07mts025. 20.'55 Indapondent examIn8￿$ report to the trustses of 3rd Weston4uper-Mare (SL Paul's) Scout Council I report to tho truslees on my ex8minBtic￿ of of fv 3rd We5kJn4uperthla￿ (Sl. Paul's) Scoul for the year 6Nled 31st Marth 2025 Respon5ibilltles and ba515 Ot report AS Ihe charlty trustees of thè 3rd Weston super Mare (St. Pauls) Scx)ul Grwp you ate responsible IOT the pr8paralion ol th8 accounts in accordance wilh the requirernents of the Chants'es Act 2011 {'Ihe Acl'l. I report in respect ol my examinaiion of the 3rd Weston sup8r Mare {St. Pauls) SCCAA Group accounts carried out under kction 145 oflts 2011 Act and in ozrrying out ry examinalon I havè I￿1<>wad 811 applicable reGtions sTven by the Charity Corrmission under sectlM 14515)(b) of th8 Ad. Independent examlnor's statement I havg no concems and havo auoss ng olher fflatt8rn in Cr￿necI10n svith Ihe examinalim to wtrvch attention should b8 dravm in Ihls report In order to enable a prt7per undefStandin9 of the actounts to be Sigr*d: R61ovant prolessional quaificatyon or membership of profoswnal bodies Ilf any): Address". ln Scouts 3rd Weston-super-mare (St Paul's) Annual Accounts 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 3rd Weston-super-mare Scout Group (Charity no. 305640) Receipts and payments account For the year from 1st April 2024 31st March 2025 Receipts and payments 2024125 2023124 Unrestrtcted funds Unrestrlcted funds Receipts Donations, legacies and similar incom8 Membership Subscriptions (Squirrels) Membership subscriptions (Beavers} Membership subscriptions (Cubs) Membership subscriptions (Scouts) Donations Activlties Income Gift Aid Transfers (from sectional AJC to General Alc) Transfers (from Group Alc to group Pjc) Transfers (Section to Seclion) Other simi18r income £515.00 £1,812.00 £1,836.00 £1.485.00 £1.960.00 £2,340.00 £787.12 £3,140.50 £11.024.33 £0.00 £57.00 £802.00 £1,894.00 £1.722.00 £1,426.00 £205.00 £3.284.00 £682.90 £1,942.00 £41,205.00 £500.00 £296.10 Sub total £53.959.00 Grants North Somerset Council Grants other grants £0.00 £4,218.00 £0.00 £62.533.78 Sub total Fundraising events {gross Easy Fundraising £103.30 £111.23 Sub total Scout hut Income Hire of building Hire of equipment Other Scout hut income £3.681.00 £0.00 £66.42 £3,004.50 £0.00 £0.00 Sub total Investment income Bank interest Building Society interest The Scout Association Short Tenn Investment Service Other investment income (Dividends) £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £523.26 £482.22 Sub total Total Gross Income As$•t and Investment sales, etc. £0.00 £0.00 Total receipts £33.54&93 £120.090.73 3rd Weston.super-Mare Scout Group (Charity no. 305640) Receipts and payments account For the year from 31st March 2025 1 st Aprll 2024 Receipts and payments 2024125 Unrestricted funds 2023124 Unrestricted funds Payments Charitable Payments Membership subscriptions paid on (NetionaVCountylArealDistrict) Youth programme and activities {Squirrels) Youth programme and activities {Beavers) Youth programme and activities Icubs) Youth programme and activities Iscouts) Adult support and training Water and S8werage Electricity and Gas Insurance Repairs and Renewals Accountant Mainteneancelservicing Legal Fees Misc Payments Materials and equipment Printlng and photocopying Contribution to camplactivity costs Uniforms AGM and trustee expenses Transfers (From Group Alc To group AJC) Transfers (From Sectonal accounts to General AJc} Transfers (Section to Section) £3,451.00 £3,420.00 £114.39 £1,072.07 £1,218.17 £2,542.21 £40.00 £340.00 £1,671.27 £1.715.90 £79,040.69 £50.00 £757.47 £0.00 £546.23 £106.19 £37.91 £0.00 £1.000.82 £38.46 £11.024.33 £1,144.86 £2,624.74 £1,767.29 £1,695.16 £40.00 £250.00 £3.143.83 £1,341.24 £44,150.98 £0.00 £387.40 £880.00 £12.00 £391.06 £48.84 £36.76 £0.00 £49.12 £41,200.00 £3,140.