5[th] Christchurch (Highcliffe) Scout Group Annual General Meeting For year End 2021
AGM 2021 Meeting Minutes
- Julie Langdown welcomed all attendees to the Annual general meeting for 2021.
Present
Chair Phil Stevens
Group Scout Leader Julie Langdown
Julie also informed all attendees that the meeting was being recorded due to a vacant secretary.
All attendees were informed that on the chairs were copies of all the documents relating to the AGM for 2021.
In attendance was the District Commissioner Juliet Gregson.
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Apologies were sent by Amy Kefford.
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Phil Stevens informed all attendees that the minutes for the 2021 AGM were enclosed in the information packs set out on the chairs and asked for approval of the Minutes of the AGM 2021
Proposer Helen Roberts Seconder Emma Tuckey All in favour None against
1. In the absence of the treasurer the Group scout leader Julie Langdown a copy of the accounts had been circulated prior to the AGM
Julie ran through the key elements in the accounts
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Capitation = £5,368 for 2020 compared with £4,200 for 2019. Capitation per member was £50.25 comprising £36 to HQ (an increase of £7.50 on 2019), £8.75 for County (a decrease of £1 on 2019) and £5.50 for District (these have remained the same).
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Julie advised that there was no intention to increase subscriptions this year but they would be reviewed next year.
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During the year we were down on scout hut hire due to COVID but we did hire the hall to a First Aid provider for £240 who was providing essential training
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£1,013 was raised by bag packing at Sainsbury
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£500 grant was received from HSBC
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We received a £10,000 COVID grant in April and £1,334 COVID grant in November. These helped to go to lost income during the year, which included the lost income due to no plant sale during 2021 due to difficulties with lockdowns.
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Plant sale income in 2020 was down on 2019 £9,761 against £12,458. This was due to supply difficulties from the nursery, the delaying of the plant sale timings due to COVID and the need to provide refunds/vouchers were plants were not available.
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Gift Aid - Julie reiterated that we can claim gift aid of 25p in the £1 but need tax paying parents to complete gift aid forms so that we can claim this back. The money raised through Gift Aid goes to our fundraising. GIft Aid is claimed in arrears. 2020’s gift Aid will be less than 2019 as we reduced subscriptions to help parents during COVID many of whom would have been furloughed.
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The depreciation for the van of £285 values the can at £3,015.
2. Sarah Approval of the Annual Report and Accounts Year End 2020
Our accounts were scrutinised by our independent examiner
Nikki Pengelly IAB
Proposer Helen Roberts
Seconder Sarah Carter
All in favour None against
3. Julie Approval of Group Chair
Phil Stevens has agreed to continue in the position of Chairman. As group scout leader Julie Langdown Nominated Phil Stevens as Chairperson for 2021
Proposer Sarah Carter Seconder Helen Roberts All in favour None against
4. Phil Approval of the appointment of the committee ex-officio members
The following members of the committee have agreed to take the position of
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Secretary Vacant
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Treasurer Sarah Carter
And will be nominated on block
Proposer Emma Hewitt Seconder Helen Roberts
All in favour
None against
Approval of elected members of the Group Executive
Phil advised that the committee was short of Parent representatives and advise that the committee needed at least 4 further parent
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members and reiterated that the commitment was for about 3 evenings per year.
The following members have agreed to remain as elected committee members with the addition of 2 new members.
