| The Purpose ofScouting | ||||||
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| Summary | of the objects ofthe | chanty set | Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people |
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| out in its | governing | document | in their personal development, |
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| empowering them to make a positive contnbution to somety. |
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| The Values ofScouting | ||||||
| As Scouts we are guided by these values: |
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| Integrity ~We act with integnty; we are honest, trustworthy |
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| and loyal. | ||||||
| Respect - We have self-respect and respect for others. |
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| Care - We support others and take care ofthe worfd m |
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| which we live. | ||||||
| Belief - We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes. | ||||||
| Co-operation -We make a positive difference, we co- |
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| operate with others and make fnends. |
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| The Scout Method | ||||||
| Scouting takes place when young people, in partnership |
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| adults, work together based on the |
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| values of Scouting and: | ||||||
| - enjoy what they are domg and have fun | ||||||
| -take part in activities indoors and outdoors |
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| - leam by doing | ||||||
| - share in spiritual reflection |
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| - take responsibility and make choices |
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| -undertake new and challenging activities |
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| - make and live by their Promise. | ||||||
| Summary ofthe main activities to these obiects |
in | relation | As Scouts, we believe in prepanng young people with skills for life. We encourage our young people to do more, learn |
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| more and be more. Each week, the 1st Needham Market |
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| Scout Group give young people of the Needham Market |
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| area the opportunity to enloy fun and adventure while |
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| developing the skills they need to succeed. |
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| The group runs three sections being Beavers (age 5 and |
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| Dubs (ages 8 to 10.5) and Scouts (ages 18.5to 14) and | are | |||||
| looking to re-establish an Explorer section (ages 14-18).We |
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| are open to all young people m the local area. |
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| The sections run a full programme offun, educational and |
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| adventurous activities supplemented with camps, hikes and |
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| other tnps on an ad hoc basis. Throughout the Covid-19 |
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| pandemic we have followed and adhered to guidance issued |
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| centrally by the Scout Assomation, for a large part of the |
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| year only bsmg able to provide a programme remotely using |
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| online resources over Zoom. | ||||||
| The main sources of income for the group are subscnptions | ||||||
| from members charged on a termly basis as well as ad hoc |
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| contnbutions for specific events, trips and camps. We also |
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| receive some income from rent ofthe Scout Hut to other | ||||||
| users and from ad hoc fundraising events. In the current |
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| year we have also received grant income from the local | ||||||
| authority as a result of to the Covid-19 pandemic. | ||||||
| The main recurring costs we mcur in order to deliver our |
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| activities are the costs ofthe programme, badges and |
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| scarves as well as the overhead costs for the Scout Hut | of | |||||
| electrimly, water and insurance along with capitation fees to |
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| the Scout Assomation, which covers the group in their |
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| national accident insurance policy. During the current year |
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| we have also had to spend money on repairs and |
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| maintenance ofthe hut to ensure it remains safe to contmue |
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| to use while we progress the plans for 8 new hut and have, | ||||||
| using spemfic grant money received, been able to install | a | |||||
| Additional | details | ofthe oblectives | and activities (optional information but encouraged as best practice) |
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| You may choose to include | further | The Group Executive would like to take this opportunity |
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| statements, | where relevant, | about | thank ag volunteers who support the group both in running |
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| section nights and other activities as well as behind the |
| policy on grantmaklng | policy on grantmaklng | policy on grantmaklng | scenes support and maintenance. The group is solely reliant |
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| ~ contnbution | made by volunteers |
on volunteers and without ag oftheir donated time we would |
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| policy on investments | not be able to provide our young people with the opportunity |
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| to enjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they |
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| need to succeed. | |||||
| Public benefit statement | The Group meets the Charity Commission's public benefit |
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| criteria under both the advancement ofeducation and the |
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| advancement ofcitizenship or community development |
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| Summary | ofthe main achievements the charity during the |
of year |
the group and the wider world, defined by the global Covid- 19pandemic which has impacted on the lives ofeverybody |
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| within our community. Itwas also a year in which the new |
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| Group Executive, appointed part way through the pnor year, |
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| was able to start to effect real change within the group. |
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| Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic we have followed and |
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| adhered to guidance issued centrally by the Scout |
