Scouts High Peak District Scout Council AGM 2023 SEAVEI**from**||**01/01/2023**||**To**||**31/12/2023**||| ||||||||||| |**Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**2023**||||**Total funds**||**2022**
**Total funds**| |Membershipsubscriptions|19,390.50
£||-
£||-
£||**19,390.50**
**£**||**20,207.50**
**£**| |Less: Membershipsubspaid|(18,556.50)
£||-
£||-
£||**(18,556.50)**
**£**||**(18,965.18)**
**£**| |Net Subs retained|**834.00**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**834.00**
**£**||**1,242.32**
**£**| ||||||||||| |Donations / Grants|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Badges|75.00
£||-
£||-
£||**75.00**
**£**||**159.40**
**£**| |Training|25.00
£||-
£||-
£||**25.00**
**£**||**125.00**
**£**| |Activities|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**1,386.50**
**£**| |Jamboree|6,273.50
£||-
£||-
£||**6,273.50**
**£**||**11,999.42**
**£**| |International Camps|10,172.31
£||-
£||-
£||**10,172.31**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District Camp|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Beavers|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Cubs|835.50
£||-
£||-
£||**835.50**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Scouts|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Explorers|4,482.90
£||-
£||-
£||**4,482.90**
**£**||**2,906.42**
**£**| |District - Young Leaders|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Wallaboree|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**12,240.00**
**£**| |PaddleSports SASU|4,555.00
£||-
£||-
£||**4,555.00**
**£**||**1,048.58**
**£**| |Hardship Fund|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Gift Aid|-
£||-
£||||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Interest|-
£||-
£||||**-**
**£**||**1.68**
**£**| |Other|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**188.46**
**£**| |**_Sub total_**|**27,253.21**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**27,253.21**
**£**||**31,486.24**
**£**| ||||||||||| |**Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|||||||||| ||**27,253.21**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**27,253.21**
**£**||**31,486.24**
**£**| ||||||||||| |Donations / Grants|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Badges|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**310.74**
**£**| |Training|150.00
£||-
£||-
£||**150.00**
**£**||**900.00**
**£**| |Activities|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Jamboree|8,451.21
£||-
£||-
£||**8,451.21**
**£**||**10,844.54**
**£**| |International Camps|8,043.07
£||-
£||-
£||**8,043.07**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District Camp|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Beavers|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Cubs|970.79
£||-
£||-
£||**970.79**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Scouts|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |District - Explorers|2,558.49
£||-
£||-
£||**2,558.49**
**£**||**2,580.42**
**£**| |District - YoungLeaders|180.25
£||-
£||-
£||**180.25**
**£**||**28.00**
**£**| |Wallaboree|582.51
£||-
£||-
£||**582.51**
**£**||**9,902.39**
**£**| |PaddleSports SASU|5,000.00
£||-
£||-
£||**5,000.00**
**£**||**982.78**
**£**| |HardshipFund|-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |Other|593.27
£||-
£||-
£||**593.27**
**£**||**545.56**
**£**| |**_Sub total_**|**26,529.59**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**26,529.59**
**£**||**26,094.43**
**£**| ||||||||||| |**Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Transfers between funds**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||**26,529.59**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**26,529.59**
**£**||**26,094.43**
**£**| ||||||||||| ||**723.62**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**723.62**
**£**||**5,203.35**
**£**| ||-
£||-
£||-
£||**-**
**£**||-
£| ||28,962.31
£||5,007.59
£||-
£||**33,969.90**
**£**||28,766.55
£| ||**29,685.93**
