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Annual
General
Meeting
&
Annual
Report
2022
Sudbury District Scout Groups
AGM
Friday 9th September 7.30-7.45pm
At Gt.Cornard HQ
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Sudbury District AGM 9th Septerber 2022

Vincent Quattrucci will chair the AGM.

  1. Welcome and Opening prayer.

  2. Apologies for absence

  3. To approve the minutes of the AGM 8th,October 2021

  4. To receive and consider the Annual Report and Statement of accounts for 2021/2022 a) Adoption of Bankers as proposed by the District Treasurer.

  5. b) Approve External Examiner as proposed by the District Treasurer

    1. District Commissioners report

  7. Section Reports: Beavers Cubs Scouts Explorers/Young Leaders Network District Youth Commissioner

  8. District Commissioners nomination for Chairperson (ex officio) Vincent Quattrucci 8. Election of:

District Secretary: Jan Jennings (ex officio) District Treasurer: John Wiseman (ex officio)

  1. Approval of DCs nomination for Executive Committee a ADC Beavers: Vacant

b ADC Cubs: Cathy Challis and Cliff Dark c ADC Scouts: Vacant d DESC Explorers : Julie Penney e YL Leader: Alan Cummins f District Activities: Julian Stiff g District DOE: Andy Brown h SAS Leaders: Vacant

i District Young Leaders Representative: Vacant

10 Election of Council members to District Executive 

  - a. GSL representative: Vacant

  - b. DAAC Chair: Brian Clampin and Graham Smith

  - c.    Group chairperson: Mark Chadwick

  - d.    Parent Representative: Vacant

Minutes of the District AGM held on via Zoom on 8[th] October 2021

1. Welcome:

Vincent Quattrucci took the Chair and welcomed attendees.

2. Attendance/Apologies

Attached

3. The Minutes of the AGM on 1[st] December 2020 They had already been circulated and were approved by all.

4. The District Treasurer presented the annual accounts

He reported turnover and subscriptions are lower. There are separate accounts for each Section. Explorers were in the red and were given a float.

There was a small loss for the year re insurance /archery. Reserves are down as helped with subscriptions. Next year should be more settled. He proposed

5. District Commissioners report : Contained within the booklet.

Steve Cridland appointed Deputy DC will assist Charmain to move things forward and look to the future of the District. Thanks to everyone for all their work and adapting an amazing programme.

6. Section Reports:

Contained within the booklet.

7. District Commissioners nomination for Chairperson (ex officio) DC nominated Vincent Quattrucci, who accepted the nomination and would continue in post

All in agreement by show of hands

8. Election of:

District Secretary: Jan Jennings (ex officio) to continue in post District Treasurer: John Wiseman (ex officio): to continue in post. All in agreement

9. Approval of DCs nomination for Executive Committee: a) ADC Beavers: Vacant

All in agreement

10. Election of Council Members to District Exec:

All in agreement

12. District Team:

13 Awards

Charmain will be presenting them

A video of Scouting was shown before Vincent Quattrucci closed the meeting at 19.10, thanking everyone for their attendance.

Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 for

Sudbury District Scout Council

SUDBURY PADDLESPORT LEADERSHIP

ACTIVITY TEAM 2022

The Tuesday nights are back and as popular as ever, this year we have had 18 Leaders/Explorers and Scouts attending each week, trying both Canoes and Kayaks to gain there Canoe England Discover and Explore awards, Personal and Leadership Permits. We have also had two Explorers Dom and Ella Quatrucci and Geordie, who passed their Lee valley legacy Course assessment.

Sudbury District does now have an inflatable Trampoline and Zorb ball for use on the river if Groups would like to hire them, fully insured.

In August the SPLAT Team headed back to North Wales for their 6th White Water taster weekend, providing an introduction to white water and hopefully inspiring the next generation.

Sudbury District would like to thank 3rd Sudbury Scout Group for all their support.

District Explorer Scout Commissioner Report AGM

Sudbury District AGM 8[th] October 2021

Zoom Meeting

Attendance Apologies
Charmain Southgate Mark Chadwick
Vincent Quattrucci Paul Snelling
John Wiseman Steve Stiff
Jan Jennings Nicky Weston Plumb
Gordon Edgar
Ricky Green
Julian Stiff
BrianClampin
Steve Cridland
Martin Reynolds
Alan Cummings
Graham Smith
Brian Harvey
Adrian Duncan
Cathy Challis
Julie Penney
Paul Remblance
Bill Hodges
Claire Sutton
Diane Taylor
Trevor Pattison
Sam Cole
Tom Lappin

Welcome everyone,

This year has been my second in the role.

I have visited all the units over the course of the last year and assisted/supported when required. I will again will be visiting all the units each term.

The numbers of explorers in the district are ever increasing within all the units, however, the Bovine Explorer Unit closed just before the summer due to lack of explorers.

Over the next couple of months, I will be speaking to GSL’s/SL who do not have a unit attached to their group to set up a new Explorer Unit which will cover their areas, one being Boxford and one which will hopefully cover Glemsford, Long Melford, Acton and Waldingfield and Lavenham. I also have a few leaders who are willing to help run these.

Unfortunately, being unwell for over three months, some of the district activities/camps that I was planning will take place during the next year, these include –

District Explorer Camp – with a successful summer camp at Hawkhirst Scout Activity Centre with explorers attending from Quay, Stour Valley and Bures Dragons the consensus from the explorers was that they would all like to do more events/camps together.

Monopoly Run.

Winter camp. District hikes.

Archery/shooting competitions.

Explorer get me out of here camp challenge.

These will all be discussed at the next District Explorers Leaders meeting which will be in the next few weeks.