$0 £0.00 £1,947.00 £500.00 Sub total £107.907.61 £105.03028 Fundraising expenses Easy Fundraising £0.00 £0.00 Sub total Total Gross Expenditure Asset and Inv8Stmenl purchases. etc. £0.00 £0.00 Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Cash funds last year end £90.621.22 £75,560.77 Cash funds this year end £16362.54 £90,62122 3rd Weston-super-mare Scout Group (Charity no. 305640) Receipts and payments account For the year from 1st Aprll 2024 31st March 2025 Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year 31st March 31 st March 2025 2024 Unrestricted Unrestrlcted funds funds Cash fvnds General Account Squirrel Accounl Beaver Accounl Cub Account Scout AcGount Building Account Jamboree Account CashlFloats £2,336.51 £459.71 £1.466.01 £2,387.61 £1,116.38 £6,996.17 £1.286.75 £213.40 £1,817.62 £925.14 £1,310.39 £2,146.03 £620.31 £71.296.44 £11,952.77 £552.52 Total cash funds £1636154 £90.62122 ag￿e alances Y e,pts and ¢c￿nt) ok ok Other monetary assets Tax claim Debts due from the CountylArealDistricVGroup Insurance claim £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Sub total Investment assets Scout Propety. The Gilcraft Den, Totterik)T*m I Road (insurance Valu81 3420 Sha￿$ held in F&C Investmenl Trust (Value of Shares on 31 st March) Other inveslments - No Other Investments £435.000.00 £435,000.00 £36.936.00 £34,063.20 £0.00 £0.00 Sub total Non monetary assets for charlty's own use Squirrel Badg8 Stock Beaver Badge Stock Cub Badge Stock Scout Badge Stock Group Badge Stock Shop stock Other stock Land and buildings Motor vehicles Scouting 8quipment. furniture etc Other £343.80 £257AO £236.70 £185.40 £261.89 £154.83 £489.58 £218.80 £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £106.00 £0.00 £O.OD £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Sub totsl Liabilities Accounts not yet paid Expenses incurrad but not invoiced Subscriptions not yet paid Loan - detail Olher liabilities £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £D.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Sub totsl Total net assets Scouts 3rd Weston-super-mare (St Paul's) Annual Reports 2024125 3rd Weston super Mare SCOUT COUNCIL Annual General Meeling Agenda 1- Introduction and welcome 2 - Apologies for absence 3. Approve the minutes of last yearfs AGM 4 - Govemance topics 4A. Adopt the model constitution from Policy. Organisation and Rules (POR) 4B. Note Ihe Group's financial year 4C Agree the quorum for future meetings of the Group Scout Council {exc this AGMI 5 - Review of the previous year 5a. The Group Lead Volunteer's review 5b. Receive and consider the Annual Reports and accounts of the Group Trustee Board 6 - Making appointments 6a. Appoint the Group Chair. 6B. Appoint the Group Treasurer. 6C. Appoint Board of Trustees 6D. Independent Examiner for the current financial year 7 - Awards 7A Young People Awards 7B Adult Awards 8. - DistriGVCounty Report 9. - Closing remarks ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 3 September 2024 Meeting stsrted at 7:42 pm Introduction and welcome Bruce Badman (Group Chair) welcomed everyone to the meeting and gives thanks to the venue for the use of its facilities. Health and safety and domestic announcemenls were made. Also. welcomes members of the group scout council and district representative Graham Meikle (Deputy District Commissioner Training and Complian￿). Present The following people were present at the meeting. Nigel Neads (GSL}. Bruce Badman (Chair), Allan Piggot (Treasurer), Scott Mchaddan (Secrelary}. Graham Meikle {DDC}. Les Abraham, John Moon, Nikki Woodfield. Emma Welch, Maria Neads, Tori Ditch. Joshua Woodfield, John Wheatley. Khali Kattana, Julia Kattana, Jasmine Ditch. Rob Hase, Dan Abraham, Richard Abraham Apologies Nigel received apologies from Ann Coombs, Christopher Batten, Gary White, Barbara Murlis and Adam Cashmore for their absence today. Minutes approved from prevlous AGM meeting held on 15 September 2023 No matters arising from the previous minutes, BrL￿e explained that the minutes were diskn'buted to the Board of trustees in the November meeting. All agreed that the minutes were a true and accurate reflection of the meeting th Governance to ics Adapt the model constitution from policy and organisation and rules(POR) Bruce explained that following recommendations from scout headquarters. tha 9roup trustee board proposed we adopt the model constitution from chapter 5 of POR. A copy was made available for inspection and review prior to this meeting and copies are available throughout the meeting for the members to look through. Nigel Explained that although the Model constitution will be adapted. based on the model constitution taken from March 2024 {June updates of POR), The group want to remove the following rules from the constitution as they are not relevant to the group. Removal of rules Rule 5.4.4.2A which relates to explorers, explorer's parents and sponsoring authority Rule 5.4.5.2C which relates to appointing of group president and vice presidents Rule 5.4.7.1 OA Which relates to joint GSL rol8S Rule 5A.6.4L which relates