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2022-03-31-accounts

Providing Skills for Life Scouts South London Annual Report 2022

Skills for Life Our plan to 2025 South London Our vision By 2023 we will have seen year on year growth and will be preparing more young people with skills for life. Our scout groups and explorer scout units will be supported by a growing team of amazing leaders who together deliver an inspiring high-quality programme to suitably sized sections. Perception Scouting across South London is clearly understood, more visible, trusted, respected and widely seen as playing a key role in today's society. People More adults and young peoplejoining scouting from every community in South London. Places We provide amazing scout groups and explorer scout units with appropriately sized (but aiming for maximum sized), sections run by larger teams of adults. All our scout groups have a proactive executive committee in place. Executive members understand their role and know where to go for support. Our explorer scout units are governed efficiently within the district. Programme We provide exciting, high quality section programmes across our county, that are engaging, fun and enjoyable and are'benchmarked, and supported by simple Idigitall tools. Find out more and see what you can do to help your group or unit achieve our goals at: southlondonscouts.org.uk/ourplan

Greater London South

County Scout Council

Greater London South County Scout Council (known as South London Scouts), is an unincorporated association constituted in accordance with the Rules of The Scout Association (Registered No. 139, Charity No. 303883) covering the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Royal Greenwich, Southwark and Wandsworth.

The Scout Association (Registered Charity No. 306101) is incorporated by Royal Charter to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The Charter of The Association provides for the making of Bye-Laws approved by Her Majesty in Council which, in turn, authorise the making of the rules referred to above (known as ‘Policy, Organisation and Rules’, or ‘P.O.R.’). The County’s charity trustees are the County Executive Committee, who cannot act outside the Royal Charter, Bye-Laws and Rules of The Scout Association.

President

William M. Stern

Vice-Presidents

Howard B. Strong Peter James Linda Hurford Roger Cooke Gordon Carr Mike Jackson

Trustees – County Executive Committee - July 2019 to July 2020

Ex-Officio

County Chair County Commissioner County Treasurer County Secretary

Martyn Bain** Darren Lodge vacant vacant

Elected

Linda Moore*, Cheryl Stonebridge, Ben Ensom, David Attenborough

Nominated

Jason Hagan, Debbie Jeacock, Mark Doverty, Russell Jones

Principal Bankers

Barclays Bank

Auditor

Latham Lambourne, Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors. 18 Woodlands Park, Bexley, Kent, DA5

Registered Offices and County Headquarters

South London Scout Centre, Grange Lane, Dulwich, London, SE21 7LH

General enquiries

contact.us@southlondonscouts.org.uk

0843 289 0712

Investment and Reserves Policy

The work of the Executive Committee involves issues concerning financial control, particularly in the budgeting of events, activities and building maintenance as well as regularly monitoring the financial risks to which the County may be exposed. The income to the County is generated from investments, donations, grants and the membership subscription paid by members of the County. The Investment Policy of the County is such that our reserves continue to be held in low risk managed portfolios; the Executive Committee has reviewed the investments to ensure we are able to achieve a fair rate of return on the capital reserves held. The Reserves Policy was declared by the County Executive Committee to be the ‘maintenance of available funds, excluding known commitments and contingent liabilities, equal to a minimum of one year’s budgeted revenue expenditure’.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

Law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year (unless the charity is entitled to prepare accounts on the alternative receipts and payments basis). In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable laws and regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Risk and internal control

The county has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mismanagement or loss. These include two ‘signatories’ for all payments and comprehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered.

Principal risks facing the county are as follows:

Our structure

The County Commissioner is primarily responsible for the provision and development of scouting across South London. He is responsible for putting into place a management and support structure that underpins the needs of our county and districts and is responsible for generating a county strategic plan that meets the needs of the county and our districts, groups, units and networks.

Our county structure consists of five areas of work or functions, these are:

PLACES PROGRAMME PEOPLE

GOVERNANCE PERCEPTION

Heads of functions

Each of the functions has a ‘head of’ these are:

The County Leadership Team

The county leadership team manages the strategic leadership of scouting in the county and provides support at all levels. This overarching team is responsible for:

The county leadership team meets bi-monthly and is committed to being an exemplar of good practice in leadership and management.

The county leadership team is made up of:

PLACES

The places team supports the management, strategic approach and organisational development of scouting across the county at county and district level.

The places team is made up of:

  1. County Commissioner

  2. Assistant County Commissioner for District Support

  3. District Commissioners for Wandsworth

  4. District Commissioner for Lambeth

  5. District Commissioner for Southwark

  6. District Commissioner for Lewisham

  7. District Commissioner for Royal Greenwich

  8. Assistant County Commissioner for development

  9. County Development Officer

PROGRAMME

The programme team supports the provision of the 6-25 programme and adventurous outdoor activities, enabling our leaders to deliver challenging, exciting and relevant balanced programmes. They are also responsible for planning and implementing our county annual programme of activities, competitions and events for young people and promote youth shaped scouting, to help ensure that young people have a regular say in shaping their scouting experiences.

The programme team is made up of:

  1. Deputy County Commissioner responsible for programme

  2. County Youth Commissioner

  3. Duty County Youth Commissioners

  4. Assistant County Youth Commissioners

  5. County Activities Manager

  6. Assistant County Commissioner for International scouting

  7. Assistant County Commissioner for top awards

  8. County Event Managers (as appointed to lead on running of events and activities whilst the project is ‘live’)

  9. County Activity Advisors

  10. County Beaver Scout Leaders

  11. County Cub Scout Leaders

  12. County Scout Leaders

  13. County Explorer Scout Leaders

  14. County Scout Network Leaders

PEOPLE

The people team is responsible for supporting our adult volunteers in specialist areas and the provision of adult training. They are also collectively responsible for inspiring our adults to be professional in their approach and in turn show a united professionally run organisation.

The People Team is made up of:

  1. Deputy County Commissioner responsible for people

  2. County Training Manager for training delivery

  3. County Training Manager for training management

  4. The wider county training team

  5. Assistant County Commissioner for diversity

  6. Assistant County Commissioner for inclusion

  7. County Leader for Young Leaders

  8. County Development Officer

The County Development Service

Our county development service is a central part of our county approach to the growth and development of scouting across our five districts.

