2021-12-31-accounts

1[st] Wormley Scout and Guide Group Annual Report & AGM 2021

The 1[st] Wormley Group Council AGM Friday 3[rd] June 2022 7pm Agenda

1. Apologies for absence

2. Review and approval of minutes of the last AGM held on Sunday November 7[th] 2021.

3. Matters Arising

4. Election of officers and Group Scout Leader

5. Appointment of Independent Examiner of Accounts

6. Nomination of parents from each Scout section, to serve on the Group Executive Committee

7. To co-opt leaders and parents from each section of the Rainbows, Brownies and Guides, to serve on the Group Executive Committee

8. To receive and approve the Annual Group Accounts and report from the Treasurer

9. To receive the annual reports from each section

10. Any other business

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Chair’s Report

Some positives for 2021: we renewed our lease for the land from Broxbourne Council for another 20 years, we received grants and were able to replace the windows in the bottom hall and the doors (though the doors are proving problematic!) and we treated our amazing volunteer leadership team to lovely new T shirts with their names on.

This is our AGM for 2021 as we all know the pandemic continued to cause problems for us all. When meetings could resume, and leaders felt happy to have their sections back, with strict but gradually relaxing COVID guidelines being in force, this happened – but was again very tricky situation for leaders and for young people.

Once again we didn’t have our main fundraising events were cancelled so no fireworks and no summer day – fireworks will return this November (with a bang!). We continue to raise some money via EasyFundraising, The Broxbourne Lottery and Amazon Smile.

Financially again we were supported by COVID grants from the government which helped enormously. Hayley and I worked hard on saving various costs. Hall bookings resumed and it was lovely to have such a variety of folks using our facilities across the week – everyone from babies with a parent enjoying a music class, to the dancers tapping away and the retired groups chatting over a cuppa and creating art works. We are truly a community space for all.

Thanks to all our leaders who work so well together and to those parents on the exec committee for their support, help and for volunteering. I know we all fit it in around busy lifestyles, families, and jobs but it is all appreciated by the young people and their parents. Special thanks to Lez, Joy, Nathan, Maria and Hayley. Thanks to Rookie for being minutes secretary for many years (with a twisted arm latterly) and welcome to our new secretary: Sonja!

Watch this space for new and exciting refurbishment work happening in 2022! If you’d like to get involved in supporting the group, please ask your leader or email me. Please follow us on Facebook.

Best wishes, Ann Troll, Group Executive Chair [e-mail]

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GSL Report

Thank you for all coming and supporting this historical event, this is my 1[st] report in this role and hopefully more to follow.

The past 2 year has put a strain on all of us and especially in the volunteer sector (The Scout and Guide Associations).

When the lockdowns were finally lifted I personally was concerned how the response would be from the young people in coming back into our two associations but my doubts were unfounded.

The three Scout sections (Bevers, Cubs and Scouts) have all returned to their pre pandemic numbers if not stronger and the Guide sections are slowly picking up, this is not just in 1[st] Wormley but also nationally which is great news. New volunteers are always needed!

At 1[st] Wormley all the sections are well back into the swing of things and all have exciting programmes planned for the future.

I would like to close off by saying that the group couldn’t keep going if it wasn’t for all the volunteers from the leaders giving up 2 hours a week (ha ha!) to the members of the Group Executive Committee giving up a little more hours (even more funny), but especially over these last 2 years a special thanks to our chairperson and treasurer for all their effort behind the scenes.

I am looking forward to meeting everyone possible while group scout leader and please continue supporting the group directly or indirectly.

Best wishes, Lez Brown Group Scout Leader

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Section Reports: Guiding

1[st] Wormley Rainbows We held our Rainbows meetings via Zoom until September 2021.

1[st] Wormley Brownies

We started back with our face to face Brownie meetings in September 2021 having spent the first months of the year using Zoom. It was so good to meet again in person and welcome some new Brownies to our Unit. We made bird boxes, had many craft evenings, did first aid and enjoyed putting a sling and bandages on each other , made fruit salad for our Mother’s Day Gift, did activities for Guiding Thinking Day and continued to follow the Guiding Programme for the Brownies section.

Rainbows earnt lots of badges over Zoom, whilst enjoying Science experiments, cooking, happy yoga and much more.

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It was so lovely to be able to meet at Wormley face to face again.

We started our face to face meetings back in September with a very low number of Guides. The pandemic had taken its toll and most of the Guides from the previous year did not want to continue to meet on Zoom.

We had a Badge presentation evening around the campfire, and some Rainbows received Bronze, Silver and Gold awards.

We currently have 19 Rainbows, and are at capacity, with a large waiting list of 30 plus.

However the few Guide we have are keen to turn up each week and enjoy their evening; they love cooking (or anything to do with food!!) and have had various cooking evenings, they did the photographers badge, some first aid, various crafts, Vlogging badge and had various evenings following the Guiding Programme for the Guides section.

I would like to say a big thank you to Jane Howard for all your support and for everything you do to help Rainbows run smoothly every week !

A very big Thank you to Hannah (Barn Owl) and ALL parents for their support and friendship they give.

Joy

We would also like to thank our Rainbow parents, without you, our Zoom meetings would not have been such a success.

Looking forward to a fun filled 2022!

A BIG thank you to Abi. Emily and Maria for all the help and support they give.

Sunflower (Maria) and Jane

Joy

Broxbourne District Ranger Guides

Like the Brownies and Guides, we started back with face to face meetings in September 2021. Many of the rangers had left to go to university so our numbers were extremely low. We have three girls who meet most weeks and enjoy all the homecraft activities, especially cooking, or anything to do with food! We made pancakes and enjoyed having a pancake race too, the chocolate fondu evening was fun as well! They have also enjoyed pyrography, glass engraving, glass painting as well as evenings just chatting and chilling! We also try to follow the Guiding Programme for the Ranger section.