to employed staff Creation of Rules Nigel then went on to explain that we intend to add the following rule into the constitution which relates to the disposal of assels should the group merge or fold (as per the holding trustees trust deeds) Rule 5.4.6.41 which relates to disposal of assets as per trust deeds The meeting agreed to adopt the model consti￿￿On, with the above modifications Agree the quorum for future meetings of the Group Scout Council Bruce would like the Scout Council to approve the Bot's recommendation that the quorum for the scout council be 10 members Group flnanclal year Bru￿ explained the Groups financial year runs from 1" April to 31st March Review of previous year Bruce hands the meeting over to Nigel to give his review of the previous year. Nigel plays a video Ihal shows the activities the young people, and adults have done over the past 12 months, as well as progress of the Gilcraft Den refurbishment. Bruce thanks Nigel for the presentation and they both thank the teams for their efforts in the past year. Recelve and consider the annual statement of accounts Bru￿ explains that the trustee board has approved the annual report and statement of accounts and received this report from Katerine Slater at KS bookkeeping Allan Piggot explains copies of the accounts have been circulated at this meeting Bnjce thanks the treasurer for compiling the accounts and Asks rf anyone has any questions regarding the accounts. No questions from the fbor about the accounts. Making Appointments Bruce explained the next part of the meeting will appoint the Board of Trustees for the year ahead. The Board of trustees have made the following recommendations for the approval of the Group scout council at this meeting Appoint the group chair Bruce hands over the meeting to Nigel for the approval of the group Chair Nigel states that the BOT'S recommendation is that Bruce Badman should be appointed group chair for another year. The Scout Council Agreed this recommendation with no objections Nigel thanked the scout council and passed Ihe meeting back to bruce to rnake the next recommendations Appoint the group treasurer Bruce states that the BOTS Recommendation is that Allan Piggot is appointed as group treasurer. This was agreed by the Scout Council with no objections Appoint group secretary Bru￿ states that the Bofs recommendation that Scott Mchaddan is appointed as group secretary. This was agreed by the Scout council with no objections. Graham mentioned that after transfomiation that this role may not exist, If the role ceases to exist then The 8oT's will co-QPt Scott on the Trustee board, for the purpose of recording the minutes at the BOT meetings Group trustee board At this point of the meeting Nigel Explained that the agenda had been copied from last years Agenda and that agenda points 6D and 6E were now going to be merged together. All other members of the BOTS are now referred to as appointed members, and not elected and nominated members Nigel states that the Bofs recommendation is that the following are appointed as Board of Truste8 members - Rob Hase. Adam Cashrnore, Gary White, Angus Donald, John Moon, Christopher Batten, Ann coombs. Helen Badman. This was agreed by the scout council with no objections. Bruce thanks the trustees for their work duriNJ the year. Independent exarniner for the current financial year Allan Piggot proposes that we use Katherine Slater at KS Booking. Bruc8 confirms that Katherine is qualified for the role, and asks for approval from the scout council from Allans recommendation. The Scout council approves with no objections Awards Awards for the young people. Bruce hands Ihe meeting over to Nigel for the next part of the meeting. Nigel Explains that it is at the AGM. the group likes to recognise the achievements of the YP in the past 12 months, and that these YP have all achieved their chief scouts award. They have already been presented with their awards. but we would like to celebrate their achievemenls this evening. Chief scouts award Gold Bailey underhay Chief scouts award Silver Joseph Knight and Penny Underhay Chief scouts award Bronze Lyla hedges, Finley wells and Harper hedges Chief scouts award Acorn Brio Page, Hannah Wheatley, Zachariah CrcKkett. and Robyn Godfrey Keyte Nigel Explains every year the Sectional Leadership teams are asked to nominate a young Person in their section for an award. Nigel says he enjoys presenting these awards every year. Squirrel