The service is steered and monitored by the county leadership team which enables us to work in ‘real time’, identify the projects we provide support to, plan future workstreams and proactively support DCs, GSLs and section leadership teams as situations arise.

The service works in partnership with new and existing volunteers and in collaboration with our scout districts, scout groups, explorer scout units and local communities to support the growth and development of local scouting to ensure that we continue to provide life changing adventure to even more young people across the 5 London Boroughs that we serve.

The strategic aim of the service is to work with the County Commissioner and our District Commissioners to ensure:

  1. growth

  2. organisational development

  3. adult recruitment

  4. volunteer support

  5. membership retention

Areas of support

Our strategic aims are achieved by providing support in the following areas:

Growth

Development

Support for line managers

Resources

Provide:

Support to growth facilitators

GOVERNANCE

Our governance is an important part of the day-to-day running of our county and exists to support the County team in meeting its responsibilities.

Our trustees, administrators and members of our sub-committees support the provision of our county services, strategy and development plan and act on matters relating to complying with the policies and rules of The Scout Association, protecting and maintaining our property and equipment, managing the county finances, promoting and supporting the development of scouting across the county and managing the South London’s Scout Centre amongst many other things.

Governance Structure

The members of the County Executive Committee are appointed in accordance with Policy, Organisation and Rules (P.O.R.) of The Scout Association. The County Chairman, County Commissioner, County Treasurer and the County Secretary are ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. Other members are elected or appointed at the Annual General Meeting of the Greater London South County Scout Council. The members of Executive Committee, who are its trustees, have met on six occasions since the last AGM in July 2019.

The Executive has three principal sub-committees to assist with its responsibilities, these are: the finance sub-committee, the appointments advisory committee and the premises sub-committee they meet regularly, and the executive committee receives their reports and then considers their proposals and actions their recommendations as necessary.

Appointments Advisory Committee

The county appointments advisory committee is a panel of three advisers (drawn from a larger pool within the county) to interview adults who have been recommended for a variety of county appointments and in doing so determine their suitability for the role.

Finance Sub Committee

The Finance sub-committee is chaired by the County Chairman and includes the County Commissioner, the County Treasurer, a member of the county executive committee, one Deputy County Commissioner and the South London Scout Centre Warden.

The sub-committee has devolved operational responsibility for financial management on behalf of the county executive committee and makes recommendations on appropriate financial management controls to the trustees. The County Treasurer is the trustee with day-to-day responsibility for financial management, acting on behalf of County Executive Committee.

Premises Sub Committee

This premises sub-committee monitors and controls the South London Scout Centre and our premises policies and budgeting controls on behalf of the county executive committee, including all health and safety relating to the use of the South London Scout Centre.

Membership of the County Executive Committee

The CEC includes some people who are members because of their position (the ex officio members), specifically the County Commissioner, County Chairman, County Treasurer, County Secretary and County Youth Commissioner.

In addition to the ex-officio members, there are three other groups of people who may be members of the County Executive:

elected members

these are elected by the County Scout Council at the Annual General Meeting.

nominated members

these are nominated by the County Commissioner in consultation with the County Chairman at the Annual General Meeting of the County Scout Council and there must be no more than the number of elected members.

co-opted members

these are co-opted by the CEC as appropriate/necessary, there must be no more than the number that are elected.

Other people deemed appropriate for the CEC’s current business may be invited to attend a meeting at the Chairman’s discretion.

PERCEPTION

The team’s collectively responsibly for promoting our brand values, delivering positive external communications, publicising scouting’s modern vibrant appeal, ensure that our communities know that scouting exists and how their children can access it.

The Perception Team is made up of:

  1. Deputy County Commissioner responsible for Perception

  2. County Media Manager and young spokesperson team

  3. County Communications Manager

  4. County Web Site Manager

  5. County Social Media Manager

GOVERNANCE

Well this will be the last chair’s report I make, as I stand down at this AGM after 7 years in the role.

I think we can safely say scouting in the county is getting back to normal with face-to-face meetings taking place but still the odd zoom meeting which I think is going to be the norm as it does save peoples time on travel and the agenda gets done just as quickly and easily as if everyone was in the same room. I know I haven’t missed the 30 to 45 minute drive to do 7 miles to get to the fort in evening traffic.

It is good to see the South London centre up and running and picking up more users. I only wish more groups across the county were to make use of the centre I know it may not have large amounts of activities on hand but to just do basic scout camping and training for our young people on how to look after themselves is the big bonus of the centre.

Over this past year it has been good to see the young people involved in our own world scout Jamboree unit and also those in the joint one taking part in activities and also the county’s own international trip taking shape. I am sure they are all going to have a fantastic time in 2023 and pleased the county executive have been able to support all these trips.

Things are in place to look at the future development of the south London centre in line with the agreement of the new lease and a lot of hard work will be needed to move this project on so if anyone in the county feels they can offer any support or practical skills please get in touch, as any extra help and input would be appreciated as we really do need to secure this great asset for the future young people across south London.

I am sorry to say I have not been able to get too many district executive meetings this past year which is a pity as I do enjoy meeting the trustees around the county and seeing the good work they are doing supporting the groups in their own areas and hearing how things are going across the county.

We are still in need of finding a permeant treasurer for the county which has been one of my hardest tasks to try and achieve since being the chair, but I am sure at some stage this will be achieved along with everything that will be taking place in the future.

So, I do feel that the county is a good place at present and I am sure the leaders and Adult support across the county will continue to move scouting forward for the benefit of all our youth members

This just leaves me with my own personal part of the report being my last I will be doing so I would just like to finish with the following.

I have had the pleasure over the years to hold a number of county roles from ACC scouts and ACC international being the unit leader for a world scout Jamboree and having the chance to attend a few more in other roles and being part of the county training team and working with a large number of adults on county events that have taken place. I never saw myself as someone

to do the role of a county chairman so when I was asked I felt lets give it ago for a couple of years to see how it goes.

I have enjoyed the time in the role that’s not to say it has not had its ups and downs I must admit I never felt we would ever get the new lease for the centre completed but we made it in the end. And as I have said trying to find a county treasurer since Philippa stood down has been one of the downs but over the years, we have managed to bring new people onto the county executive and new people on the county team to support Darren has been one of the ups. I am sure this will continue in the future as this is the only way the county will continue to grow and change for the better.

