2024-03-31-accounts

Scouts 9th Ormskirk (3rd Aughton)

AGM 2024

9[th] ORMSKIRK Scout Group is an independent, self- governing (Autonomous) Educational Charity operating under the policy and rules of the Scout Association (POR 3.22).

The Group is also separately registered with the ‘Charity Commission’ – (registration no. 503343).

Welcome to our Annual General Meeting Thank you for all coming to our AGM alongside our Family Camp and Leigh Phillips Fun Day.

Welcome – Apologies.

1. Scouting Activities.

2. Finance.

3. Committee Structure

4. District Representative.

5. Closing Comments.

Currently 11 Squirrels, 3 Leaders, 2 DBS’d parents/carers helping regularly, 2 Young Leaders

• 5 Squirrels moved to Beavers since last AGM

• 1 due to move up to Beavers next week

• Next 2 to go up will be October half term

• 1 new starter next week

• 4 on waiting list

• Will keep numbers at 11 for now

Awards & Badges completed

• 4 Chief Scout’s Acorn Awards achieved & presented

• 3 more have met the criteria for the Acorn Award (yet to be presented)

• 3 Challenge badges

• 7 Activity Badges

• 1 Staged badge

Events

• 6 Squirrels at The Gathering

• 5 Squirrels at the Mayor’s Civic Service

• 4 Squirrels at Remembrance Day Parade

• 6 Squirrels at the day visit at Group Camp

• 5 Squirrels at St George’s Day Parade

Activities have included

• Making hampers for local foodbank (presented to the Ormskirk Foodbank in December)

• Joining in Beaver sessions

• Making a mini pond

• Making pizzas

Mandy,

Squirrel Team Leader

The Beavers have had another fantastic year. We have continued to grow in numbers as we saw some of the Squirrels continue their journey in scouting by moving up to Beavers. We have also welcomed another 10 children into the group.

Throughout the year we have been busy working towards many badges the sports challenge and world badge to name a few.

Many of the Beavers took part in a sleepover at the hut where we learnt all about the planets and got to see Venus and the Moon through Bob’s telescope.

Many of the Beavers took part in Remembrance Day parade and later in the year we paraded around Ormskirk for St George’s day.

At all our meetings the Beavers have taken part in a variety of games. They have also had the opportunity to take part in some craft activities. They designed their own kilts and made cards for Mother’s Day.

Many Beavers took part in the group camp and for many this was their first night away from home. They enjoyed taking part in archery and an Easter egg hunt.

Emma

Beaver Team Member

9[th] Ormskirk Operate 2 Cub packs Wednesday and Thursday nights.

Wednesday Cubs

Hi Everyone

Our pack has doubled to 13 Cubs this year, which we are very happy about. We have a lovely team of leaders, in Andrew, Steph, and myself. We also have our great young leader Joseph, and have a new young leader starting after the Easter break.

We have sent two of our Cubs up to Scouts, having both earned their Chief Scout’s Silver.

We have completed activities on fire safety, backwoods cooking, making our own fortune cookies and learning knots, to name but a few. The Cubs have done some of the sewing of their own badges on too, with a little help.

We took a great trip on the train into Ormskirk and walked back. We learned about rail safety and had some exercise too.

We had a visit from students from Edge Hill who did a great workshop for the Cubs using their imagination to express themselves through storyboards and storytelling, for their coursework.

We also had a visit from the Canal and River Trust, who taught our Cubs about all things water safety.

We are looking forward to another year of fun and growth.

Toni.

Wednesday Cubs Team Leader

Thursday Cubs

Hello

Since our last AGM, the Thursday Cub Pack has grown from strength to strength. We have 21 Cubs, 3 Young Leaders and 3 Cub Leaders, we have also had some of the Scouts helping for their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award.

Over the last 12 months we have had 13 complete their Chief Scout’s Silver Award.