I would just like that thank all the explorer leaders in the district for all the hard work they are doing. I have a good team around me with Andy and Alan and their assistance and support is invaluable.

Julie Penney

Sudbury District Explorer Scout Commissioner

Young Leaders & Duke of Edinburgh Report 21/22

Young Leader numbers have increased and we have over 35 active Young Leaders helping at groups across the district. Most Young Leaders are active Explorers and working towards Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Chief Scouts Awards, so have should see an increased number of these over the next 12 months. Duke of Edinburgh, we completed 9 Gold, 2 Silver and 7 Bronze expeditions, these will complete the full awards in the next couple of months, In addition, we are running the Chief Scouts and Queens awards along side Duke of Edinburgh program. In the last year one Explorer completed their Dofe Gold and Queens Award and has now become an Explorer Leader. The weekend of the 16th. to 18th. September 2022 will see, 24 Explorers from Suffolk complete their Expedition Practice weekend, of which 21 are from Sudbury District.

8 Young Leaders have completed and been awarded the Young Leader Belts in the last 12 months, with more in the pipeline. Over the next year, we will carry on promoting the Young Leader program and be adding a number of dedicated Young Leader training days through the year, this will be in place and set to go by the end of September 2022.

Andy Brown & Alan Cummins

Sudbury District Cubs Report 2022

Well, what can we say about this year! We started the year with a red readiness level meaning that no one could meet face to face. As the weeks passed and it became apparent that Covid was not going away our plans for the summer had to be postponed. Our water activities day at Bures, our skills day at Bradfield Park and our day trip to the National Space Centre all put on the shelf for another time.

However, this did not stop the Cub Packs in Sudbury District. Using a plethora of virtual media, packs gradually started to meet back, some setting tasks at home via WhatsApp or Facebook and sharing photos afterwards and some using zoom to hold virtual meetings.

All over the District Cubs were, baking, crafting, quizzing, doing scavenger hunts, putting on puppet shows, showing off their collections, building dens from cushions and blankets and spending the night in them, carrying out science experiments, playing bingo, completing escape rooms and so much more.

Come September some pack did begin to meet face to face again but with some tough restrictions on numbers and activities and of course some heavy duty cleaning regimes. But this was short lived as come the New Year we were again back to virtual meetings.

We would like to say a very big thank you and well done to all our Cub Leaders who have changed their approach to scouting completely over the past year and have had to re-think the activities and programmes. We would also like to say a big well done to all our Cubs who have embraced the changes and given their all to keep Cub Scouting going.

We are now crossing our fingers that next year will see less restrictions and more Scouting.

Cathy Challis Assistant District Commissioner Commissioner Cub Scouts

Cliff Dark Assistant District

Cub Scouts

– Chairmans report 2021/22

Many thanks for attending this years Sudbury District AGM and for all you, the volunteers, do throughout each and every year to enhance the Scouting experience for our young people it never ceases to amaze me all the time and energy that you give.

It’s been incredible seeing how you have all returned to Scouting and the number of young people that benefit from this.

The District committee has met on many occasions since our last AGM and all members have provided valuable input to help ensure the District continues to be successful. The District has had a somewhat turbulent year with the loss of Steve Cridland as the joint District Commissioner, this was a big loss as he was a well liked character but we are lucky that he has remained within Scouting in his new challenges. Charmain has continued to successfully lead the team as District Commissioner after having considered County positions before Steve’s departure, with the appointment of a great leadership team around her we can look forward to her continuing in role and supporting and growing District.

Personally I’ve enjoyed meeting many new faces in Scouting this year at AGM's and various Group evenings and look forward to visiting more Groups and meeting even more of you in the coming year.

Vincent Quattrucci

Sudbury District Chairman

SUDBURY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER

REPORT 2022

Another busy Scouting year in Sudbury District and I think we will all agree it’s great to be back! Doing what we do best, in offering the most amazing opportunities to try something different and exciting to all our Young people in Sudbury District, we now have over 1000 young people in our District enjoying quality Scouting each week, so thank you.

In April we opened our first Squirrel Drey at 1st Long Melford, a massive well done to Carolyn ADC Squirrels, Stephen Spraggons GSL, Squirrel Nutkin and Red Squirrel and all the Team at Long Melford, it was an absolute pleasure joining you for your first few weeks and thank you for having me, I absolutely loved it.

Our very own Sharon and Brian Akela and Bagheera from 1[st] kedington were chosen as Jubilee torch bearers play their part in the Festival of Suffolk relay back in May,

They both retired from Cub Scouts last week after nearly 20 years and they will be extremely missed and a massive thank you to both of them for everything they have done for Sudbury Dist

Back in February 2020 before lockdown we held our first taster session for Cubs and Beavers at Glemsford, then lockdown struck and was put on hold. With Support from Claire Collins and Courtney Prior from the Gilwell Development team along with Adrian Group Chair and Gail group Treasurer, Vince, Alan, Cathy, YL and the District team, I am pleased to say we have re-opened Cubs with 4 new Leaders, Thank you so much to everyone involved with this project, it really was a joint effort and it’s great to see Cubs thriving again in Glemsford.

Exciting news over at Haverhill Scout Groups with the new Head Quarters build, planning has now been granted, we now have a toilet black with shower and HOT water for the first time! with the build to start shortly.

I am really looking forward to taking the District forward with my new team, Jenny Mullan, Alan Cummins and Richard Cutting my Deputy DC’s a massive thank you to them and Vince Quattrucci my District Chair and District Executive, Cathy and Cliff ADC Cubs, Julie Penney DESC for all the Support. Well done to all those that achieved top awards, DOE and YL belts. See you all soon.

Charmain DC