I have seen great events and activities take place in the 7 years for our young people such as the two County world scout Jamboree units and the planning for the next one also the starting of the county’s own international trips to run alongside the Jamborees like the last one to Canada which I have great memories of and the next one to Croatia that is again taking some 129 members from the county so more of the young people can have the enjoyment of traveling abroad and taking part in scouting activities.

The county sailing projects that seem to grow from strength to strength an offer more young people the chance to do something different. The canoe trips and Duke of Edinburgh events and air scout activities that take place and can only be done by leaders adding more jobs to there already busy lives.

I think one of the things that will stay with me is how we adapted to keep the county events still going over these past couple of years the times both Darren and myself sat in a garden in Abby wood doing a county awards evening and also a county AGM, I don’t think any county chairs have done that in the past. Also, how training our adults still happened with the commitment of those in the training team I still think somewhere in the future both Keith and John will find a way to do the first aid practical side of mouth to mouth on zoom.

I have had the pleasure of working under two very committed county commissioners and I am sure who Darren nominates to support him in the future will enjoy the job as I have and will take the county into the years to come and help grow scouting in south London.

I always have said in roles I take on in scouting as long as I feel by the time I move on I hope I have made some changes for the better and people feel I have made a difference so I hope this is the case with my role as the county chair.

I of course always use this report to thank people so this year will be no different.

I start with Gordon as he has been a great strength of support helping with finance and making sure I have been updated regularly on how things were going at the centre even in the strange period of lock down. I never worried that the county’s main asset was in anyway going to have problems.

My thanks to Matt for his knowledge when needed and always stepping up to help me when I asked to cover something not only in his paid role but as a volunteer.

To Debbie for her time at meetings when I only really asked for her support in one and somehow she finished up in many more.

To Reina in her time as county admin for her support in keeping things in line.

To members of the executive for sticking with me and both Paul and Darren and also the district commissioners who I have enjoyed working a long side past and present.

It will come as no surprise as most people know in scouting you never really get the chance to give up fully, I will still be doing the part time job of county treasurer/book keeper for at least the coming year, unless someone with more skills than me comes along in the next few months. I just hope to keep things going for the many trips that are taking place and to keep continuity of the county fund’s so I will still be around for a while supporting South London Scouting.

Martyn Bain

County Chair

martyn.bain@southlondonscouts.org.uk

COUNTY LEADERSHIP TEAM

County Commissioner

As another year passes its great to report that things have improved in the world enough for us to be able to get back to face to face scouting and us being able to provide a fantastic scouting experience for our young people.

It has been great to see how quickly we have been able to bounce back, this is especially shown in the census figures and the number of young people wanting to take part in the scouting experience.

Since the last AGM we have been able to provide and plan some great scouting adventures as you will see in the following Programme reports. We have the opportunity to form another County Jamboree unit and also an additional patrol to attend the WSJ in a joint unit with Hampshire. The county team have also set in motion another great International experience aside from the Jamboree with a trip to Croatia in 2023. Thank you to all the adults giving up their time and sharing their experiences to lead this event.

I would like to welcome Alfie Francis to the County team as (County Youth Commissioner) and to thank Emily for the effort she put into the role. As you will see from his report there are some great plans in place for the coming year in conjunction the with District Youth Commissioners, so watch this space.

I would like to also thank David Liddle in stepping up and taking the lead in organising some programme activities over the last year for the County.

Ross (Deputy County Commissioner responsible for Perception) and his team have continued to work extremely hard over the last year supporting the county with a lot of media coverage and support. Ross is also doing a sterling job managing the Jack Petchey Awards scheme, keeping the districts up to date on progress and awards.

Jason (Deputy County Commissioner responsible for People) continues to support our leaders in this role and continues to promote our Shining Stars awards recognising our fantastic volunteers. He has also been very busy supporting the International trips being organised in the County, and continues to support these teams.

Matt (Growth & Development Officer) has been working very hard with our Districts to help groups to re-open, start new groups to manage and support the young people getting back to scouting. Also, in his role as (County Training Manager), he and his team have worked extremely hard and diligently to provide training to our county and support our adults in their learning and development. Thank you & your team for your continued efforts and assistance.

And lastly, I would like to thank Martyn for his continued support and encouragement to the county over the last many years as Chair of the executive. Especially in the amount of effort he put in to ensure the lease of the South London Scout Centre is in place for the future. I look forward to working with Becca and the executive in the coming year to continue this great work and support the county to ensure South London Scouts continues to provide excellent scouting to our young people.

So on behalf of the Young People I know its not said enough but I would like to ‘THANK YOU’ all for the time and effort you put into scouting in South London.

Regards

Darren Lodge County Commissioner cc@southlondonscouts.org.uk

County Youth Team

Over the past year the county youth team, working with the district youth teams have been planning events, however due to covid these have had to be postponed.

We are working on getting events for youth members up and running asap in 2022/23. In 2022/2023 We are going to continue on promoting the national you shape award which allows younger members to shape their scouting.

In the next year we will also be focusing on the recruitment and training of young leaders across the county, with working with districts and county teams we will promote the young leaders award and South London Scout Leadership award to increase the number of young leaders who will be the future leaders of scouting. Our aim as a whole is to provide Youth shaped scouting across our county.

Alfie Francis

County Youth Commissioner

cyc@southlondonscouts.org.uk

PROGRAMME

#SLSCroatia23

The South London Scouts Croatia 2023 trip was designed to replace the jamboree experience for those who were not able to attend. Currently the trip stands to be the biggest International trip that we have run within the county for many many years. At the time of writing we have 130 people attending, representing all 5 districts, and representing 32 individual Scouts Groups. We are running initial camps in Windsor Great Park, Longridge Watersport’s Activity Centre, and Brownsea Island, before the main event in Croatia 2023. The event has been a resounding success with superb engagement from all those taking part. Highlights of the first weekend held at county HQ The Fort included the team building sessions run by The Army, and the Camp Fire on the Saturday night. The leadership team are hugely excited to be involved, and we are already seeing the benefits of collaboration, inclusion and cooperation across the county.

