## **10[th] Christchurch (Mudeford) Sea Scout Group** Trustees annual report for the year ending 31[st] December 2025 We have a Squirrel Drey, two Beaver Colonies, two Cub Pack and two Scout Troop and partnership Agreement with Neptune District Explorers We have a good mix of girls and boys, our numbers have grown even in this year. It’s great to see all of our young people experiencing so many activities. Our team volunteers are doing a great job in developing the young people through each section. All the young people are being awarded many badges through the varied programme. I would like to thank ALL the leaders and parents who support for their continued dedication and hard work. Moving forward for 2026, I am sure we will work together to ensure the young people of Mudeford gain the best Scouting experiences possible whether on land or water. ## **10[th] Christchurch (Mudeford) Sea Scout Group** The Group’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the group should income and fundraising activities fall short. In addition, we maintain sufficient funds for a rolling replacement of equipment. The Group is a trust established under the rules which are common to all scouts. The Group’s governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and The Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:- Peter Kenward Group Lead Volunteer 3 ## **10[th] Christchurch (Mudeford Sea Scouts) AGM report for the year of 2025** ## **Group Lead Volunteers Report** Mudeford Scout Group con�nues to grow, maintaining strong numbers across all sec�ons, including the successful launch of a second Scout Troop. Demand remains high, with wai�ng lists in place, highligh�ng the con�nued need for more volunteers to support delivery across the Group. The year began with the annual trip to the Royal Navy Swimming Gala in Plymouth, where both Scouts and Explorer Scouts achieved strong results. Weekly swimming sessions have con�nued to make a significant impact, made possible by a generous parent dona�on that will fund lessons for the next five years—an invaluable contribu�on to both water safety and confidence as a Sea Scout group. We con�nue to run one Squirrel Drey, two Beaver Colonies, two Cub Packs, and two Scout Troops, providing opportuni�es for a large number of young people within the local community. There have been some changes within the Trustee Board and leadership structure. Laura has taken on the role of Chair and has provided excellent support. We also thank Debbie for her dedicated service as Secretary, and Tre for his contribu�on to the Trustee Board, wishing them both well for the future. Bre� has stepped down from his role as Group Lead Volunteer, and we thank him for his commitment and leadership during his �me in the role. We are pleased that he will remain involved within the Group in a suppor�ve capacity. I have now taken on the role of Group Lead Volunteer and look forward to con�nuing to support and develop the Group moving forward. Our volunteer team con�nues to evolve, and we warmly encourage parents, friends, and members of the community to get involved and support the delivery of Scou�ng at Mudeford. ## **TSO** We have been working hard to try and update and improve our facili�es. This year we have managed to have the flooring replaced in the main hall. We also managed to secure funding to go towards the toilet refurbishment, from Hall & Woodhouse. We will be looking to replace the kitchen as soon as funds available. This is a summary of what our sec�ons have been up to: **Squirrels** 4 The Squirrel Drey has con�nued to grow, welcoming new members while suppor�ng others to transi�on confidently into Beavers. An expanded leadership team has enabled a broader programme, with a strong focus on hands-on ac�vi�es, outdoor learning, and crea�vity, all contribu�ng towards the Chief Scout’s Acorn Award. Squirrels have taken part in local visits, District events, and community ac�vi�es, helping them feel part of the wider Scou�ng family. belonging, with another enjoyable and successful year rounded off by fes�ve celebra�ons. ## **Beavers** Mudeford Beavers con�nue to thrive, with two ac�ve colonies delivering a varied and engaging programme to young people each week. Across the past year, Beavers achieved an impressive 736 badges, reflec�ng both par�cipa�on and the quality of leadership provided. The colonies made excellent use of outdoor spaces, with regular ac�vi�es including boa�ng at Hengistbury Head, hikes, and seasonal explora�on. A highlight of the programme was a crea�ve “flight