of the year Robyn Godfrey Keye Beaver of the year Bety Anvil Gittens Cub of the year Elana gradian Scout of the year Jasmine Dilch Adult awards Nigel Explains that there are a couple of adult awards this year to be presented. The Abraham Trophy Nigel explained the story of the Abraham Trophy and that although it is the GSL'S Recommendation on who the trophy gets awarded to, that the trophy is presented by the sons of the Diek and Betty Abraham. Nigel invites the Abrahm brothers up for the presentab"on.. Nigel says that this year, he would like to recommend that Rob Hase re￿IVeS the Abrahm trophy this year in recognition of his efforts towards The gilcraft Den Refurbishments from the planning, Funding and overseeing the proj8ct. Graham Meikle takes the floor in the presentation of the next 2 awards. Graham presents a 5 year length of seNice award to Nickki Woodfield, Graham then goes on to present a Commendation award to Rob Hase, Nigel and Brue congratulate Nicki and Rob in their awards, as well as all the young people that have received awards. District review Bruce passes the Mee￿ng to Graham who gives the district review. Flrstly• I want to thank you for invitln8 me here today. It is a privilege to stand before you as representatlve of Axe Dlstrlct Scouts. Like ma ny areas of our Society. Scouting in the UK is stil I recoversng from the effects of the pandernic but has been growing steadily. Locally, our nurnbers at the last census (January thls yearl were 2060 young people and adult volunteer5. up 4% on the figu￿ frorn 2019. This means we are Still offering more and more young people the opportunlty to experience the huge vartety of ac¢lvltles Scoutlng has to offer. The number of activity notificatlons for camping and outdoor activities is quite Inspiring and you can find our young people and adult volunteers out somÈwhÈre in the arÈa pretty much every nlght of the week- and weekend5. Havifig said thaL as we emer8e from the challenges posed by the pandemic. we understand that some of our groups are still dealing with the aftermath. A few of our dedlcateLI leaders have taken thls kn.rne to reflect on thelr cornmitments. not just to Scouting. but to thelr own Ilve5 a5 well. Thls Is quite natural. However. it does present us with the task of ensurin8 that our Scouting sections continue to thrive. We ￿COgnISe the value that each leader brings to thelr re5pertive Group and Section and to our wider Scouting community. We understand the lrnportance of providlng the necessary support. The Scout Assoclatlon"s tran5formatlon priKess is still ongo Ing whlch when cornpleted by the end of this year. wlll see changes to the ways we welcome new volunteers Into Scoutln8 and support them with thelr leamin& changes to the way we support Scoutln8 through Group 3nd District Board5 of Trustees and change5 to our overall 5trurture and our role titles. None of these changes hOWe￿rWi1l affÈct the quality of the Scouting provlded to our young people. Scouting offers our you n8 people and adult volunteers the opportunity to experience activities and events around the globe and we are exrremely proud that member5 from Axe District are able to play their part in thls. We had several young people and an adult volunreer 80 to the World Scoutjamboree in Korea lastyear- it wasn't perhaps the expef len￿ they thought they would have, but for the time they were onsite. they shared tn that unique atrn05phere that vou can only8et by being with 43.0￿ partscipants from 143 countries. In July thls year we had voun8 people and an adult volunteer attending Roverway in Norway. where they were promised art unforgettable adventure -North of the ordlnarf. We have two Network members attendlng the World Scout Moot In Portugal next year and one of our Network members land an A55f5tant ESL) Is one of only al)out 30 chosen from rlght acr055 the whole of the UK to attend an expedltlon to Madagascar In 2025. None of these adventures are free and we are proud of every slngle one of them and proud also that a5 a Distrirt we have been able to 5UPPOrt each young person and adult volunteer towards the cost of their ttlps and wlll contlnue to do so In years to come. so long as we a￿ able to do so. In c105in& we are looking forward to the future and bein8 able offer even more 5￿Ul1n8 to an InTrasing number of yours8 people and want to thank all our dedlcated adult volunteers and supporters who are the backbone to maklng thls happen. Bruce Thanked