South London Scouts Offshore Sailing Trophy 2022

Once again the South London Scouts Offshore Sailing Trophy 2022 was a huge success. Our Scouts and Explorers got stuck in with all aspects of the event, and it was incredible to watch the crews bond together over the course of the weekend. The Scouts / Explorers taking part leaned a huge amount about the practical aspects of sailing, and put into practice many of the skills they have learned in their weekly Scouting, from knots, to teamwork, to camping in a confined space! A special thank you to the Discovery Sailing Project for their expert support and guidance once again, and for making the weekend the fantastic experience that it was.

Southern 50

Collaborative Scouting is more important than ever and in Feb a team of South London Scouts leaders took part, representing the county, in the Southern 50 Challenge. The Southern 50 Challenge is a tough 30km, 50km or 50 mile hike in The Chiltern Hills through Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties. Between them our leaders entered the 50km and 50 mile categories, which involved navigating the course using map and compass between 17 bases. The event is a great test of orienteering skills as well as physical ability and teamwork.

Completing the course as a team is a magnificent achievement - it was a proud moment when the team collect their 50km certificates, and the trophy for 2nd place in the 50 mile category. A HUGE congratulations to our South London Scouts leaders who took part - Katie Sturgess (Golden Hind ESU), Gavin Forsdyke (Discovery ESU), Tom Goody, (Discovery ESU), Josh Creighton (Discovery ESU), Lucyann Cornwell Discovery ESU) and David Liddle (8th Lambeth Scouts). As always it’s great to see Scouts from all over the country coming together to take part in an activity!

Joti Jota 2022

Severndroog ESU, Royal Greenwich Scout District and Cray Valley Radio Society this year hosted Jamboree on the Air/ Jamboree on the Internet at Severndroog Castle. Jota-Joti is the world’s largest digital Scouting event taking place on the internet and over the airwaves. Held every year in October, the event connects millions of young people in 150 countries worldwide for a full weekend of online activities that promote friendship and global citizenship. Jota-Joti enables young people and leaders to participate in fun and engaging group activities over the internet and amateur radio focused on developing 21st century skills through Scouting. Young people took part in a variety of non-formal education activities, including webinars, global campfires, talent shows, live shows, fun challenges and more through an interactive 3D campsite.

Sea Scouts National Comp 2022

A HUGE South London Scouts CONGRATULATIONS to 4th Streatham Sea Scout Group. The group took part in the annual National Sea Scout Regatta 2022 and won! Number 1 in the UK! They brought home 6x Trophies including U12½ Dinghy, U16 Kayak, U18 Kayak, U18 Gig as well as the overall winners trophy,

and claiming many 2nd places in other categories too over the weekend. They are now officially the "COCK OF THE RIVER" for 2022. (Rowing and Sailing Regatta overall trophies are traditionally giant Cockerels). Well done Sea Scouts - superb effort! A BIG thank you to the 4th Streatham leadership team who make participation in these events happen - it’s a huge amount of work keeping all the boats afloat - thank you for all the team do for Scouting in Lambeth. Its fantastic to see

David Liddle

County programme team

PERCEPTION

What an amazing year we have had so far, it's been amazing to see Scouting bounce back in such an enthusiastic way. There has been many hardships to overcome over the last few years and yet again our amazing South London Scouts members have risen to the challenge again and again.

Our county magazine – South Circular, will make a return this year with a bumper edition and we are looking for lots of content from our amazing groups to share so please get in touch.

Our website and social media are still leading the way in UK scouting with innovation and content.

Our connection with HQ is gaining strength and providing so many opportunities for our Scouts, including Sailing, filming opportunities with Bear and generally being the forefront of UK Scouting.

Please see an impressive update from our Social Media manager David, who is absolutely smashing our online presence and looks forward to growing this further within our groups.

As a perception team during the lasty year we have been:

As a snapshot, In the last couple of months we have reached 18,453 people with 3810 posts and engagements

This just shows that a lot of people look as us and share our stuff literally world-wide (especially the light-hearted stuff).

In the last 28 days . . .

Our content is currently shared to other counties within ±15 minutes, other countries within the hour. Keep up the sharing - it is what Scouting is all about.

We are also online at southlondonscouts.org.uk, on Instagram and Twitter.

Please do engage with your counties social media and please let us know anything that you would love to share. The world is watching and keen to see all the great stuff that your local scouting is up to.

SouthLondonScouts #Integrity #Respect #Care #Belief #Cooperation #Collabaration

* Facebook stats correct at time writing 07/04/20

Social Media has maintained connection and helped keep South London Scouts where it is in terms of numbers.

If you would like to join the county team please contact us as we would love to grow an develop our team to ensure a unified and youth led approach going forward in our County.

Ross Whittome (on behalf of our perception team) Deputy County Commissioner responsible for our perception team dcc.perception@southlondonscouts.org.uk

PLACES

County Development Service

It’s great to be back out and about!

Our County Development Service has had another busy and productive year working alongside new and existing volunteers and in partnership with our scout districts, scout groups, explorer scout units and local communities to support the growth of scouting across our county, ensuring we continue to provide skills for life, challenge and adventure to as many young people as we can.

Throughout the year Matt has continued to assist with successfully driving adult recruitment, promoting the opportunities we have to volunteer. This has been a multilevel approach with him actively working with different promotional channels, networking with local community groups, supporting some targeted campaigns and through providing support and resources, on request, to empower districts, groups, and units to recruit locally.

Our ‘become a scout’ and ‘volunteer with us platform’ is now well embedded in our way of working and over the last 12 months we have received 2015 youth enquiries to join us and 264 adult enquiries to volunteer with us.

This continues to show us that the system is working as planned, providing an effective countywide joining system which is being actively used by the general public. It also provides each of our groups and units with their own recruitment page to use locally to promote the opportunities they have for young people and adults to get involved. Plans are currently being made to amend the system to accommodate the Squirrels sections as they roll out across the county.

As we emerge from the pandemic, our organisational and development priorities are moving away from our refocussed aims of supporting and sustaining our provision and assisting with the retention of our adults and young people – back to our growth, development and organisational support framework (as detailed in the structure section of this report).