**£**||**5,007.59**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**34,693.52**
**£**||**33,969.90**
**£**| Page 6 of 21 ||**High Peak District Scout Council**|**High Peak District Scout Council**|**High Peak District Scout Council**|**High Peak District Scout Council**|**High Peak District Scout Council**|**1180750**|**1180750**|**1180750**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period from**||**01/01/2023**||**To**||**31/12/2023**||| ||||||||||| |**Cash balances**|||||||||| |**Cash funds**|**Unrestricted funds**||**Restricted funds**
**Endowment funds**
**2023**||||**Total funds**||**2022**
**Total funds**| |Current A/C|**£ 17,551.20**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 17,551.20**||**£ 16,381.55**| |Investment A/C|**£ 11,812.73**||**£ 5,007.59**||**£ -**||**£ 16,820.32**||**£ 16,820.32**| |PettyCash|**£ 322.00**||**£ -**||**£ -**||**£ 322.00**||**£ 768.03**| |**_Total cash funds_**|**29,685.93**
**£**||**5,007.59**
**£**||**-**
**£**||**34,693.52**
**£**||**33,969.90**
**£**| ||||||||||| |**Committed Payments**|||||||||| |**Committed payments**(uncleared cheques)
**Uncleared Cheques at**
**31/12/2023**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**£ -**
**-**
**£**
Current A/C
Investment A/C
Alex Stewart Memorial Jamboree Fund
**_Total committed payments_**|||||||||| |**Section Funds & other Sub-funds**|||||||||| |* "District" repesents all
District - Young Leaders
District*
**_Totals:_**
District - Explorers
Jamboree
Wallaboree
PaddleSports SASU
**Sub accounts**
District - Beavers
District - Cubs
District - Scouts
**Section funds and other sub-funds in**
**current account & cash**|||**Income**||**Expenditure**
**2023**||**Closing balance**||**2022**
**Closing balance**| ||||-
£||-
£||**784.86**
**£**||784.86
£| ||||835.50
£||970.79
£||**621.54**
**£**||756.83
£| ||||-
£||-
£||**1,210.72**
**£**||1,210.72
£| ||||4,482.90
£||2,558.49
£||**2,591.40**
**£**||666.99
£| ||||-
£||180.25
£||**29.43**
**-£**||150.82
£| ||||||||||| ||||6,273.50
£||8,451.21
£||**2,177.71**
**-£**||| ||||-
£||582.51
£||**1,755.10**
**£**||2,337.61
£| ||||4,555.00
£||5,000.00
£||**445.00**
**-£**||| ||||||||||| ||||29,662.81
£||27,342.84
£||**13,561.72**
**£**||11,241.75
£| ||||**45,809.71**
**£**||**45,086.09**
**£**||**17,873.20**
**£**||**17,149.58**
**£**| ||||non-section funds and fu||nds not included in sub-fu||||| Page 7 of 21 ## GRADBACH WARDEN’S REPORT 2023 saw us further increase our visitor numbers, following the Covid shutdown of 2020/21. We are nearly back at 2019 levels. The site hosted the 41[st] Border Hike, a WSJ county training camp, and many summer camps. To the end of 2023 we completed bookings totalling 99 farmhouse nights, 75 cottage nights, 106 camping pod nights and 9829 camping nights. In addition to the usual compliance and servicing works, larger maintenance works were completed at the site during 2023, included the progression of the farmhouse development to the detailed design and tendering stage. Unfortunately, we are just a bit short on funds to commence work on the project this year. Further improvements have been made to our site water distribution system, including a new water pipe to site 7 and a new kitchen installed in the Den; this has really improved the facilities for our duty wardens. The Duty Warden rota ran from Easter until the end of October and a huge thanks to all our old and new friends who joined us as duty wardens. I would like to thank everyone involved with the site, in particular I would like to mention: Mel Babington who as our booking secretary is the first contact most of our customers have with the site and customers always speak highly of Mel and how helpful she is Thanks very much Mel. Also, to Simon Davies for looking after our social media presence and generating interest in the site. Thanks to our committee, chaired by Mark Babington, to our Treasurer John Pritchard, secretary Simon Davies, to Charlotte Rushworth for taking on the running of our Providore, Will Ingleby for running our website and to our technical team of Tony, Nick and young John who expertly look after everything ‘technical’. My thanks Page 8 of 21 also go to the Gradbach Committee who continue to play a valuable role in helping guide the site into the future, following recent challenging times. We have been blighted by many trees on site, suffering from Ash Dieback and these are being managed on a continual basis. A huge thanks to Pete & Ruth Pollard who have taken the lead on this project and to the staff who then turn it into logs for our wood burners. On the plus side it has saved our fuel bill! 2024 looks like it will be another busy year, with us hosting the Wallaboree in May