everyone for attending the meeting this evening. Meeting ended at 8:15 pm Group Report At the last AGM we reported that we had ￿furbIShed the outside of the building Finally making it a water tight and wami building again, This year the team tk3ve been working quietly in the background making some changes to the internal of the building. We have installed a new kitchen, and the toilet area has undergone a much needed face lift. Please feel free to look at them later this evening. if you havenl done so already. The Next Project we are aiming to undertake is lo give the main hall a facelift. This is in the early stsge of planning, and costing. but we are hoping that it will be completed by the next AGM! Over the past couple of years The S(x)ut Association has undergone a transfomiation, They have made some changes to the names of things IThe Exec committee has been renamed as a board of trustees, The 'job titles. of the leaders have changed slightly, and they have launched a new digital platform for the leaders to work from, and do their learning on). Whilst the changes are small, the 1 thing that hasnl chang8d is the programme that the young people get on a section evening, At the census in January 2025, The number of young people in the group rernained static year on year, {2 sections remained the same size. 1 grew slightly, and 1 shrank slightly). I have had the privilege of seeing the young people (or hearing about) what the young people have been up to over the past year {you will see a few of the things they have been up to later in the AGM, Every section this year has offered a nights away experience to the young people. and more young people have gained their chief scouts awards, We have awarded 8 Chief scouts acom Award (Squirrel Section), 2 Chief scouts bronze awards (Beaver Section), 4 chief scouts silver Award {Cub Section) and 6 chief scouts gold award (Scout Section). Congratulations to all the young people who have achieved them. and a massive thank you and well done to the leadership teams for giving the Young people the opportunty to eam these awards. On top of the Chief scouts awards.. We have k)ved reading the cÉtations for this yearfs Squirrel, Baaver. Cub and Scout of the year awards. We feel honoured to be supporting the leadership teams to make these young people grow and become great young people. As Lead Volunteer. I love seeing young people join Ihe group as a squirrellBeaver and seeing them leave as a 14 year old Knowing the teams have given them skills for lrfe and a sense of adventure they might not have got if they hadnl joined Scouting. Our booking Secretary, Helen, has worked hard this year, booking in parties. and answering questions about hall hire etc. This is a vital part of Ihe group's operation. without hall hire bookings, (both regular and ocpasional users), We would have to find money for the running of the building for the young people. As things stand Ihe income from hall hire currently pays for the electricity, gas. and insurances for the premises. This means. we can keep the subs for the youn9 people to a minimum. We ask every year for the parents and supporters of the group to sign up for 2 things. The first thing is Gift aid, We can claim gift aid back from the Government, which ensures the money you for scouting, goes further. as every £1 you pay in subs, we can claim an additional 20p back from the govemment. The second thing we ask, if that you sign up for easy fundraising. I'm sure most of you shop online (albeit ebay shopping, grocery shopping. shopping for random stuff on amazon or shein). If you do, Please sign up to easy fundraising, (it costs you nothing to sign up) and then every time you shop online Ihough Ihe platfonn. then we receive a donation frorn the online retsiler. We would like lo Ihank the Board of Truslees, for their efforts in the background making sure the group remains compliant and have a safe premises for you young people, We would also like to thank the Leadership teams for their efforts, time and dedication they put into making sure the young people have a great time. A lot of people think it's just an hour or 2 a week, Well thafs what you see. Behind the s￿neS Ihey have to plan Ihe programme. complete risk assessments, communicate with parents, attend districl meetings, WTite letterslemails etc. Bruce Badman Group Chair Nigel Neads Group lead volunteer Holding Trustee Report 202412025 This evening we have heard how the