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| Association. For a large part ofthe year we have only been |
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| able to provide a programme remotely using online |
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| resources over Zoom. After having run some one off zoom |
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| meetmgs for each section dunng the first lockdown in |
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| Spring/Summer 2020 the group was proactive in completmg |
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| the necessary risk assessments and putting place sumcient |
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| social distancing measures to enable us to be one ofthe first |
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| groups in Suffolk to return to face to face Scouting in |
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| September 2020. While we had to revert back to zoom | |||||
| meetings in the further lockdowns dunng November 2020 |
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| and January to March 2021 we maintained a regular |
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| programme for our young people to allow them to continue |
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| to develop new skills and have fun during the lockdowns. |
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| The pandemic has seen our number ofyoung people |
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| increase from the previous year, and continue to increase | |||||
| still post year-end. We have also welcomed new leaders to |
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| the group dunng the year providing some much needed |
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| support to the existing leadership team. A number of leaders |
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| from the Beaver and Scout sections have also been helping | |||||
| to support gapa in the Cub leadership team. |
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| As well as impacting on the groups ability to deliver our |
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| activities to young people the Covid-19 pandemic has had |
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| an impact on our finances. During the first lock down m |
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| Spring/Summer 2020, as mentioned above, we ran some |
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| one off zoom meetings but were not providing a full |
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| programme. While this was the case, and mindful ofthe |
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| potential financial hardship and uncertainty being |
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| expenenced by many individuals in the country at the time |
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| the executive made a deasion that we would not being |
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| charging subscnptions to members which is ordinarily our |
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| main source of income. | |||||
| However as we own our own hut (on land leased from | |||||
| another local chanty) we then found out that we were eligible |
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| in the first lockdown to receive grant funding (an initial |
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| Std,000) from the local authority (Mid Suffolk District |
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| Council) to support our finances and cover our on-going |
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| costs due to the uncertainty caused by pandemic. We were |
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| also successful m our application for a speafic Emerging |
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| Needs grant fund. This grant was spent dunng the year, m |
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| line with the grant conditions, helping to cover specific costs |
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| during the lockdown period and fund some ofthe repairs |
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| and new CCTI/ system following some instances ofanti |
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| social behavior and a break in at the hut in Spnng 2020. |
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| Luckily no property was stolen dunng the break in. |
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| We were then eligible to receive further grant funding from |
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| the local authority in the subsequent lockdowns in |
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| November 2020 and January to March 2021 with a further | |||||
| 29,900 received for these periods under the national | |||||
| scheme. | |||||
| In March 2021 we were also successful in our application to |
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| our local counmgors for a locality grant of53,500.This was |
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| received from Mid Suffolk Distnct Counwl in March 2021 and |
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| is to fund solar panels for the roof of the hut. This will help | |||||
| save the group money m ongoing electricity costs and |
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| mcrease our use ot renewable energy and reduce our |
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| carbon footpnnt. When the electncity generated by the |
| 2020/21 | 1019/10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ~Recut | ts | E | f. | E | |||||||||||||||
| Membership | subscdptl | ||||||||||||||||||
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h | p | subscnpti | n| | 4,522 | 4,522 | 1,938 | ||||||||||||
| lesstM b hp N t e bemhp b |
b c ptio spa)dont «pt«et I ed |
D t ct | VI15 2,707 |
1,815 1,707 |
3,058 | ||||||||||||||
| Othe | Receipts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Camps | and | t | ps | 671 | 671 | 1,677 | |||||||||||||
| N cke | as | d | badge | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 6 t |
( | detausinthenotes | hei | 19,907 | 6,0$l | 25,907 | |||||||||||||
| Donat | s | ||||||||||||||||||
| Itr | t | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rentaunc | m | 255 | 255 | ||||||||||||||||
| OII | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tot I 0 |
ipt | 23,558 | 6,004 | 29,562 | 1,711 | ||||||||||||||
| ~pa | I | ||||||||||||||||||
| N Hut Costs |
4,159 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 274 | 274 | 201 | |||||||||||||||||
| EI t«lty |
dqa | 766 | 766 | 420 | |||||||||||||||
| 494 | 494 | 483 | |||||||||||||||||
| HutAep r, |
g | I | dM | I te | a c | 2,403 | 1,971 | 4,374 | 175 | ||||||||||
| 0 dges, Sca | es | du | f | 490 | 498 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 242 | 242 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cub Pt | g | 177 | 177 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 tpr ga |
170 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||
| C ps |
and | Trips | 249 | 149 | 2076 | ||||||||||||||
| I temet | and loof | s | 108 | 35 | 243 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 50 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total Paynl | t | ydey | . | 0389 | |||||||||||||||
| Net of | rm | Ipts/(paym | nls) | 18,521 | 3,504 | 22,025 | 6,676 | ||||||||||||
| c hfu |
de)atty | ar | d(a | r | t t | d) | 6,530 | 9,347 | 15,877 | 21,206 | |||||||||
| Cashfu | dsthlsy | d | 25,051 | 12,951 | 37,902 | 14,530 |