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
Laxy*a
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 As*èt
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 rtla*s
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 Garr*d 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
ur*ler 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 cc*rpleled 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 rK*t 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 requircry*nt
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 4wmw*h. 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 hapt*o.
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 tri5h*iLk. 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 inlcrL*Q¢xl in •ettin8 inb'vlv¢ryL in
aiiTh' iap¥iiy k￿lp. klpino nr iK*ind-thc-S¢LllfS %UtV)ll as trcAwrt'r i
administrdiur mle
%i*fct%. knfr%u*nli12 & C fimpli*A¢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-. di*lvsure%. 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￿ V*lKTr 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). ?u*Jr4J
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 k*Jers ￿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 $0 manv N'ounx ￿ltr.
li 1% k) thai Scouling cOnDft￿ lu offcr Fo mrfh to yrtng tw>k. and wr figures sIM)w
Ihai demand ioiom is stroni*r ikn D'LT.
As n¢u. L()ntIn￿ lo tK' buili QIKxl¢%'. planning. l(* thL. futurc ol"kniinrt in K)ur 1)t￿r￿
rvrnaints Lx*iiliJl. The distr￿( h&$ 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$ gi*L U￿Wai.¢rinl
. wiyKI lo their
r()utts. kad vo1uDlcc￿ and ieams cnablin&' io thliver ￿01111n0 to N'(MJiig pwpk ¢ach
M'¢¥k. I Ih*1Dk" ull tru￿¢￿. teams fvr cvntnl)ui*M) )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(fft*ar&ihinkmR le*le
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￿.
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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 fNX*tsry' 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 i*m r*o*Mkxl 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$126 ow¢r thL TX)mMI ￿1111￿). rate
iIL%¢ifillli¢.
All SaFnts- W(KWl&Y Btyxh knJlc¥ Q576
r)i￿r￿1 C'Lryitr¥ Redc<(**ii)n V_070
(JL'I)PIL. l iild prctK*rdlKxi for h&$ I￿u￿¢￿ a Lus1 <)f £1.9*? wliich ha5 ir*lu&xl Nile.¥*e￿rnl
muiTJIcn￿iLL Jlxb th¢ Pl￿7n1￿11 a[vli¢￿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
an](￿111.% rcccii'i(l Jrl IraTr¥ferr¢d di¢ l..Ipli)rnYs ￿l￿nIS urm rcccipL
TF* Lwl4]rLY rtceivcd 8ifi Aid vf I4.￿ Jii FVai*6.
PrvvIsi￿ of unifvrm & b￿¥¢ stLKk li￿ T￿211 ￿1rChase Cfftiinues an in).alT￿bleT￿X1 ￿￿rLi..
S*ikn in wtrc ￿ "i9 wilh of£•,716 with a )Lar-cNI st￿K le%'el i)f £7,114

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<ymme. and in.WPFK*I vur sectjons dclivLYinb* IL llwik
you t(> ¢VL7yun¢ WIM) ￿ ixmtnlxrtcd idGTs. Tun xtTh'rt*s 0￿j li14￿. thJ% haps*y).
Acrip5¥ di¢ Disiri¥l. trth"c CThllinucd io dcli*LT 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 FLYdk*k
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 Ic*r& 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 w*ch B¢auty and lh¢ an(￿cr wcll
aiiuxkd cv¢ni.
tr¢lKuarv wc h*1 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 pi*2a ssP5rr follo%*tsl b). a liliiL all ie<m¥xI io hJ¥¥ a
grul lime and this w'as a ¥erv CVQIL
(.￿lY cvcnts hav¢ Hig. Flirtlmlry Pwty xt Ilibbv's F'arni vn a MKI.￿d wild d#Tr' in A￿11.
Ihaiiks liTrr ihc ( cwnl* leam fof vri¥3nising.. IK. dav. ih¢r¢ w¢rL' jli knscq includin&v irAft
h¢)IlTKTr Laqle. Lrum. und%" llo*s and hiihF>ks. ￿￿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
voluniL*rK 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￿. .
4*nNJndwivk fly their SL%iulin
up io ilk.ir ￿'u13r Jnd thi< Is IK.Ipinn to
Jolin￿. ¥_i)in8 loNaYd. I ha*c 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 r*kr5hip"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% l*en *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 ika*crs 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% h*J 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 Cn*iiviiv and skill% In tk itst with a I w m11￿L*S. 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.i*ing• ()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 a*as. 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 L*joy¢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' Il*i.ck and SL4'ed Acti%'ih Iladqek cowcrrn.
V 3rc*% %u¥li IL*m•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%i*4m 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)l*Ar￿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 Ic*rs. 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 i*a>'.
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<pul I IV. Illi> 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 IL*ad their ieams. On thi. Sun(kny. d*fe were m*nv 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 k*krs 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 CTh*f 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 e*enin
hikL* and
Lnmmijnili. e&'cnLk (￿r r.w10r￿ kn7*L 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£L*4ti&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.xpkM*4
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 ofad*LFlturL-. 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 actJ*i1￿& ALlivilNs IMWL inLludcd iK**lin"
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 N*i¢?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).

Awards
On l*half of ch￿Iey DistrKL hupc con<rdiii111Km5 lo cvmvii¢ rLrognisLq ihcir 0uLNI￿￿1ln
¢ontrilwti<)n lo sL"I￿ling this }'L*r. a fan￿￿)L rcfl¥YtMJn ufthc iimL. Lyle￿.. c4)mmiimLiii our
WMI giiL lo )'oting pxyle cb'LTr WLYk. Thtr* a*aTds hv aLiNJrnL Ilehind
{.￿h on¢ is N'var.4 of(l¥di¢alH)n
i)Iinft
runnints 5¢¢tivllx Sup￿)￿1n% Cjrwp I'nJsi<ix aThJ makiiiip SUTL. L)ur
- ￿%?pIC ￿l'e the kwssiblc sLThili￿I¥ Pkase us in Conyalula￿Th thcm ill.
Sumame
Award
Arny
Caiderbonk
Aw•rd ol M•rii
Martin
A14son
B•rto Aw¥d ol Mtrit
Mattv
ATMd of
&Jun
Twlnn
Jackie
Gina
Jane
Tayk
Sarah
Ntcola
Hannah
Smith
Karen
Websddl
Ph¢&ppa
a)rtstoDhef
Gardner
RobErt
Finlty
OlivEr
Bulkxk
AFfy50n
Angela
Mats
Paul
W4reiTra
Sturg