Transformation of the Scout movement in the UK has progressed in particular the adoptions of new titles and names. Focussing on the changes made over the last couple of years, from group executive committee to Board of Trustees I would like to remind the scout council we as a group have had Group trustees dating back to 1932 when the Gilcraft Den was obtained from a farm for the use of scouting, yes it was a cow shed and on occasions still sme115 like one! Numbering four in total we the Holding Trustees are responsible for holding the title deeds of the Den and the share investments in trust for the good of the group. In the light of these recent changes we are now known as Holding Trustees to avoid any confusion with the new board of trustee titles. We also hold seats on the Board of Trustees. The past year has seen more progress in the refurbishment of the property making the Den more appealing. A new kitchen has been fitted, with attention being paid to ease of cleaning and a modern look and its usability. The WC area was also decorated and the hand basins repositioned adding extra appeal for visitors and groups alike. Consideration also given to the ease of access to one of the Wcs for those with mobility concerns. Interior decoration is continuing along with the general upkeep of the plot and building. The old street gas lamp on the lawn has been refurbished and returned to operation albeit electric with timers and other wizardry making it automatic and energy efficient. This lamp was originally sited in the street and was adopted" by the group when the lights in Totterdown Rd were electrified. We all hope the scout council will agree that the progress made this year has complemented the overall appearance and usability of the Oen. The Holding Trustee line up remains the same and I would like to express rny thanks for the work and input volunteered by Adam, Gary and Angus to achieve what you see in the Den tonight. It should also be noted that a good deal of thanks should be given to Nigel and the Board of Trustees as a whole for their support with this ongoing project. Our solicitors Powells have finalized the voluntary registration of the Den with the Land Registry. This was deemed necessary because the property had not changed hands or been subject to any conveyancing since 1932, and to gain access to some grants a Land Registry number is required. The share holding remains unchanged and continues to provide the group with a steady income, please see treasurers report. With the remaining and future funds raised for the improvements. we in the next year aim to concentrate on the inside, namely the walls and floor a5 major projects. We therefore consider that once these areas are addressed the Den will be a superb building to facilitate first class Scouting at 3rd and be actively used by local cornmunity groups. This helps to provide an income for the group, which in turn achieves growth in the number of young people and volunteers who all enjoy scouting at the Gilcraft Den. Robert Hase (Senior Trustee) Den Hire Report This year has been quieter than last year in tern]s of I￿11 usage. We have secured a couple of regular bookings and recently had someone visit who may be interested in hiring the hall. At presenL most bookings come from the same regular groups. I have reviewed our hire charges and cOmp￿¢d them with other local halls. which range from £15-£25 p¢r hour. For ncw bookings, I have incr¢as¢d the rat¢ to £13.50 per hour, with a further iacrease planned for April. Current regular bookings remain at the same rate for now, but w¢ should look to review these in April as well. A few issues have arisen regarding the use of confetti, glitter cannons. and party poppers. which leave a considerable amount of mess and require extra cleaning. I have begun advising hirers not to use them, or ihat an additional cleaning charge will apply if they do. The renovation of the kitchen and toilets has been very well received, with hirers giving good feedback on the improvements. Overall. feedback has been positive, and people are happy with th¢ service provided. One area to consider going forward is waste and recycling. With recent changes to collections in North Somerset, we currently do not rccyclc from the hall. After events, the waste generated often fills a bin bag. Going forward we will be exploring options for recycling to hejp reduce mixed waste. If you would like to hire th¢ hall. Please email 