Matt is particularly focussed on working with our districts to identify opportunities to work with our local communities to reopen our groups that have not been in a position to restart after the pandemic or to explore the possibilities to open brand new provision. He is also working with our groups that are interested in starting squirrels. It’s fantastic that two dreys are now open in Lewisham District, and a further two groups have registered their interest in starting a drey as soon as they are able.

Volunteer recruitment

With our regular face to face section meetings back in full swing, (in most cases). The overwhelming requests from young people to join means that there is a real need, more than ever, to recruit more adults to help provide amazing programmes as part of our leadership teams in our dreys, colonies, packs, troops and units. Weekly section meetings means that there is lots of opportunities for our adults to engage with the families of their members and promote the opportunities available to them to get involved and help make a difference to the lives of young people in their community.

To support this Matt has developed a wide range of recruitment resources and initiatives. All of which can be found in the ‘volunteer support’ area of our website at, - www.southlondonscouts.org.uk/volunteer support

Young Leaders

Recently, work has restarted on providing support to enhance the young leaders training scheme run by our districts. In early June, a meeting of those that work in this area in our districts came together to start to explore the resources we could provide to support the scheme and how we can work smarter together to run the scheme as one united county young leaders team. In parallel to this, our new young leaders leadership award, which focusses on the qualities of - leadership was completed and launched and can be found at www.southlondonscouts.org.uk/yl leadership-award

Looking forward

Matt continues to support our districts and groups with their ad-hoc day-today and ongoing needs, identified through meetings with DCs, and calls from GSLs and section leadership teams and remains committed to providing practical support to anyone in our county that needs it.

He has also continued to maintain, update and develop the areas of our website that the CDS is responsible for, these are the become a scout, volunteer with us and volunteer support area.

Strategy reboot

Since our skills for life strategy was launched in late 2019, the steps taken by our county have helped to support our volunteers and equip many more young people with skills for life through our amazing programme.

But, during the pandemic, we couldn’t carry on as normal. We rallied and responded to the challenge, adapting scouting to meet new realities, and refocused on retention rather than growth. Doing all this was tough on all of us. It also meant pausing full implementation of our strategy plans.

Now, as we look to the future, with a renewed appreciation that scouting, and the development of scouting, has never been more needed, it’s time for us to recommit to implementing our strategy and focus on the next three years (because of the pause in implementation the plan will now run to 2025), as we look to realise the objectives in the plan that we agreed together at our county conference in 2018.

With this in our minds, Matt continues to work on the commitments we made in our ‘skills for life county plan’ and to provide the support identified by the county leadership team in the areas of people, programme, perception, places and governance.

You can find out everything you need to know about our plan at www.southlondonscouts.org.uk/skillsforlifeplan

Transforming the volunteer journey and the way we volunteer

As part of delivering the national skills for life strategy, the association is transforming the volunteering experience across the UK.

These new ways of working include:

  1. a warmer welcome for everyone

  2. a more engaging learning experience

  3. Simplifying our roles and structures

  4. more support to help get everyday things done

We are passionate about making sure that volunteering with scouting in South London is ‘hassle free’. To help deliver these changes and ensure that we have a trouble free transition Matt will work with our districts to support the rollout of our new ways of working.

Lots of different national teams are currently reviewing our current volunteer journey. These teams are working closely with volunteers on the ground (and those not yet involved), to design processes that provide a great experience and makes the best use of digital technology and you will learn lots more about this exciting project from September this year onwards and the rollout will start in May 2023.

As you can see, it has been another busy and productive 12 months for our development service and this short report really does just scratch the surface of the work carried out by Matt during the year. This will of course continue as we continue to support the growth , development and support of local scouting and particularly start to roll out our new ways of volunteering.

Our development service remains central to our approach to prioritising and enabling the growth, organisational development and day to day support of scouting across our five districts, providing effective, focussed, impactful guidance and support to groups, units and districts and prioritising resources to areas where they can have the most impact, whilst ensuring that all parts of the county receive the support that they need. The service also provides many of the day-to-day support functions we offer our members, many of which would be hard to sustain, in a timely manner, if they were carried out by volunteers. We remain committed to ensuring the longevity of the CDS, so it continues to support scouting throughout South London and provide its low-cost services, support and resources, to our volunteers at all levels, for many years to come.

Squirrels launch night at the 1[st] New Cross Scout Group!

You can contact Matt at

matt.butterfield@southlondonscouts.org.uk or on 07766 540 057.

The 7[th] Royal Greenwich Air Scout Group which opened in September 2021

The Fort – The Scout London Scout Centre

With wonderful facilities and easy access to local transport connections, the South London Scout Centre is such an easy place to experience. We are so please that from early this year the centre has continued to return to normal life and a normal routine.

The centre is a 16-minute train journey from central London and is within easy walking distance of Dulwich Picture Gallery, Horniman Museum, and Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.

We offer amazing camping facilities and great indoor accommodation all with easy to access to central London and all it has to offer.

Our most sincere thanks go to Gordon, as always, for his attention to detail and unfaltering dedication to running the centre throughout the year to ensure that it is available for so many people to use and enjoy.

Centre development

During the year we secured a new 25 year lease with a view to extend to 99 with a development plan, including a new building and facilities at the Fort to see Scouting in Scouth London through our foreseeable future.

With this in mind, we are about to embark on an ambitious, long term, centre development project. With the overall aim of redeveloping the centre to ensure we continue to provide modern, practical and relevant facilities which ensures maximum usage of our existing campsite and indoor facilities.

With the centre’s excellent links into the centre of London, our aim is to provide a versatile facility that can be used all year round. We want to develop the centre’s, now dated, indoor accommodation, and onsite facilities whilst being an exemplar of sustainability techniques and technology which provide an excellent environment for young people to gain skills for life and prepare them to succeed in life!

Look out for more information on this exciting project, and how you can support our plans and more importantly, get involved in the very near future.

PEOPLE

Last year we started our shining star awards scheme, this is designed to celebrate our great leader/ helpers & volunteers by receiving awards for their excellent scouting contribution towards South London Scouts and the young people. This has proven to be a great success and we continue to reward our leaders/helpers for their great support to South London Scouts. Please do keep nominating these names as this is an ongoing scheme and we would like to recognise as many as we can for their efforts. You can find lots more information at www.southlondonscouts.org.uk/shining-stars

Our 1 year service awards are now being rolled out to leaders who have completed their first year in service and it is great that we are leading the way across the country by recognising the first anniversary of our new adults volunteering journey.