and our building bookings have already nearly surpassed the 2023 level. We have already held another successful ‘Chilly Challenge’ camp, where 140 campers survived near freezing temperatures. Best Wishes Mark Rushworth Camp Warden Page 9 of 21 ## GRADBACH TREASURER’S REPORT 2023 was a very strong year financially for the site generating a net receipts over payments of £57k. This was driven by a record year in terms of camping income representing £58k and also no major capital expenditures taking place during the year. Total income for the site was £114k, with customer income being split 57% camping, 30% Farmhouse, 10% Cottage and 3% Pods. Significant amounts of remedial maintenance and regulatory compliance was carried out during the year, the largest being a new Den kitchen and major upgrade to the Den’s electricals costing a total of £9k. The site started the year with total funds of £214k and ended the year with funds of £272k. In summary, the funding position for the financial year was as follows: |Opening cash funds at the start of the year
Receipts
Less Expenditure
Net of receipts/(payments)
Closing cash funds at end of year
osing cash funds were made up of the following:
Natwest Current A/C
CoOp Current A/C
Natwest Bonus Reserve
Nationwide Instant Saver
Petty Cash
Providor Float
**_Total closing cash funds_**||£ 214,339
£ 114,380
£ 57,148
£ 57,232
£ 271,571
**2023**
**2022**
£46,026.95
£37,393.66
£109,473.50
£62,981.50
£37,510.68
£37,062.72
£77,965.79
£76,703.85
£47.11
£10.91
£547.00
£186.00| |---|---|---| |||**£214,338.64**| Closing cash funds were made up of the following: Total assets for use by Gradbach Scout Camp and belonging to the High Peak District Scout Council is estimated at a value of £2,591k, which consists of; buildings and contents: £2,161k, land: £390k, vehicles: £35k, other: £5k. The accounts have been independently examined and agreed by Ian Potts and in addition to being approved at Gradbach Scout Camp’s AGM, they will be presented to the High Peak District Scout Association’s Executive Committee being the governing body for approval at its AGM. John Pritchard FCCA Page 10 of 21 **----- Start of picture text -----**
10,505 2023 13,333 2023
11,529 2022 9,308 2022
4,595 2021 44,268 2021
2,030 2020 26,463 2020
11,690 2019 7,742 2019
12,950 2018 5,565 2018
13,817 2017 (Providor, Grants , Events, Donations) 7,682 2017
12,850 2016 5,651 2016
13,721 2015 6,125 2015
Cottage Income 13,640 2014 5,612 2014
15,800 2013 Other Income 6,695 2013
8,560 2012 6,790 2012
9,450 2011 15,445 2011
15,179 2010 81,777 2010
£20,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £0 £80,000 £60,000 £40,000 £20,000 £0
2010 includes £76k Grant for Toilet Block. 2011 includes £8k Grant for Toilet Block 2020 Includes £26k Covid Assistance Grants 2021 Includes £33k Covid Assistance Grants and £11k Grants towards Camping Pods 2023 Includes £4k Donations
2,877
29,920 2023 57,745 2023
3,372
25,180 2022 36,738 2022
6,275 2021 12,736 2,120 2021
3,643 2020 794 2020
29,290 2019 2019
56,900
28,430 2018 Pods Income 47,241 2018
29,108 2017 2017
38,402
25,269 2016 2016
41,428
31,487 2015 2015
30,741
29,149 2014 2014
Farmhouse Income Camping Income 36,116
23,168 2013 Camping & Pods Income 31,997 2013
29,687 2012 2012
39,253
25,743 2011 2011
33,538
30,762 2010 2010
25,292
£35,000 £30,000 £25,000 £20,000 £15,000 £10,000 £5,000 £0 £60,000 £50,000 £40,000 £30,000 £20,000 £10,000 £0
**----- End of picture text -----**
Page 11 of 21 **----- Start of picture text -----**
2023
271,571
214,339 2022
2021
214,984
33,867 2020
2019
182,822
2018
149,602 2017
111,330 2016
2015
189,473
2014
Total Payments 39,68743,849
Closing Cash Funds
51,182 106,418 2013
80,619 79,941 2012
76,269 2011
204,284 44,672 2010
£220,000 £200,000 £180,000 £160,000 £80,000 £60,000 £40,000 £20,000 2010 Includes £161k expenditure on Toilet Block 2012 Includes £39k expenditure on Cottage Toilet & Showers 2016 Includes £60k expenditure on Workshop 2017 Includes £44k expenditure on Workshop and £49k on FH Extension Groundworks 2022 Includes £37k new Borehole £280,000 £220,000 £160,000 £100,000 £40,000 £20,000
114,380 2023
86,127 2022
69,994 2021
2020
39,371 2019
40,704 2018
2017
-60,594
85,198 2016
82,075 2015
Total Receipts 84,517 44,830 2014
77,659 Net Receipts/Payments 2013
3,672 2012
2011
2010
153,010
£160,000 £140,000 £55,000 £35,000 £15,000 -£5,000 -£25,000