experience,” helping Beavers achieve their Air Ac�vi�es Stage 1 badge in a fun and immersive way. Water safety and skills remain a priority, with all Beavers supported to complete swim tests and gain water-based badges thanks to strong volunteer support. The annual Four Seasons sleepover once again proved hugely popular, offering a wide range of themed ac�vi�es in one memorable weekend. A wide range of badges were delivered, covering areas such as safety, crea�vity, fitness, and environmental awareness. The leadership team con�nues to work collabora�vely, sharing planning and delivering consistent, high-quality programmes. This success is underpinned by significant behind-the-scenes effort from leaders, volunteers, and supporters across the Group. ## **Cubs** Mudeford Cubs have had another successful year, taking part in a range of ac�vi�es and District events, including a well-a�ended Cub Camp. The leadership team has adapted well to changes, with shared responsibili�es strengthening the delivery of a varied and engaging programme. Cubs have developed skills through outdoor ac�vi�es, visits, and learning opportuni�es, with many achieving their Chief Scout Silver Award before moving on to Scouts. The Pack remains strong and welcoming, supported by valuable parental involvement, making it a posi�ve and enjoyable year for all involved. ## **Scouts** The Scout Troop has had a highly successful year, beginning with strong performances at the Royal Navy Swimming Gala, where mul�ple medals were won and the Under-14s trophy secured. Growth within the sec�on allowed for the launch of a second Troop night, increasing numbers to around 40 Scouts and expanding opportuni�es. A standout water ac�vi�es season, a successful camp at Ferny Cro�, and the return of expedi�on camping supported skill development and progress towards top awards. Overall, it has been a year of growth, achievement, and varied outdoor adventure, supported by a commi�ed leadership team. ## **Family Camp** We held another of our very successful Family Camp in June, we �ed this in with Braggers 60[th] birthday party and a great �me was had by all families. Thanks to all the support from the Braggers team, the District SAS, as well as our own families and most of all Bre� and Sue for organising **Neptune** 5 Thanks to Neptune Explorers and their leader’s team, for working with the Group and providing us with the complete package of age ranges from 4 – 18 years! Their con�nued growth and providing exci�ng opportuni�es to the Explorers gives the scouts a focus and something to aspire to. ## **Our community** The Group con�nues to be supported by our Parish Church. we came together at the ‘Blessing of the Water’ at Mudeford Quay, Remembrance parade and Christmas in Mudeford Wood Community Hall to celebrate Christmas together. Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the last year, parents who sign up and travel to events, District leaders who put on great events for us to all come together and to all our Team volunteers and Sec�on Leads, the SBS Unit, SAS unit, Swimming team, Trustees, Young Leaders and Helpers who work so hard on delivering an exci�ng programme for our young people. Pete Kenward Mudeford Lead Volunteer 6 ## **Mudeford Squirrels 2025** Another enjoyable and busy year. Four of our older Squirrels ‘jumped across’ to Beavers, but eleven new Squirrels started their Scou�ng journey, which saw the overall size of the Drey increase from sixteen to twenty by the end of the year. During this �me, we have been lucky enough to add the exper�se of Cormorant, Dipper, Tern and Swan to our leadership team, allowing us to offer a whole new range of experiences within the two year rolling programme created to help our Squirrels achieve their Chief Scout’s Acorn Award. Learning about the history of Scou�ng for the Membership Badge can some�mes be a li�le tricky when you’re a Squirrel, but an evening of ‘camping’, playing games, learning new tradi�ons and skills, and a camp fire helped give a flavour of the �me spent with Robert Baden-Powell on Brownsea Island nearly one hundred and twenty years ago. We started the year by making cress heads and then became super chefs a few weeks later when we used the cress we had grown to make tasty sandwiches. Food was also on our mind when we visited Sainsbury’s too – we explored which environment our food came from and chose some interes�ng fruit and veg to try back at TSO. Tapping into our inner ar�st we created giant seascapes based on the story Tiddler, we also became scien�sts, making volcanoes