In the autumn of 2021 we selected the five leaders that are taking 45 young people from across our county to the 25[th] World Scout Jamboree. We are fortunate to have one full unit of 40 (that’s four leaders and 36 young people and a patrol (that’s nine young people and one leader), as a central part of a unit being supported by Hampshire Scout County. The Jamboree will take place in South Korea during the summer of 2023. Since October they have been busy, organising and preparing for this amazing event, with camps and events before the Jamboree and lots of interaction between those going to create friendships and teamwork.

We also have a county trip organised for members of the county to Croatia which is also undergoing trips away and camps before the main camp. This is also well under way with 100 young people and 20 adults planning and preparing for this adventure.

I would like to thank both teams for their efforts in organising these events.

Our county training team have continued to deliver a full programme of learning opportunities throughout the year. This has included the popular online (Zoom) sessions and the return of face to face experiences and, the ever in demand, first response training. My thanks to everyone involved in the delivery of training and learning for our county.

2023 will see us transition and change the way we offer and approach volunteer learning and I know that the team will be providing lots more information about the changes and the transition timeline in the autumn of this year.

Jason Hagan

Deputy County Commissioner responsible for our people team and, Assistant County Commissioner responsible for International Scouting dcc.people@southlondonscouts.org.uk

OUR JOURNEY TO THE 25[th] WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE

Well what a busy year we have had.

In August last year I was successful to become the next Unit leader to be responsible to take 36 Young people and 3 leaders to the next World Scout Jamboree in South Korea 2023.

This was although very exciting, it was extremely nerve racking and I new we had a long journey ahead.

The first thing to organise was appointing 3 assistant leaders. These were picked after an interview process and we began to have regular meeting as we needed to set up a lot of things to get the process on the way.

First thing to sort out was to drum up some interest in getting the young people to understand what a Jamboree is. We done this via a few presentations on Zoom. Because of the lockdown rules in Oct 2021 we decided to do 2 selections days to try and find our 36 young people. The selections days were a lot of fun and we had great support from people of the County who attended and helped out over the weekend. So thanks you for that. We had over 150 young people attend over the weekend and that made the selection process even more difficult. The calibre/quality of Scouts we have in the County is exceptional and we should all be really prod of the way we are bringing up our young people. They are a real credit to everything that we do here in scouting in South London.

So after the selection days we had to go through the process of seeing who had scored well and impressed us all over the weekend. Names were agreed and congratulations letters were sent out. What a great achievement to all our selected young people.

That’s when the hard works started.

We the leaders then had to set the budget. We had planned for 5 weekend camps and 6 day activities for our 36 Young People.

In November we met for our first get together camp. We invited the parents along on the Friday night and explained the journey and the cost. Unfortunately the Jamboree is not cheap. £4250 per person. We needed the parents to be committed to the experience and we wanted to give them as much help in starting there fund raising to make sure that they meet all the payments.

Well the welcome camp was brilliant a real chance to see the young people mixing together. Here we picked our name of the unit. Thames Tigers. We designed the badge, we picked all our day trips and generally started to have fun.

We want to thank Terry Wiggins for cooking at this camp. We were lucky enough to be cooked a few Korea dishes that went down really well.

So all in all 2021 ended on a high for us Jamboree contingent. We were all looking forward to the year ahead.

We had a bowling party in Jan 2022. He hired a private room and had our own lanes with more food than you could possible wish for. Such a fun day getting to know each other It had Karaoke and play station games and generally a fantastic place to unwind and have fun.

In March we attended the Monopoly Run and split our unit into 4 teams to race around London and visit all the places on the monopoly board. I think I walked about half a marathon that day and was so knackered by the end of it. But along with 4000 scouts from all over the country we had a great day in London.

Next was a camp at Avery Hill. This was geared up for more camping skills and group cooking weekend. We were very impressed with how they all worked together and took charge of the different challenges we set them.

We have just completed another weekend camp at Thriftwood. Here we tried Axe throwing, crate stacking, Vertical assault and raft building. We had so much fun and was great to see the unit really bonding and learning to live with each other.

So we are planning white water rafting in September another camp in November.

During all these activities we have been trying to make sure that the young people have the best time along with learning life skills that they will be able to use to all live together for 3 weeks in South Korea.

I would like to thank everyone in the county who has helped this unit grow in confidence and have given up there time to help us organising the best programs we can possible can.

We are all looking forward to the trip of a life time next year and cant wait to share with you all our experiences

Kevin Garlick (on behalf of the unit leadership team) Unit Leader - South London Scouts Thames Tigers kevin.garlic@southlondonscouts.org.uk

OUR FINANCES

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Greater London South County Scout Council

I report on the accounts of the Council for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and related notes.

This report is made solely to the trustees in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I may state to the charity’s trustees those matters which I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees for my examination work.

Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiners

As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. You consider that the audit requirement of Section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act), does not apply. It is my responsibility to:

Basis of independent Examiners report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the 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 Examiners Statement

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

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

  2. to keep proper accounting records are kept (in accordance with Section 130 of the 2011 Act); and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the methods and principles of the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

  3. the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met, or

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

For and on behalf of Latham Lambourne Ltd Chartered Accountants 18 Woodlands Park, Bexley, Kent, DA5 2EL 7 July 2022

John Lambourne FCA

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

Note
Income and Expenditure
Income
13
Incoming Resources from Generated Funds
Income from donations and legacies
Investment Income
Incoming Resources from Charitable Activities
County activities
Greater London South Scout Centre Activities
Petchey Fund
Third party funds
Total Incoming Resources
Expenditure
14
Charitable Activities
Petchey Fund
Development Officers Fund
County activities - Support Costs
County activities - Programme & Training
Greater London South Scout Centre Activities
Third party funds
Share of Joint Venture (Profit)/Loss
Depreciation of fixed assets
(Gains)/losses on investment assets
4
Total Resources Expended
Net Movement in Funds
Transfers
Balances Brought Forward at 1st April 2021
Balances Carried Forward at 31st March 2022		 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
900
0
900
174
0
174
50,172
0
50,172
42,993
0
42,993
0
5,250
5,250
0
144,247
144,247
94,239
149,497
243,736
0
15,000
15,000
41,230
0
41,230
3,857
0
3,857
3,889
0
3,889
45,219
0
45,219
0
74,799
74,799
0
0
0
0
0
0
366
0
366
94,561
89,799
184,360
-322
59,698
59,376
-41
41
0
285,777
41,952
327,729
285,414
101,691
387,105		 Total Funds
2021
£
0
437
121,255
7,022
0
18,011
146,725
0
40,767
19,891
14,248
66,695
3,162
0
0
81
144,844
1,881
0
325,848
327,729

The notes on pages 7 to 9 form part of these accounts.

