ￿U￿$ ag¢d 18 ?5 arc to come aky?

George Platt Field (h.LY thc k¥ts'i ILar. Cicorgc Plali AdNrtv P.￿k1 h&. LIMItin￿d ith as an imp)rtani rewurlx liv c h<)fki' I)Istr￿( ￿'Out.￿ and 'i(kn L4MnmuftiTh. SignilKartt Lffnrr has iKYn ini'estrd ift p￿gr￿Sinn a raniYL Lil"pmj(r￿ in¥ludine improiLII sile plans ￿11￿31 slorJkii laLililie4. envirLMmentsl improv¢m¢ntk nLN XliN"il)' I1)IXW￿lflC% to enh￿￿"& t1￿ c.VkTi¢lJik fur '<xing ￿li)ple. Funding applicatxms arml tvtMYrunrti¢s continue lo tK' thl. lon.4.tcmi dc%'clopmMi ot"th¢ ¥il¢ its suJlainability for fimwc 2ttYTriTh ¢llasa¢ M￿'ing numEKY of eltcrnal USLYJ. A partKular s￿￿¥¥i the l￿￿tIn¥Cd Usc of thL %ite bv I,orcsi SL"IMM)l I￿￿11)n5 and I"hc S'lav Pzth. an l&irning and plav ¥W¥￿iDn fw chiklrcn irfreased VLsil<x numiry stren2kn￿ uxnmunity ¢nRaQthiiLnil. and gCnLYakTrd mc4Nne for thc IKIIpiiib Iv runnin• 4thJ itritrwi¢ tsM¥af& Maintenan￿ fulurc th￿105X}jU1l Wvi￿ts. l ah¢l. wr ewLi the COn￿n￿l00 ofthr gar￿￿ trwik1i1i￿ whiLh will aL pm%'idt a cm'cred and ¥tivity io ￿ thxnpldcd by tkccrnlKr ?0?6. In a(kllliu￿ a %¥aELr wpplN lap is &Lhcdukd li￿lE{li{￿ b). thc cnd of Wcmlv. idins an LY)l)&ll)iL'mLlIt Ir) thc sill 5 'llx" liw14￿4¥¢Menl iLYm rcmains imlcfijl for the of 'oliiniLx'Th l(ul KklrtFKY5. and DLqnci li￿lli￿5 hard and c4)mmiSm¥ni h3v¢ ma(k th progrns 'iili Lviilmucd ini'e51ineni aTrJ c(nmiiniN' supp)rL the Pjall ALlivih' Field Is wrll placcd to tiinlity Lxwd il¥ )d stscngthen its rok as a 4KIii'T¢y vcnvc for koulift and thL. lucal ¢(Nnmunit).

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