and using our senses to explore the surroundings and make our own very special po�ons. A messy evening……….was just that, but great fun and allowed everyone to inves�gate just what you can do with dough, paint, bubbles, cornflour and water! In the summer term we were lucky enough to visit Dipper’s allotment and Tern’s mum’s stables as part of the Go Wild Ac�vity Badge. Finding out about animals from other countries, plan�ng sunflowers and making bug hotels with the SAS (Scou�ng Ac�ve Support) helped us to complete it. The Drey also planned a trip to St Catherine’s Hill, thinking about what we should take and how to dress for the weather. Luckily the sun shone, and we spent a glorious evening exploring, thinking about north, south, east and west and making pictures from whatever we could find. As the nights became shorter, we se�led in at TSO to share our favourite books and write and illustrate our own very own book called We’re All Going On A Squirrel Hunt. Another story (Lion Inside) and building a blanket camp helped us all to think about feelings and the comfy places where we feel happy and safe. Christmas cra� and our Group carol service at Mudeford Wood Community Centre brought another 7 the year to an end. During 2025 (and thanks to excellent support at District level) we have also had the opportunity to, ‘visit District Camp, ‘Go Nuts’ at Braggers Wood and meet Father Christmas with other Squirrels from Christchurch. We have also taken part in both the St George’s Day and Remembrance Sunday Parades. Joining Squirrels can be daun�ng for some and just another step along the way for others. However, the drey is an incredibly kind, caring and suppor�ve environment, which helps our Squirrels to grow and, without doubt, contributes to them feeling quite ‘at home’ when moving on to Beavers. Sparkles, our Squirrels mascot, always has great trouble choosing Squirrel of the Week and some�mes it’s hard to decide whether the leaders or the Squirrels have more fun! ## **Mudeford Beavers Report for the year of 2025** Since September 2021 Mudeford has continued to provide beaver scouting to many young people through our 2 amazing beaver colonies. Our Beaver leadership team work hard and well together to run mirrored programmes each week. The organisation of the meetings is split amongst us and copied from our previous rolling programmes on Online Scout Manager, which help to make our planning a little easier adapting and changing a little as we go but keeping some firm favourite events. Last years badge report shows between the 2 colonies the young people achieved a total of 736 badges. Our thanks as ever to Puffin who works so hard to ensure that all the badges are ordered and presented. It’s impossible to tell you about everything but here’s a snapshot! We did a lot of OUT in scouting again last year, enjoying the long summer evenings, litter picking bug hunting etc and with our visits to Hengistbury Head outdoors for our boating sessions supported by our SBS (Scout boat support) team, and even the crisper spring and winter evenings with various hikes for star gazing and exploring all things digital in our local town while taking in the Christmas lights for their Digital Citizen stage 1 badge! We also did exciting experiments for our experiment badge, flew in a plane piloted by our BA Pilot Jon, with our lovely air hostesses. We checked in by showing our boarding passes and passports and had our luggage scanned and found our seats on the plane. All for our air activities stage 1. Chomps and Nora (our beaver of the week beavers) also had a busy time supporting the beavers to achieve their builder badge by allowing themselves to be taken across the water in junk models designed and built by the young people (everything from zip lines to barges and bridges!) 8 We are very thankful that one of our parents supports the group to allow the young people to learn to swim at 2RM if they cannot swim and we are able to put all the Beavers through their swim test so they were correctly equipped to gain their paddle sports, time on the water and swim stage 1 badges. Our SBS team as well as teaching water sports also taught Navigation and water safety during the winter term for stage 1 navigator badge and towards our safety badge. Other activity badges achieved were collector / hobbies, Explore, Photographer, Safety, Health and fitness, Musician, Nights away, Earth Tribe and You Shape badges. Our four seasons themed sleepover was a success again – always well received by the Beavers who experience pancakes and