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Vince Elsey Representing Beavers
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• Pip Newman Representing Cubs
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Jim Grant Representing Scouts
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• Debbie Darby Representing Nyeri
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Helen Roberts Parent Representative
Proposer Emma Hewitt__ Seconder Gail Grant __ All in favour None against
9. Julie Group Presentations
Julie awarded the mini shields from 2020 to the following members
Casey Hurgen-Toop Most helpful Beaver Logan Tuckey Kindest Beaver Dominic Tyne Beaver of the year Dan Wood Wolves - Cub of the Year Keira Tuckey Tigers - Do your best Emily Grant Tigers - Cub of the Year Freya Grindrod Most Improved Scout Matthew Roche Patrol Leaders Award Dylan Stevens Scout of the Year Molly Hindell Young Leaders Award
2021 Beavers Samuel Morgan Beaver of the year Cubs Fred Wallace Wolves - Cub do your best Award Leo Wolves - Team player of the year Aran Wolves - Cub of the year Logan Tuckey Wolves - Cub of the term. Liam Tigers - Cub do your best Award Isaac Tigers - Team player of the year Charlie Neal Tigers - Cub of the year & Casey Hurcoombe-toop
Scouts Francois Seal Most improved Skills Amelia Stevens Patrol Leader Award Sam Wall Scout of the Year Nyeri Mitch Explorer of the Year Award Group Scout Leader Awards Emma Roberts Young Leaders Award Jim Grant Ron Mason Award
The GSL gave cards and vouchers to Ian Smewing and Andy Hewitt, who are unfortunately departing our group, thanking them for their long service and dedication to Highcliffe Scouts.
Esther, Maya, Dominic, Francois, Alex, Jacob, Emily and Stephanie (Parent Helper) were thanked for their exceptional actions one evening when one of the scouts underwent a medical emergency whilst away from the hut. They helped to administer first aid, get leaders, keep the casualty calm and help direct the Ambulance Crew to the location of the incident. These awards are for First Aid Merit for their actions that evening.
10. Julie Julie Invited Juliet Gregson the District Commissioner to speak.
Juliet commended Highcliffe for representation at Gangshow and scouting prior to the pandemic. She also said that when the Pandemic came along Highcliffe adapted immediately to move to Zoom so as to not stop delivering a fun programme to the young people as the pandemic occurred. Highcliffe were one of the first groups in district to go back to face to face when the rules permitted and kept going as a group to fully engage the young people. Juliet thanked all the leaders for doing this and also to Julie and Andy for creating the Risk assessments to enable scouting to continue in Highcliffe especially as these Risk Assessments formed a basis for the whole District to move forward. Juliet also thanked the YP and parents for playing their parts in keeping scouting going.
Juliet also appealed for more help within the group in any way, whether that is as a leader, exec member or even coming to a camp to cook a meal. Even 2 or 3 hours a year make a difference.
Juliet made the following awards to leaders in the group
5 year award - Claire Toop Wood Badge - Pip Newman
- Julie Julie asked all those involved in running the scout group so that they could be thanked for all the work they had done during the year. Phil also thanked the leaders and committee members for all they had done during a difficult year.
Pip Newman stepped forwards to thank Julie for everything she does behind the scenes and for the many hours she spends each week helping the group.
Treasurers report
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There are four columns listed in the accounts this year ABC and D
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Column C and D represent the accounts from the year end 2020. On closer inspection we realised on Page 1, Column C, the amount of £18875 pounds (membership fees for Highcliffe) also included the £2835 pounds membership fees for Nyeri, therefore the amount of £2835 pounds has been accounted for twice. This is now amended and reflected in column D
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Moving to the 2021 accounts Page 1, column B, the capitation is shown as a negative on the receipts side of the account. We have removed capitation from receipts and moving forward will record it under payments rather than a negative income under receipts. This is reflected under Page 1, Column A, highlighted, capitation and also page 2, column A, highlighted capitation. This has no effect on the final summery on page 3. And all balances are
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Plant sale total sales this year was just over £12,000 pounds and we do not yet know the cost of the products. This will be sent out at a later date.