57,148 2023
86,772 2022
36,895 2021
2020 181,885
66,250 2019
53,482 2018 143,451
2017 102,747
2016 163,341
2015
2014
151,248
2013
2012
52,579 2011
2010
£140,000 £120,000 £100,000 £0 £260,000 £240,000 £200,000 £180,000 £140,000 £120,000 £80,000 £60,000 £0
2023 57,232
2022 -645
2021 33,099
32,930 2020 -937
2019
105,621
94,186 2018
89,008 2017
2016 -26,132
2015 38,225
2014
2013 26,477
2012
84,17684,291 2011 31,597
2010
-51,274
£120,000 £100,000 £80,000 £60,000 £40,000 £20,000 £0 -£45,000 -£65,000
**----- End of picture text -----**
Page 12 of 21 **Charity Name No Gradbach Scout Camp 1036642 Financial Statements For the period from** 1st January 2023 31st December 2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General Camp**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£'s**|**Last year**
**Total**
**£'s**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |~~F~~armhouse|**30,650.00**
**-730.00**
**10,625.00**
**-120.00**
**2,877.00**
**57,744.57**
**4,355.59**
**4,148.00**
**1,709.90**
**3,120.00**|||**30,650.00**|**25,180.00**
**11,858.50**
**-330.00**
**3,372.00**
**36,737.72**
**3,897.41**
**308.00**
**2,667.00**
**281.25**
**2,155.00**| |~~F~~armhouse - Refunds||||**-730.00**|| |~~C~~ottage||||**10,625.00**|| |~~C~~ottage - Refunds||||**-120.00**|| |~~P~~ods||||**2,877.00**|| |~~C~~amping||||**57,744.57**|| |~~C~~amping- Refunds|||||| |~~P~~rovidor||||**4,355.59**|| |~~D~~onations||||**4,148.00**|| |~~C~~ovid Grants|||||| |~~I~~nterest||||**1,709.90**|| |~~M~~arquee Hire|||||| |~~M~~isc|||||| |~~B~~order Hike EntryFees||||**3,120.00**|| ||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**114,380.06**|||**114,380.06**|**86,126.88**| ## **A2 Asset and investment sales, etc.** |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|**114,380.06**|||**114,380.06**|**86,126.88**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| |Repairs and Maintenance|**13,585.36**
**8,969.07**
**8,501.83**
**3,404.36**
**3,717.50**
**1,044.85**
**387.03**
**912.99**
**1,986.62**
**2,712.02**
**895.21**
**-52.60**
**2,347.39**|||**13,585.36**|**19,855.14**
**10,641.63**
**3,211.01**
**2,310.00**
**3,148.37**
**276.51**
**932.67**
**2,005.38**
**3,592.52**
**239.78**
**500.00**
**42.34**
**1,406.13**| |Refurbish Den Kitchen and Electrics||||**8,969.07**|| |Energy& Fuel||||**8,501.83**|| |Insurance||||**3,404.36**|| |Cleaning||||**3,717.50**|| |Admin||||**1,044.85**|| |Staff Food||||**387.03**|| |Telephone & Internet||||**912.99**|| |Rates & Waste||||**1,986.62**|| |Providor||||**2,712.02**|| |Misc||||**895.21**|| |Donations|||||| |District Camps / Events||||**-52.60**|| |Border Hike Expenses||||**2,347.39**|| ||||||| ||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**48,411.63**|||**48,411.63**|**48,161.48**| |**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, etc.**|||||| |CampingPods|**2,095.44**
**3,469.87**
**799.00**
**550.00**
**1,821.73**|||**2,095.44**|**752.80**
**900.00**
**36,957.60**| |Farnhouse Extension||||**3,469.87**|| |New Borehole|||||| |Honda HRN Mower||||**799.00**|| |LogSplitter||||**550.00**|| |Cooker for Cottage||||**1,821.73**|| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**57,147.67**|||**57,147.67**|**86,771.88**| ||||||| ||**57,232.39**|||**57,232.39**|**-645.00**| ||**214,338.64**||||**214,983.64**| |||||**214,338.64**|| ||**271,571.03**|||**271,571.03**|**214,338.64**| Page 13 of 21 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**B1 Cash funds**|**Unrestricted funds**
**General Camp**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£'s**|**Last year**
**Total**
**£'s**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Natwest Current A/C|**46,026.95**
**109,473.50**
**37,510.68**
**77,965.79**
**47.11**
**547.00**|||**46,026.95**|**37,393.66**| |CoOpCurrent A/C||||**109,473.50**|**62,981.50**| |Natwest Bonus Reserve A/C||||**37,510.68**|**37,062.72**| |Nationwide Instant Saver||||**77,965.79**|**76,703.85**| |PettyCash||||**47.11**|**10.91**| |~~P~~rovidor Float||||**547.00**|**186.00**| |**_Total cash funds_**|**271,571.03**
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**General Camp**
**£'s**|||**271,571.03**|**214,338.64**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**
Shown at Current Value
**Details**||||OK
|OK| |||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£'s**|**Last year**