Charity Registration No: 303883

Accounts - Page 5

5[th] July 2022

County Chair – Martyn Bain County Commissioner – Darren Lodge

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

1 Accounting Policies

a) Basis of accounting These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ' Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015). The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

b) Income All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that th income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expen it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related category.

d) Fixed Assets Until 1st April 1996 all fixed assets, including the lease of the property, were written off when purchased as part of the income and expenditure account. Since that date all assets greater than £1,000 have been capitalised and are being depreciated at the following rates:

Property improvements over the length of the lease ( years remaining at the Scout Centre) Equipment 15% on cost Fixtures and fittings 10% on cost

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

f) Leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the lease pe

g) Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the scheme are charged to the Statement o of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

2 Joint Venture

Greater London Scout Region

The County, together with five other Counties in the Greater London area, has an equal interest in the Greater London Scout Reg This was set up to provide a forum for co-ordination and discussion at a London wide level, and the organization of regional activit The project is accounted for on a joint venture basis, each County including one sixth of the Region accounts within their own. These accounts were independently examined.

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31st March 2022 3 Tangible Assets

COST or VALUATION
Bought forward
Additions
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
Brought forward
Charge for year
At 31 March 2022
Net Book Value
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021		 Fixtures
Leasehold
and
Improvements Equipment Fittings
£
£
£
147,311
63,056
37,118
0
0
0
147,311
63,056
37,118
147,311
63,056
37,118
0
0
0
147,311
63,056
37,118
0
0
0
0
0
0		 Total
£
247,485
0
247,485
247,485
0
247,485
0
0

The land and buildings at the South London Scout Centre were held on a full repairing lease for thirty years from 24th June 1988. A new lease has been agreed for a minimum 25 years.

4 Fixed Asset Investments

4 Fixed Asset Investments
2022 2021
£ £
Quoted Investments
Market Value 1st April 2021 5,684 5,765
Net unrealized investment gains/(losses) -366 -81
Market Value 31st March 2022 5,318 5,684
5 Debtors
2022 2021
£ £
Prepayments and accrued interest 3,545 0
3,545 0
6 Liabilities: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year
2022 2021
£ £
Accruals 1,354 1,354
Deposits in advance 114,994 113,786
Other creditors 0 0
116,348 115,140
7 Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds
Net
Tangible Current Joint
Assets Investments Assets Ventures Total
£ £ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds 0 5,318 279,501 595 285,414
Restricted funds 0 0 101,691 0 101,691
0 5,318 381,192 595 387,105

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

8 Movement in Funds

At 1.4.21
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
285,777
Restricted Funds
Petchey
14,000
Jamboree - 3rd party
6,280
CountyTrip 2023
0
Eurojam - 3rd party
21,618
DOE awards
54
District Officer
0
41,952
Total Funds
327,729
9
Joint Venture
Greater London
Scout Region
£
Share
Net Income
0
Net Payments
0
Brought forward balance
595
Balance written off
0
Value
595
10
Employees Remuneration
Salary
Social Security Costs
Pension Costs
At 31 March 2022 there was 1 employee (2021 - 1)
11
Trustees Remuneration and Expenses
Remuneration paid to Trustees
Expenses Reimbursed to Trustees
Number of Trustees Reimbursed		 incoming
resources
at 31.3.22
resources expended transfers
£
£
£
£
94,239
-94,561
-41
285,414
5,250
-15,000
4,250
38,400
-25,625
19,055
94,756
-16,370
78,386
10,105
-31,734
11
0
986
-1,070
30
0
0
0
0
149,497
-89,799
41
101,691
243,736
-184,360
0
387,105
2021
Total
£
0
0
595
0
595
2022
2021
£
£
36,613
36,613
0
0
911
911
37,524
37,524
2022
2021
£
£
0
0
245
899
1
2		 incoming
resources
at 31.3.22
resources expended transfers
£
£
£
£
94,239
-94,561
-41
285,414
5,250
-15,000
4,250
38,400
-25,625
19,055
94,756
-16,370
78,386
10,105
-31,734
11
0
986
-1,070
30
0
0
0
0
149,497
-89,799
41
101,691
243,736
-184,360
0
387,105
2021
Total
£
0
0
595
0
595
2022
2021
£
£
36,613
36,613
0
0
911
911
37,524
37,524
2022
2021
£
£
0
0
245
899
1
2		 at 31.3.22
£
285,414
4,250
19,055
78,386
0
0
0
101,691
387,105
2021
Total
£
0
0
595
0
595
2022
£
36,613
0
911
37,524
2022
£
0
245
1

Trustees were reimbursed for necessary out of pocket expenses spent on Council business at agreed rates, and for expenditure made by them on behalf of the Council..