| 5th Christchurch (Highcliffe) Scout Group Receipts for year ending 31st December 2021 RECEIPTS Subscriptions Membership Fees Nyeri Explorers Membership Fees Highcliffe |
A B 2021 2021 615 615 13600 13600 -5075.25 14215 9139.75 0 0 0 0 300 300 150 150 450 450 16335.21 16335.21 66.33 66.33 16401.54 16401.54 0 0 2116.95 2116.95 2116.95 2116.95 0 0 500 500 3448.9 3448.9 792.18 792.18 4741.08 4741.08 |
C D 2020 2020 AMENDED 2835 18875 18875 -5468.75 -5468.75 |
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| Investment Income Bank Interest INCOME Hire of Scout Hut Nyeri Grants and Donations Covid Grants Donations Activities Explorer Camps & Activities Highcliffe Camps & Activities Fund Raising Plant Sales Fundraising Other Other Income Loans Gift Aid Uniform sales Total receipts for the year |
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| 16241.25 13406.25 |
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| 0 0 |
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| 240 240 600 600 |
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| 840 840 |
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| 11334 11334 1513 1513 |
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| 12847 12847 |
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| 0 0 2020.67 2020.67 |
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| 2020.67 2020.67 |
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| 9761.16 9761.16 |
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| 9761.16 9761.16 |
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| 0 0 3263.1 3263.1 323.5 323.5 |
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| 3586.6 3586.6 |
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| 37924.57 32849.32 |
45296.68 42461.68 |
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| 5th Christchurch (Highcliffe) Scout Group Receipts for year ending 31st December 2021 PAYMENTS Premises Landlord Nyeri rent to group Hall running costs Rates Electricity Bin collection Broadband Building Insurance |
A B 2021 2021 0 0 300 300 37.15 37.15 927.31 927.31 464.11 464.11 211.2 211.2 1953.92 1953.92 121 121 42 42 154.76 154.76 773.84 773.84 4985.29 4985.29 1674.38 1674.38 1437.62 1437.62 3574.46 3574.46 1169.68 1169.68 7856.14 7856.14 0 0 650.63 650.63 815.3 815.3 576 576 45 45 5075.25 7162.18 2086.93 4976.72 4976.72 4976.72 4976.72 185 185 1193.43 1193.43 130 130 484.14 484.14 54.15 54.15 -424.26 -424.26 500 500 1000 1000 3122.46 3122.46 1095.2 1095.2 2091.2 2091.2 3186.4 3186.4 |
C D 2020 2020 0 0 600 600 57 57 987.9 987.9 146.32 146.32 2481.21 2481.21 69.94 69.94 2161.74 2161.74 |
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| Contents insurance | ||
| Non Member Insuranc Cameras CCTV Maintenance Activities Explorer Camps & Events Highcliffe Camps & Events Activities Nyeri Activity Highcliffe Car Project Fundraising Plant Sales Administration Expenses Printing, Postage & Stationery Cleaning 1st aid & supplies Trophies & Engraving online scout manager Website and internet Go cardless Paypal fees Bank charge Solicitors Membership Fee Refund Capitation Equipment Explorer Equipment Highcliffe Equipment Other Expenses Training Motor Gifts sundry Covid Cost Over payment Errors Section Loan Hardship funding Donations Badges, Woggles and Scarves Badges and Scarves Uniform Payemnts For The Year |
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| 6504.11 6504.11 |
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| 362.45 362.45 3828.18 3828.18 453.85 453.85 |
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| 4644.48 4644.48 |
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| 5102.24 5102.24 |
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| 5102.24 5102.24 |
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| 114.71 114.71 607.82 607.82 0 0 756.94 756.94 618.07 618.07 201.52 201.52 234.88 234.88 54.89 54.89 462.8 462.8 0 0 60 60 |
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| 3111.63 3111.63 |
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| 6152.09 6152.09 |
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| 6152.09 6152.09 |
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| 18.49 18.49 1042.96 1042.96 158 158 213.55 213.55 424.26 424.26 0 0 |
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| 1857.26 1857.26 |
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| 419.95 419.95 977.73 977.73 |
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| 1397.68 1397.68 |
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| 31289.19 26213.94 |
28769.49 28769.49 |