pancake races, easter egg hunt, summer pebble painting and BBQ, Halloween and of course Christmas plus lots more all in the one weekend! Our family Camp last year was a little different to our normal family camp programme as Braggers celebrated their 60 th birthday that weekend, but we were proud to support the event and camp together at the same time. The year finishes with Chomps and Nora returning for a much needed ‘Spa break’ and leaders spending time with their families. Such a huge amount of work goes on throughout the year – a lot of it that you do not see behind the scenes from the reccie trips, phone calls, risk assessments , planning meetings , shopping for kit, programme planning, programme and camp prep, plus giving up extra weekend time to support the young people at parades and district events , letter and report writing , lost property finding, answering queries, recruiting, welcome meetings, AGM’s, water support, but we all do it because we can see the huge value and skills it brings to our young people Thank you to absolutely everyone, including our young leaders in all our Scouting Teams at Group and at District level who work tirelessly to make such a difference for our young people and thank you for the support you give our Group. ## **Cubs Annual Report 2025** Mudeford Cubs have had another great year of activities and events. We have just come back from District Cub Camp, where we were lucky with the weather, and had great fun with ‘I’m a Cub, get me out if here’ themed camp with 9 Cubs and Leaders from the rest of the District. We also participated in many of the other District events (5 a-side football tournament, District Hike, Scrap-store challenge, and district quiz). This year has again seen a change in leadership, and we now have Sarah, Tara, Nicky Ziggy and Kenzie running Thursday pack and Lizzie, Sam, Sarah and Peachy running our Tuesday pack, with help from our young leader – Harry. Over the year, we have thanked and said goodbye to a couple of leaders, Michelle and Michelle, and two of our younger adult leaders left for university and jobs. As the year has progressed, we have begun to organise our leadership team and delegated out responsibilities for certain parts of our administration and programme planning. As you can appreciate, it takes time to learn, and we are working well together, to listen to feedback from our young people, our parents and our leaders to ensure we are always adapting and improving. The Cubs have been out and about during our normal meeting times doing various activities and visits. Sessions have included celebrating what makes us unique, first aid, personal and road safety, learning about space, navigating, nature and communicating. We have visited Stanpit Marsh, Bournemouth Air Museum, St. Catherine’s Hill and Wilverley inclosure. The majority of our Cubs moving up to Scouts have achieved their Chief Scout Silver award. These are achieved through hard work and more importantly turning up to all the pack nights. Again, well done to them, and we hope you are enjoying Scouts. Of course, the Cubs moving up to Scouts are replaced by enthusiastic Beavers, sometimes they are anxious of the move but our Cub pack always makes them welcome and before long they are joining in as if they’d been here for ages. Our pack continues to stay healthy. Currently, we have 15 Cubs on Tuesday, and 18 Cubs on Thursday. The leadership team would like to thank ALL the parents that have supported their Cubs and us when we call for extra assistance. With out them it would be a tough job for us. Especially when setting up and unpacking from camps after a long weekend. The leaders are pretty tired but you help us pack away in no time at all. So finally, here’s to the coming year of Scouting. The fun both Cubs and Leaders have both at the weekly pack nights and District Activities is amazing, so if there are any adults out there that wish to join the fun, please come and join us; even for the short while your Cub is with us. You won’t regret it, plus it enables another 8 cubs to also enjoy the fun. 10 **Scouts Report for the year 2025** The Scout Troop has enjoyed another active and rewarding year, with a strong programme of activities, events, and personal development opportunities. We began the year by taking part in the Royal Navy Swimming Gala in Plymouth, which was a fantastic experience for those involved. The Scouts performed exceptionally well, winning multiple medals and securing the overall Under-14s trophy—an outstanding achievement and a great way to start