**Total**
**£'s**| ||||||| |**B3 Investment assets**
Shown at Current Value
**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**General Camp**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£'s**|**Last year**
**Total**
**£'s**| ||||||| |**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**
**use**
**Details**|**Unrestricted funds**
**General Camp**
**£'s**|**Unrestricted funds**
**XXXXX**
**£'s**||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**£'s**|**Last year**
**Total**
**£'s**| |For use by the Gradbach Scout Camp and
belonging to the High Peak District Scout
Council|**913,762.39**
**422,386.31**
**351,988.59**
**351,988.59**
**70,397.72**
**26,678.33**
**12,323.24**
**3,335.58**
**8,002.86**
**2,666.75**
**2,001.29**
**400.00**
**7,500.00**
**23,000.00**
**944.00**
**639.00**
**440.00**
**2,683.27**
**390,000.00**||||| |Farmhouse**_a_**||||**913,762.39**|**839,855.14**| |Cottage**_a_**||||**422,386.31**|**388,222.71**| |Rover Den**_a_**||||**351,988.59**|**323,518.93**| |Toilet & Shower Block**_a_**||||**351,988.59**|**323,518.93**| |Workshop **_a_**||||**70,397.72**|**64,703.79**| |BuildingContents**_a_**||||**26,678.33**|**23,969.75**| |CampingPods x2**_a_**||||**12,323.24**|**11,072.09**| |WorkshopContents**_a_**||||**3,335.58**|**2,996.93**| |Water Pumphouse Contents**_a_**||||**8,002.86**|**7,190.35**| |Ivor WilliamsTrailer(purch Sept '09) **_a_**||||**2,666.75**|**2,396.00**| |BrederupBox Trailer(purch Apr '13) **_a_**||||**2,001.29**|**1,798.11**| |Aerator(purch Mar 17) **_c_**||||**400.00**|**600.00**| |Kawasaki Mule(purch April 17) **_a_**||||**7,500.00**|**7,500.00**| |Case Tractor - MX19 GBY(purch June '19) **_a_**||||**23,000.00**|**23,000.00**| |FlemingMower (purch June '19) **c**||||**944.00**|**1,144.00**| |Honda HRN Mower(purch Feb 23) **_c_**||||**639.00**|| |LogSplitter(purch Feb 23) **_c_**||||**440.00**|| |Gradbach Providor Stock**_b_**||||**2,683.27**|**3,073.69**| |CampingGrounds**_c_**||||**390,000.00**|**390,000.00**| |**_a_**Based on 2023 latest insured values|||||| |**_b_**Based on purchase cost
**_c_**Based on estimate by Trustees
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**B5 Liabilities**
Shown at Current Value
**Details**|||||| ||**2,591,137.92**|||**2,591,137.92**|**2,414,560.42**| ||**Unrestricted funds**
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**£'s**| ||||||| Page 14 of 21 ## EXPLORER SCOUTS 2023 has been quite a full-on year with a lot going on. The changes at Solomon’s unit was trying but was well sorted out in the end. We fully welcomed Leader Ellie Sigley together with Matt Collins, Cam Smith and it was great to see the return of Rory Davis. Cracken ESU started the year by winning the Ready Steady Cook comp and did no end of activities throughout the year. I am sorry to say that I only visited Taxal a couple of times but the numbers are not bad but they too had a varied programme. All-in-all numbers are good across the three units, with a total of around 40 to 50 Explorers, but these numbers are on the increase. Meetings are now more regular between the units and a large programme of DofE activities are going to take place in the near future. We had a delegation go to the world Jamboree from the High Peak and they reported back that even though there were a lot of problems they seem to have enjoyed their experience. I will be standing down as DESC in 2024. This has not been an easy decision, but as you may know Matt Collins has agreed to take on the role of DESC and I wish him and all the leaders the very best. For me personally, I have been in scouting nearly all of my life, I still want to be involved and I will always be available to help where I can with the High Peak District which I love very much, oh and I will continue to organise the Christmas panto. Andy Howe District Explorer Scout Commissioner Page 15 of 21 ## YOUNG LEADERS The Young Leader Unit is going from strength to strength: - There are currently 15 active Young Leaders registered with the District (as of 21/3/24) - A total of 11 training modules were delivered over 4 training days (February, October, November and December). - All active YLs registered prior to 1/1/24, including the 9 new YLs registered last year, have completed all the training modules and are currently working on their missions (4 