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| Receipts & Payments of Accounts Summary for the year ending 31st December 2021 Total Income (less capitation) Total Payments (exc capitation) Net Receipts (Payments) for the year Cash and Bank Balances brought forward Cash and Bank Balances carried forward 5th Christchurch (Highcliffe) Scout Group Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31st December 2021 CURRENT ASSETS (BANK) CAF Group CAF Nyeri CAF Scouts CAF Cubs CAF Beavers Paypal Group CAF savings fundraising 46 CASH IN HAND (PETTY CASH) Group Explorer Scout Cub Beaver plantsale Van FG11 XBE 3300.00 (Depreciation) Totals Cash Assets for year ending FIXED ASSETS Equipments Assest for insurance purpose Total Assets Current Liabilities Total Assets |
2021 2021 A B 37924.57 32849.32 31289.19 26213.94 6635.38 6635.38 27159.62 27159.62 33795 33795 2491.76 2491.76 295.35 295.35 239.73 239.73 1000.63 1000.63 127.32 127.32 175.36 175.36 4330.15 4330.15 28789.57 28789.57 654.56 654.56 0 0 20.7 20.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 675.26 675.26 3015 3015 |
2020 2020 C D |
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| 45296.68 42461.68 |
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| 28769.49 28769.49 16527.19 16527.19 16767.43 16767.43 |
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| 33294.62 33294.62 |
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| 1820.97 1820.97 3046.22 3046.22 575.49 575.49 490.9 490.9 219.83 219.83 0 0 |
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| 6153.41 6153.41 |
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| 20619.42 20619.42 |
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| 386.79 386.79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| 386.79 386.79 |
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| 3015 3015 |
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| 36809.98 36809.98 0 30174.62 30174.62 |
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| 31132 31132 31132 31132 |
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| 67941.98 67941.98 0 61306.62 61306.62 |
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| 0 0 |
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| 0 0 |
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| 67941.98 67941.98 0 61306.62 61306.62 |
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ members of
Charity Name
On accounts for the year 31[st] December 21 Charity no 302216 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .
Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body |
Nspengelly | 16/05/2022 |
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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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Scouts Francois Seal Most improved Skills Amelia Stevens Patrol Leader Award Sam Wall Scout of the Year Nyeri Mitch Explorer of the Year Award Group Scout Leader Awards Emma Roberts Young Leaders Award Jim Grant Ron Mason Award
The GSL gave cards and vouchers to Ian Smewing and Andy Hewitt, who are unfortunately departing our group, thanking them for their long service and dedication to Highcliffe Scouts.
Esther, Maya, Dominic, Francois, Alex, Jacob, Emily and Stephanie (Parent Helper) were thanked for their exceptional actions one evening when one of the scouts underwent a medical emergency whilst away from the hut. They helped to administer first aid, get leaders, keep the casualty calm and help direct the Ambulance Crew to the location of the incident. These awards are for First Aid Merit for their actions that evening.
10. Julie Julie Invited Juliet Gregson the District Commissioner to speak.
Juliet commended Highcliffe for representation at Gangshow and scouting prior to the pandemic. She also said that when the Pandemic came along Highcliffe adapted immediately to move to Zoom so as to not stop delivering a fun programme to the young people as the pandemic occurred. Highcliffe were one of the first groups in district to go back to face to face when the rules permitted and kept going as a group to fully engage the young people. Juliet thanked all the leaders for doing this and also to Julie and Andy for creating the Risk assessments to enable scouting to continue in Highcliffe especially as these Risk Assessments formed a basis for the whole District to move forward. Juliet also thanked the YP and parents for playing their parts in keeping scouting going.
Juliet also appealed for more help within the group in any way, whether that is as a leader, exec member or even coming to a camp to cook a meal. Even 2 or 3 hours a year make a difference.
Juliet made the following awards to leaders in the group
5 year award - Claire Toop Wood Badge - Pip Newman
- Julie Julie asked all those involved in running the scout group so that they could be thanked for all the work they had done during the year. Phil also thanked the leaders and committee members for all they had done during a difficult year.
Pip Newman stepped forwards to thank Julie for everything she does behind the scenes and for the many hours she spends each week helping the group.