Thank you to Abi and Caroline for all the help, ideas and support you give each week.

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Section Reports: Scouting

In 2021 Beavers began their first sessions in April we welcomed all the Beavers back with some games that we was able to keep a distance from each other still. Beavers covered first aid badge and safety badge by playing games, talking about health and safety within the home and outside. Beavers covered the Animal badge by talking about how we care for animals and had a show and tell with their own pets, we had dogs, a Hamster and Bearded dragon come and visit us. Beavers enjoyed bringing in their personal collection of things to achieve their collectors badge, the children had a range of things to show such as Pokémon cards, football cards, LOL dolls and even Shark teeth. Beavers covered their builders and skills badge by bringing in recycled objects to build their own creation, some people built castles some built robots.

The Beavers took a trip to the nature reserve where they did bug hunts and pond dipping. Beavers had lots of fun covering their science badge by making lava lamps and dropping Mentos into coke. We ended the year by covering our cooking badge making pizzas and cooking them on the fire and building our own fires. We also covered our cycling badge, beavers had lots of fun on their bikes and scoters in the hall. We loved making christingles and having a Christmas party.

Faye, Graham, Craig, Adam and Kathryn

In 2021 we started with some online sessions, including a virtual scavenger hunt, cooking, gaming and music events. Cubs learned about the countryside code, recycling and about different forms of disability. The Cubs tried backwoods cooking, gained the cycling badge and made bird boxes from scratch using a set of instructions and DIY tools. Thanks to Austin bringing in smoke machines, the Cubs learned about how firefighters train to deal with smoke-filled rooms and look for injured people, whilst also keeping themselves safe.

Thanks, Mandi, Wes, Craig, Austin, Tathan and Robert.

Who would have thought that when I wrote the Scout report in 2019 that it would be 3 years before I would be writing a report again? Over the last 2 years, along with other things that had been planned Scouting activities have either been cancelled or moved to times when they could be done.

In 2020 some Scouts from the troop took part in the district hill walking event in Derbyshire – this took place just before the first lock down, this unfortunately would have been the last event held by either district or group/ troop for over 18 months.

At last in 2021 we were able to re start face to face scouting and some activities and in Sept the troop had a weekend camp at the hut where the Scouts had a full Scouting programme including a hike, pitching tents which they don’t normally do and cooking on an open fire.

This year district managed to hold the hill walking event in Derbyshire of which 7 scouts from the troop took part and they all enjoyed it (apart from the strong winds and loosing the odd boot in the mud!).

The good news is that apart from all the problems over the past few years the troop has grown in numbers which is a good sign. I will close now with big thanks to Lucy Dixon and Nathen Cark whim without their help and support it would be difficult to run a successful troop.

Lez Brown

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1stwormley.org.uk

Thanks to all our supporters, hall hirers, helpers, leaders, young people, committee members, friends and parents!

New leaders and regular helpers are always needed across all sections! Message us to find out more [e-mail] @1stwormley

1st WORMLEY SCOUT GROUP Recelpts & Payinents Account Summary for the year ended 31 Decem￿r 2021 Thi8 Year Gaftw￿ Furnl Pre￿c￿5 Year Gwr81 FuThJ 41,659.88 20,559 09 {34,747.tr31 122.182.071 8,911.89 {1,622.981 Cash, bart 8Th1 milar furhds fcwaTd 39,252.46 40.875.44 46.164.35 39.252.46 and sign8d on thr bgh*lty 3.6-IL

1st WORMLEY SCOUT GROUP R•c•lpts •nd P•ym•nts for th• year •nded 31st DK•mb8r 2021 Ttrtsy MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS 2,899.fj0 1.IM.94 8ANK INTEREST HALL SNC¢JME 11.275.75 8.W8.75 DONATIONS I G114NTS 26.68&CQ 10,CY)).LJ) FUND RAISING (gros81 OTHER INCCAE 846.17 548.50 150.frfj GI￿ AID RECOVERED TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR Y• PREMISES 11,820.41 8.805.27 RENT 2,430.LKI 2.221.20 LIGHT AND HEAT 2.869.20 5,862.80 771.91 INSURANCE 1.116.70 REPAIRS & RENEWALS 10 250.94 28,487.25 17,414.78 ACTIMTIES 719.77 FUNO RAISING EXPENSES MEMBERSHIP TO DISTrICT scours 2,443.20 3.104. ADMINESTABUSHMENT EXPENSES 2,531.47 942.82 OTHER EXPENSES PURCHASE OF BADGES & UNIFORMS TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR 780.31 1•107 1st WORMLEY SCOUT GROUP Stat•m•nt of A•••t• & Uabllltl•• for th• y￿r •nd•d 31 D•Mmb•r 2021 Th"• Y••r FIXEO A8SET8 4.24&20 4,246.20 40NETARY A8SETJ •nk Cuirnrrt Accwrrtls) Bank DI￿•it AcC￿Jnt[I Cash In h•¥1 21.158.15 25,C￿.20 34.248.e2 S.￿5.84 46 184.35 39 252.46 43 498.86

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of the 1[st] Wormley Scout Group

I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2021

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act;

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act; and

• to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and

• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act

have not been met; or

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Name: ....................................................................................................... Michelle Withnell

Address: ................................................................................................... 14 Chime Dell, Whitwell, SG4 8BS

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9th June 2022 Signature: ......................................................... Date: ....................