of these need to do their First Aid training too). I have observed 2 of them delivering activities to their sections and aim to visit all of them at least once whilst they work towards the completion of their award. It is really useful to speak to Section Leaders when I visit and I have had some really positive comments from them about how the YLs are a great help to the running of their sections. - There is now a regular flow of new Young Leaders, with a new cohort due to start their training after Easter. - I am very grateful to the support with training sessions from Andy Vaines (Solomon’s Explorers) and Guy Townsend and to 1st Buxton for letting me use their hut. Nichola Morton Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leaders) Page 16 of 21 ## YOUTH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT This was my first year as youth commissioner and in that time I've had the opportunity to work with great people to shape the district and improve scouting for hundreds of young people. I started the year with my friend and co-youth commissioner stepping down from the role making my time as youth commissioner slightly more challenging. However, keen to make a difference, I pressed on with the hope of helping the district to fulfil our commitment to the young people in scouting across the high peak. The district has hosted some great events and activities over the period I have been youth commissioner. This includes the cubs Buffalo challenge, chilly challenges, ready steady cook and of course the Wallaboree which is coming up. All organized by fantastic teams of individuals giving Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers memories they will cherish forever. Difficulties in recruiting adults and volunteers causes the District and indeed beyond constant problems, but the district committee has done well to solve this issue where possible and I'm sure will continue to do so in the future. Unfortunately, I have not done as much as Youth Commissioner as I would have liked and my short time in the role is coming to an end. But it has been a great privilege to be involved in scouting from a Beaver to a leader, and work and meet some great, enthusiastic and kind people with whom the future of this district looks incredibly bright. A special thanks to Cath and the rest of the District committee for all the incredibly hard work you have done and will continue to do. George Furness District Youth Commissioner Page 17 of 21 ## PADDLESPORTS During the year 2022-2023, our second year of operation, the SASU team took 327 children on the water made up of 203 kayaking, 23 raft building and 147 canoeing. This was mainly a mixture of Explorers, Scouts, Cubs, Beavers but we also ran a session for Chinley Brownies and another one for Chinley Guides. There are a total of 11 adults registered as SASU members, one of whom deals only with booking admin and 7 of whom have regularly helped to run paddling sessions. We had three adults with scouting permits (one with a kayak permit and 2 with kayak and rafting permits). We had one Explorer with a personal permit who helped regularly with weekly sessions and there are a further 3 Explorers who have expressed an interest in gaining their personal permits and then helping to run sessions regularly in the coming season. We have one Explorer and two adults who want to gain their leadership permits so they can lead sessions in future. There are very few paddlesports permit assessors in Derbyshire at the moment so this process of assessing people for permits is painfully slow; Martin Berriman is currently working towards gaining a more advanced British Canoeing coaching qualification which will allow him to become a scouting paddlesports assessor thereby allowing him to asses others for paddling permits - this training has been kindly paid for by the Derbyshire Activity Permit scheme. Mark Butland already has the relevant national qualifications and was assessed as a permit assessor back in March 2023 however we’re still waiting for Compass to be updated before he can carry out any assessments. Using a grant of £3500, we purchased a total of 8 open canoes along with paddles and helmets from the company who had lent them to us during the first season. This ensured that we could continue to offer both canoeing and kayaking. The Paddlesports