Trustee’s Annual Report For period of
| For period of | ||||
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| Start Date | 01 January | 2021 | End Date | 31 December 202 |
| Charity Name | 5thChristchurch Highcliffe | Scout Group | ||
| Registered Charity Number | 302216 | |||
| Charity Registered Address | Scout Hut | |||
| Chewton Common Road | ||||
| Highcliffe | ||||
| Dorset | ||||
| BH23 5AP | ||||
| Trustees | ||||
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | ||
| Courtney Fereday | Trustee | 01 January 2020 | ||
| Joanne Jarvis | Trustee | 29 April 2022 | ||
| Sarah Carter | Trustee | 01 December 2020 | ||
| Julie Langdown | Trustee | |||
| Vincent Elsey | Trustee | 01 January 2020 | ||
| Debbie Darby | Trustee | 01 December 2020 | ||
| Pip Newman | Trustee | 20 March 2014 | ||
| Philip Stevens | Chair | 19 May 2017 | ||
| Jim Grant | Trustee | 01 January 2020 |
Structure
Highcliffe Scout group is 1 of 8 groups that belong to the district of Christchurch.
The 5th Christchurch (Highcliffe) Scout Group provides Scouting to young people aged between 6 and 18 years of age. Activities takes place from the headquarters in Chewton Common Road Highcliffe. Young people take part in activities based on the section they belong to and their age. The Group currently have 4 sections within the Group 1 Beaver Colony, 2 Cub Packs, 1 Scout Troop. The group are also in partnership with the District Explorer unit (Nyeri).
Achievements
The leaders were exceptional in providing scouting through out what has been a very difficult period. The group is growing whilst also being cautious.
Objectives
Our main objectives moving forward are to recruit more volunteers. The sections are growing but whilst we keep to a relative number of members per section we are always in need of more volunteers.
We would like to improve the relationship between the local community and aim to incorporate more opportunities to work with the community. The sections are proactive and often organise beach litter picks. We have now purchased our own litter kit which we also loan to other groups.
Finance
As per the groups accounts Highcliffe scout group are in a good financial position. We have received a number of government covid grants that are there to help with additional covid costs both during the pandemic and moving forward.
The group have purchased the necessary equipment to help us comply with the covid safety measures. Any funds that remain once we return to normal life will be used for the possible rebuild of a new hut.
The group were able to help support other groups in our district. The trustees voted to deposit £1000 towards a hardship fund to help support other groups in our district who have not received the government covid grants.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees annual report as above
Signed on Behalf of the trustees
Group Scout Leader
2021 Started online for the Beavers, with the country still in lock-down. We had lost a couple of Beavers who could just note take to online Scouting and we kept moving Beavers up to Cubs. We had taken the decision during lock-down to not invite any new Beavers to join the group unless they were siblings as most found the online experience tough as it was, let alone being new. A notable online evening that everyone enjoyed was pancake day.
By the time we came out of lock-down and we were allowed face to face meetings - albeit outdoors - our numbers have been severely depleted, and we had a very young pack too. We tailored our program around outdoor activities, which are the more traditional Scouting skills.
Things picked up from Spring, the weather held and we were able to return to some sense of normality leading up to the Summer holidays. We were also able to slowly build up our numbers, and by the time we returned after summer we were at ¾ capacity. Once again, as restriction were lifted we were able to get the Beavers into the hut and start doing more craft based badges, which coincided with the weather and a lack of light.
In autumn we had a Halloween camp at Braggers Wood, and it was well attended by 95% of our Beavers, with parents hailing it a huge success - finally we were getting back to normal. The last part of the year felt normal as we’d all slipped into the new normal of social distancing and mask wearing. The Beavers were amazing at adapting to the ‘new’ way of doing things, and we were able to finish our year off with our traditional trip to Snowtrax.
2021, is a year none of the Leaders would like to repeat, online Scouting was hard and certainly took it’s toll, but the gloom has lifted!
We began this year of Cubs with Zoom meetings, as unfortunately we experienced another national lockdown which closed schools in January 2021. However, we made our Zoom meetings as exciting as possible, we covered some interesting topics, gained some badges, and had some fun including an online Taekwondo session, and an Astronomy evening with Mark Thompson.