3rdwsmbookings@gmail.com Helen Booking Secretary Squirrel Report We've given out 8 Chief Scout Acom Awards in the last 12 months: Ivan P Matilda S Hadley S Jasmine L Theo H Ava-may J Amber-Rose M Charfie O Autumn 2024: We explored space, had a bonfire party, had a visit from a paramedic and learnt some first aid from her. We also celebrated Diwali. hearing the story, painting paper hands, dancing to Bollywood music and making lantems. In January 2025 Calhy Wheatley took lead of the drey as Trudy needed to step down due to personal reasons. Spring 2025: "Feel Good Januarf exploring ways to be healthy and look after our wellbeing. Induding a trip to the community garden l allotment to see where food comes from, and a healthy eating session with the council's food and nutrition public health specialist making ovemight oats and fruit salad. We started the Earth Tribe badge: visitors helped us to build bug houses, make solar powered fans and litter pick. We then set ourselves personal challenges suGh as turning out lights, reducing our food waste {by trying more of our meals) and helping with the recycling at home and thought about which pathway we might take for Earth Tribe. Summer 2025: The Squirrels loved litter pickirKJ and wanted to do a lot more of it. We decided to 'adopt' Totterdown Road through the Adopt a Street SGhem> vowing to cary out regular litter picks (4-6 times a year). North Somerset Environment bought smaller litter picking PPE and equipment and send a member of staff every time we want to do a litter pick, to help out - we've done three already.1 Besides this, we explored cuftural diversity with an intemational night where we heard from people from Genmany, Fran￿ and Romania. We leamt the word for"Squirrel" in each language, tried some food, found countries on a map, leaml the flags and some interesting f8Cts about each country. We celebrated our own diversity during Prid8 month - by making flags with pictures of our families on and marching around the hall waving them, singing and making music with instruments, to show that we are proud of who we are. On the penultimate week of the year we joined the other sections in den building in Weston Woods. and on the last week we had a garden paty back and campfire back al the community garden. The group as it stands now is entirely different to those we started the year wilh. with a complete change over of children. All 8 of the children named as having received a chief scout acom award have now moved on and the 8 children we've now got on role have started since January. We have four new children starting over the coming temi, three in September and one after October half term, bringing us to a comfortable total of 12. More than that would require more team members who could commit to every week. Cathy Wheatley Team Leader (Squirrels) Beaver Report The beaver5 have completed many tasks through this year towards their badges. They have completed creative activities, where beavers have explored the space badge, completed some Christmas activities, and worked together as teams to complete problem solving activities. The beavers have been to some interesting pla￿S in weston and had some visitors to the hut. Some of these were visiting the food bank. the helicopter museum, we attended a local church and had a paramedic attend a session to help us with our first aid. We also learnt about our planet and how to look after it. While exploring this badge we went litter picking and did some work around endangered animals. The beavers have completed many hikes through the year counting a night hike through the woods and some navigation work around weston with map5. They attended a district trip to Noah's ark zoo which gave the beavers the opportunity to meet other beavers from different sections. We also completed some adventure activities such as axe throwing and archery. We also completed some group actrvities to SUPPOrt the beavers to interact with our whole section, squirrels, cubs and scouts such as a Halloween party and a family den building activity. There wa5 2 camp5 thi5 year that the beavers attended at our hut. The end of term we managed to spend loads of time out of the hut and made the most of the weather. We went on a hike in uphill, and Worlebury woods. made floating boats and floated them at a pool down the beach, and ended our summer term with laser tag in the woods which was a brilliant and engaging term. Sierena Richardson Team Leader