the year. With the addition of more leaders, we were pleased to open a second Troop on Friday evenings. This has enabled us to grow significantly, and we now have approximately 40 Scouts attending across both nights, strengthening the section and allowing us to deliver a broader programme. Outdoor adventure has been a key highlight of the year, particularly during a very successful water season. Scouts had the opportunity to take part in sailing, powerboating, kayaking, canoeing, raft building, and paddleboarding, developing both skills and confidence on the water. We also held a camp at Ferny Croft, where Scouts demonstrated their teamwork and practical abilities, most notably by designing and building a large pioneering swing—an impressive achievement that showcased their skills and creativity. For the first time in many years, we ran an expedition camp to support Scouts working towards their Chief Scout’s Gold Award. This was a great success and provided valuable experience in planning, teamwork, and resilience. We aim to make this a regular annual event moving forward. Throughout the year, Scouts have also taken part in a wide range of meetings and activities, building skills in navigation, camping, first aid, and leadership, alongside continuing to represent the Troop at District events. The leadership team has worked hard to deliver a balanced and engaging programme, supported by parents and volunteers who contribute significantly behind the scenes. Overall, it has been another successful year for the Scout Troop, with strong growth, exciting opportunities, and continued achievement across the section. ## **SBS Annual Report for the year 2025** This season we have continued running our boating sessions for the Scouts using the structured sailing and paddling scheme started last year. This has allowed us to tailor the sessions to smaller groups based on their experience and ability, helping them work through the staged badge levels and further develop their on-water skills. After half term we were joined by the Beaver and Cub sections for their boating sessions with sailing, kayaking and rafting on the menu. We were once again the recipients of Bryan Pooley’s incredible generosity. Bryan has given up boating at the grand old age of 90, and not only donated his dinghy and outboard, but also his beloved harbour boat and outboard, which we have named Bryan in recognition of his kindness. ## Bryan Our ongoing partnership with Neptune Explorers means that the SBS have been able to run different activities with the other sections that we may not normally be able to, and to help them run some of their sessions with SBS team members supporting the Neptune team. 11 I am extremely grateful to the dedicated SBS team of volunteers who turn out week after week to allow us to run the sessions for so many young people in the group, and to have run another busy and successful season at Hengistbury. 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Bullolw ofthe TS. ¢Je*s at strn￿ ffttSr¥J* 3. BoJ¥r¥J eq￿rnent Is at Iwrarre arnl o)r%tst rf Lastr Ptr￿, knyak4 trjlkts, trollies. arKI • ￿1pme￿ Independent examiner's report to the trustees of 1 Oth Christchurch Mudeford Sea Scout Group, Scout Council I report to the Irustoes on my examkthlon ofthe accwnts of the 10th Christchurch Mudeford Sea Scout Grow fDr the year er#Jed 31 Decemtw 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the cheiity In￿ ofthe 101h Chrbtthurch M￿f0rd Saa Scout Group, you are r8sponsibl6 for the proparation of Iho accounts in accordan￿ wlth Ihe rwulrements of the Charit188 Act 2011 (Ihew. I report In ￿SpeCt of my 8xaminati￿ of 10th Chrf&tchur¢h mude1￿￿ Sea S¢oLrt Group, tho accounts Carr￿ out under So￿10n 145 of the 2011 Act and in canylng out my examinatknn I have follovmd 811 th8 apF1IGa￿8 DIrec1k￿S gtrrfen by the Charty Commlssion under sectfon 145(5)(b) oftr* Art Independent examiner's statement I have compteted my axarnlnallon. I confimi thal no materfal hav• com¢ to my attention In ¢onn•thn with eXa￿￿n8110n gmry m• (auwe to that Fn material respecl.. l. accounting records wwe not kept in respect of the 10th Chrf#tchur¢h Mudeford Sea sc￿ Group as r8quired ty $8ction 130 ofthe A(t or I a￿ount3 do not aco)ryl vitth those recor(18. I have no (x)ncm and come across no olh8r mattèrs in conn&lion wFth the axamination to whi¢h attentlon shOL￿d be drawn in this report in orderto enable a proper undw8landlng of the a¢ry)unts to be[e￿had. Slgned: N8m8: Richard Webb Address." 62 A￿Ue. Ferndrywn. tkntS8L 8H22 9PJ Dats". 17 June 2028