12
Independent Examination Fees
Independent Examination fee
Fees for other services		 2022
£
1,200
240
1,440		 2021
£
1,200
240
1,440

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

13 Detailed Incoming Resources

Investment Income
Interest & Fund Raising
CAF
Bank Interest
County Income
Voluntary Income, Donations & Grants
LB Southwark grant
Membership Levy
Fees, Grants etc - courses
Camping
Air Activities
Caving
Home Adventure
Other activities
Water Sports
Joint Venture refund
South London Scout Centre Income
South London Scout Centre
Third Party Funds
Jamboree
County Trip 2023
Camp Canada
DOE
Eurojam
Jack Petchey Funds
Awards and expenses
County Development Funds
County Development Grants
Total Income		 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
153
0
153
21
0
21
174
0
174
900
0
900
0
0
0
29,844
0
29,844
0
0
0
0
0
0
138
0
138
0
0
0
0
0
0
214
0
214
1,775
0
1,775
0
0
0
32,871
0
32,871
42,993
0
42,993
0
38,400
38,400
0
94,756
94,756
0
0
0
0
986
986
0
10,105
10,105
0
144,247
144,247
0
5,250
5,250
0
5,250
5,250
18,201
0
18,201
18,201
0
18,201
94,239
149,497
243,736		 Total Funds
2021
£
188
249
437
0
25,000
56,858
467
0
0
0
10,040
0
0
0
92,365
7,022
0
0
0
473
17,538
18,011
0
0
28,890
28,890
146,725

GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Notes to the Accounts for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

14 Detailed Resources Expenditure

County Operating Costs
Governance Costs
Office costs including stationery & printing
Office Holders Expenses
Professional Fees & Licences
Legals re lease
Professional fees re lease
Bank & card Charges
Payroll Expenses
Joint Venture payment
Programme & Training
Courses
Equipment & Resources
Camping
Air Activities
Caving
Home Adventure
Support For All Districts
Water Sports
Badges
County Leadership expenses
Conferences/AGM
Website
Awards
Jamboree event expenses
HQ subscription
South London Scout Centre Operating Costs
South London Scout Centre
Lease costs
Third Party Funds
Jamboree
County Trip 2023
Camp Canada
Roverway
DOE
awards
Eurojam
Jack Petchey Funds
Awards and expenses
County Development Funds
County Development costs
Total Resources Expended		 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
£
£
£
1,890
0
1,890
245
0
245
1,440
0
1,440
0
0
0
0
0
0
282
0
282
0
0
0
0
0
0
176
0
176
90
0
90
25
0
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,494
0
2,494
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,104
0
1,104
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7,746
0
7,746
45,219
0
45,219
0
0
0
0
25,625
25,625
0
16,370
16,370
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,070
1,070
0
31,734
31,734
0
74,799
74,799
15,000
15,000
0
15,000
15,000
41,230
0
41,230
41,230
0
41,230
94,195
89,799
183,994		 Total Funds
2021
£
1,711
899
1,440
8,991
6,600
250
0
0
352
333
0
11
25
719
0
0
5,610
0
0
7,198
0
0
0
34,139
24,107
42,588
0
0
87
0
466
2,609
3,162
0
0
40,767
40,767
144,763

OUR MEMBERSHIP (as of 31 Jan. 2022)

2022 2022 v 2021 2022 v 2021
Totals Total % change
YOUTH MEMBERSHIP
Squirrel Scouts 10
+10		 0%
Beaver Scouts 972
+261		 +37%
Cub Scouts 1,422
+206		 +17%
Scouts 1,392
+121		 +10%
Explorer Scouts (including Young Leaders) 365
+52		 +17%
Network Members 80
-22		 -22%
TOTAL YOUTH MEMBERSHIP 4,241
+628		 +17%
PROGRAMME DELIVERY ROLES
Section Leaders 234
-31		 -12%
Assistant Section Leaders 335
+26		 +8%
Section Assistants 153
+41		 +37%
TOTAL ADULT PROGRAMME DELIVERY ROLES 722
+36		 +5%
Young Leaders* 151
+59		 +64%
TOTAL PROGRAMME DELIVERY ROLES 873
+95		 +12%
LINE MANAGER ROLES
Group Scout Leaders 69
-		 0%
District Explorer Scout Commissioners 2
-		 0%
District Scout Network Commissioners 2
+1		 +100%
District Commissioners 6
-		 0%
County+ Scout Network Commissioners 0
-		 0%
County+ Commissioners 1
-		 0%
TOTAL LINE MANAGER ROLES 80
+1		 +1%
GOVERNANCE ROLES
Group Chair 69
-3		 -4%
Group Secretary 53
-3		 -5%
Group Treasurer 70
-3		 -4%
Group Executive Members 136
-18		 -12%
TOTAL GROUP GOVERNANCE ROLES 328
-27		 -8%
District Chair 5
-		 0%
District Secretary 3
-		 0%
District Treasurer 4
-		 0%
District Executive Members 20
-4		 -17%
TOTAL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE ROLES 32
-4		 -11%
County+ Chair 0
-1		 -100%
County+ Secretary 0
-		 0%
County+ Treasurer 1
+1		 0%
County+ Executive Members 0
-2		 -100%
TOTAL COUNTY+ GOVERNANCE ROLES 1
-2		 -67%
TOTAL GOVERNANCE ROLES 361
-33		 -8%
2022 2022 v 2021 2022 v 2021
Totals Total % change
SUPPORT ROLES
Deputy Group Scout Leaders 9
-8		 -47%
Group Administrators ~ 7
-3		 -30%
Group Skills Instructors 16
-		 0%
Other Group Adults 111
+21		 +23%
TOTAL GROUP SUPPORT ROLES 143
+10		 +8%
Deputy District Commissioners 1
-		 0%
District Youth Commissioners 1
-		 0%
Deputy District Youth Commissioners 4
+2		 +100%
Assistant District Commissioners 3
-2		 -40%
District Leaders 6
+3		 +100%
District Scouters Incl in Leaders 0
-		 0%
District Administrators ~ 3
-2		 -40%
District Skills Instructors 2
-		 0%
Other District Support roles 4
+1		 +33%
TOTAL DISTRICT SUPPORT ROLES 24
+2		 +9%
Deputy County+ Commissioners 1
-		 0%
County Youth Commissioners 0
-		 0%
Deputy County Youth Commissioners 0
-		 0%
Assistant County+ Commissioners 0
-2		 -100%
County Leaders 0
-		 0%
County Scouters incl in Leader 0
-		 0%
County+ Administrators ~ 1
+1		 0%
County Skills Instructors 0
-		 0%
Other County+ Support roles 1
-9		 -90%
TOTAL COUNTY+ SUPPORT ROLES 3
-10		 -77%
Scout Active Support 149
-31		 -17%
TOTAL SUPPORT ROLES 319
-29		 -8%
TOTAL ADULT ROLES 1,482
-25		 -2%
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 5,723
+603		 +12%

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