Luckily for all we were able to return to face-to-face meetings after the Easter holidays, and both Cub packs welcomed new Cubs from Beavers. We maximised our time outdoors and enjoyed the lighter evenings, had fun with Beach clean, Mini Hike, fire lighting, backwoods cooking, and made Smores of course! Added to this, we also had our first District event in May with a District Cub Fun Day at Braggers Wood with lots of activities including Archery, Boldering, & Orienteering.
We started back in September still trying to utilise the lighter evenings. We had a fun evening Pizza making and using the Pizza oven at Braggers Wood. Both packs invested some of their Cubs whilst at Braggers, arranged new sixes, and awarded the necessary stripes. Another highlight of the term was a visit from the SAS who came and helped the Cubs achieve their woodwork badge making bird feeders and Memo boards. Also, in September some of our Cubs took part in the District Quiz, and we are proud to report that our Highcliffe team won!! Well done to the team members!! We were also able to hold our first camp (following Lockdowns) in November at Braggers Wood, the theme was Space and we had lots of fun especially making and setting off rockets! Also, in November we had a District Chief Scout Silver Awards Evening, which was a first for quite some time due to COVID and lastly, we finished off the year with Christmas parties for both packs.
We have already had lots of fun so far this year, and many activities and adventures planned for the coming terms.
Last year started just as the previous one had ended, so Spring term was mostly spent in Lockdown and still scouting over Zoom. This time we decided to use some excellent third party providers who taught us Taekwondo, Stargazing and how to serve up a delicious Mother’s Day Dinner and Dessert interspersed with the usual online quizzes, games and badge work.
We started off the Summer term returning Face 2 Face on St Georges Day, by reaffirming our Scout promise at the Cliffhanger after a successful evening’s Beach clean.
With the added daylight, this term had lots of hikes including learning about the Solar System in scale, Geocaching, Crabbing at the Quay and of course Navigation.
In between these we went back to key Practical Skills such as Knife Safety, Firelighting and Shelters along with a fun Saturday putting up tents and backwoods cooking on the fire pits.
The summer was topped of by a fun but exhausting evening at the New Forest Water Park.
Autumn term’s activities included learning about First Aid, International and World challenge topics plus Warhammer model making. We also had Wide games, Halloween hike and Bonfire Night campfire at Braggers.
To finish off the year we held a Xmas movie night in the hut.
The start of this year has seen a successful return to our 1[st ] real camp in 2 years in the lodges at Braggers, Ice Skating and the reintroduction of District events with teams enjoying themselves in both the Night Hike and the Football competition so far.
Throughout the year our numbers have remained healthy with a troop of between 32-36 Scouts.
Like other sections Nyeri have had a changeable and challenging 2021 with the changing of Covid regulations and making keeping our young people safe a priority. There were some zoom meetings but we managed to meet face to face more and more as the year went on.
We have managed to retain our leadership team of Rob Neal, Richard Darby, Debbie Darby and Phil Stevens with ad-hoc support from Julie Langdown and this appears to be working well as we all have a varied experience and knowledge base.
Along with the scouting staples such as bivouac making, knots, lashings, badges, pioneering and, of course, fire building we have done electronics where the young people make their own alarms, pyrography and taskmaster. We ended the year attempting to make gingerbread houses, some were successful, some not so successful.
We have also managed to have some fun. The young people have been rifle shooting at Bragger’s Wood, crabbing at Mudeford, Dinosaur Mini Golf and our, now annual, sand castle building competition.
Some of the explorers have been helping renovate Ian the Ford Escort, who was initially bought to teach the young people the basics of looking after a car. However, due to Covid, Ian sat in the garage and suffered for it. We were fortunate enough to have some friends of a leader come down over two weekends and weld and help improve Ian and he is now in a position where he can be passed back to the young people to carry on their good work. In the coming year we are hoping to put Ian through his MOT and use him to make funds for Highcliffe Scout Group with various events but ultimately ending in a raffle.
We have had some explorers sign up for the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme which is being facilitated by the district team who are both very enthusiastic and experienced.
As a team we are looking forward to continuing through 2022, the explorers are now beginning to write their own programmes and helping with the planning of evenings and activities which, hopefully, will give them skills for the future!