Activity Badges

Home Help Digital Citizen Naturalist Conservation Air Activity

As well as the Cubs achieving Martial Arts, Music, Collectors, Sports Enthusiast by their achievements away from Cubs

Challenge Badge Work

Craft – Christmas ornaments Mother Day Card, Easter Basket, Get well cards Indoor Archery Acts of Kindness Storyboards Outdoor cooking Saints & union Flag Pioneering Safety – visit the Fire Station Litter picking Gardening – planting seeds Bird of Prey

Camps & Day Trips

Group Camp The Gathering Cub Camp

Sleepover

I would like to thank the young leaders & cub leaders for their support in giving their time and contribution in building the cubs skills, and plan future activities and camps. Without them my role would be so much harder.

Lesley Thursday Cubs Team Leader

Members

• 36 Scouts

• 10 moved on to Nomads ESU last summer

• 3 due to move to Explorers this summer

• 5 Leaders regularly attend although not all at the same time.

Awards

• 9 Scouts completed the Chief Scout’s Gold Award.

• Events and Activities June 2023-June 2024

These are mainly the activities undertaken at weekends and are extra to the Tuesday night meetings.

• Weekend Patrol Camp at Tawd Vale, 14 Scouts

• Leigh Phillips Fun Day at Tawd Vale

• Scout Expedition Challenge/DofE Bronze Expedition – 9 Scouts

• • Weeklong summer camp to Great Tower, included a day of

• canoeing on Windermere, hiking up the Old Man of Conniston, High Ropes activities, Archery and surviving the rain! 15 Scouts took part.

• Two Scouts attended the Mayor’s Civic Service

• The Gathering District Camp – 12 Scouts

• District Orienteering Competition with one team winning the

• Scout Trophy.

• Painted poppies to decorate the HQ and attended the

• Ormskirk Remembrance Parade.

• Visit from the RNLI.

• Practice hike for Moonlight.

• Moonlight - 3 teams with one team Solo.

• Sleepover and Night Hike – 15 Scouts

• • Fencing.

• Scouts camped at Group Camp at Bispham Hall – 14 Scouts

• St George’s Day Event

• Weekend Patrol Camp to Tawd Vale – 19 Scouts

• Emergency Aid Stage 3 Badge.

Annette Marshall Group Lead Volunteer

Nomads have had another cracking year with members now at 23.

We've played golf, gone hiking, roller skating, ice skating, go karting, laser tag, backwoods cooking, bake off, skiing and much more!

We've also made collections for the local food bank and had a talk on knife crime as well as first aid training when dealing with a knife/ puncture wound.

We've attended Mersey Moot, had our annual I'm A Nomad Get Me Out Of Here! camp with the next one scheduled for October.

We've also had 6 bronze DofE Awarded, 8 silver expeditions and 4 plus 1 from another county completing DofE gold expedition..

A brilliant year with another one ahead.

I would like to thank you for all the support we receive as an Explorer Unit within the 9th Ormskirk family.

Matthew Quirk Explorer Unit Team Leader Finance

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Another successful year for Scouting and Financial activities.

Subscriptions were raised to £10 per month and membership numbers are increasing thus leading to an increase in income - there is a knock-on effect whereby Income from ‘Gift Aid’ will also increase.

The accounts are prepared on monies actually received and actual payments made during the accounting period in question 1[st] April 2023 to 31[st] March 2024. Monies are collected and paid out in advance of activities taking place during the next accounting period and are thus ‘ring fenced’ see notes 2 and 3.

Thus, our healthy useable balance is in the region of £20,000 (still no pay raise for Leaders).

However I am conscious that it may be necessary to subsidise the Headquarters finances at some time in the future and also we need to develop the two garages into more secure useable buildings.

Board of Trustees

Group Lead Volunteer – Annette Marshall

Proposed 2024

Group Chair – Colin Marshall

Secretary – Steve Hull

Treasurer – Jeff Roberts

Assistant Treasurer– Vicky Howarth

Dave White

Chris Lyon Pauline Taylor Beth Andrews Phil Roberts Mark Attwood

Paul Burnhill (Technology guru)

Meeting to approve.