SASU is registered as a cause on the Co-op Community Funding Team and we received£494.77 funds at the end of February 2024. There is a Page 18 of 21 second and final pot of money to be distributed in November 2024 with a figure of £1,226.68 to be shared between the two registered causes in our community, as part of a £4m UK-wide funding pot. The amount the SASU receives from this pot will be dependent on the number of members who choose to support our cause so if you get the chance to spread the word that would be great. Co-op members can vote for our cause by logging on with their Co-op card. ## https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/82486 We have just purchased a second-hand road trailer so that we can transport our canoes when required. When the seller realised we were a scouting provision, they reduced the asking price by 50% and gave us three unwanted kayaks to add to our collection too!. We have an annual agreement with Combs Sailing Club for the use of a 20-foot shipping container for storage at a cost of £700 per year and we also store 6 of our canoes on site at a cost of £60 per year. Having purchased the canoes, we purchased insurance to cover them against theft since they are stored outside. The scouting insurance company, Unity, is charging us £221.60 per year for this. ## _**Aims/Objectives - We would like to:**_ - 1) get the same number or more children out on the water this season. - 2) offer pool-based sessions for those interested in skill development (e.g. rolling, skirt safety etc). - 3) organise a trip to take part in the 2025 SWAT river cruise on the Wye (30mile scouts paddle over 2 days). - 4) purchase some larger kayaks for larger paddlers. - 5) take part in the annual waterway clean-up event, probably from Bugsworth Basin to New Mills in June. - 6) get more people up to the skill level required to gain a scouting permit so that we can offer even more paddling sessions. ## **Finally** : Thank you to all the adults who have been involved in helping us to run sessions over the past year. The feedback from groups has been excellent and we could not do this without your help. ## Martin Berriman Paddlesports SASU Leader Page 19 of 21 ## HIGH PEAK DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 2023 Chair: Cath Chirgwin Secretary: _Vacant_ Treasurer: Cath Pitts District Commissioner: _Vacant_ (Covered by County Commissioner Sue Harris) Gradbach Representative: Mark Rushworth District Explorer Scout Commissioner: Andy Howe ADC Scouts: Pete Bywater ADC Cubs: _Vacant_ ADC Beavers: _Vacant_ Youth Commissioners: George Furness Ex officio members: • John Pritchard Appointments Committee - Chair • Pete Colling Appointments Committee - Secretary • Paul Read Cub Leader, 1[st] Chapel • Martin Berriman GSL, 1[st] Chinley • Paul Pitts District Training Administrator Page 20 of 21 ## HIGH PEAK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 - AGENDA ## **7.30 Monday 25th March 2024 at 7.30pm Chapel Scout Hut** ## 1 **Welcome and introduction** ## 2 **Apologies for absence** - 3 **Governance Topics** - a) Approve the minutes of the previous meeting of the District Scout Council Annual General Meeting held on 27[th] March 2023 - b) Approve the constitution based on the model constitution from Policy, Organisation and Rules - c) Note the District’s financial year - d) Agree plan to recruit members of the community to the Trustee Board - e) Agree the number of members that may be appointed to the Trustee Board - f) Agree the quorum for each District Scout Council (excluding this AGM) meetings of the District Trustee Board. - 4 **Review of the year** - a) District Commissioner’s review of the Scouts in the High Peak - b) Receive and consider the Annual report of the District Trustee Board, including the annual statement of accounts ## 5 **Making appointments** - a) Appoint the District Chair - b) Appoint the District Treasurer - c) Appoint members of the District Trustee Board - d) Appoint the Scrutineer/ Independent Examiner - e) Nominate representative of the District Scout Council to represent the District on the County Scout Council ## 6 **Closing Remarks** **Scouts Transformation Project** : Michael Hawley, Lead Volunteer Ripley and Heanor and member of the County Transformation Team. 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