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| AGM opened by District Chair Michelle M- White Notes throughout AGM District Chairs’s Notes from AGM at Stirling 30th September 2025 Notes on committee taken before meeting Magda – stepping down this evening Kealey – stepping down as Chair but happy to stay at UMT member Anita – willing to re-stand Joan - willing to re-stand Vicky - willing to re-stand Sarah - willing to re-stand Andre - willing to re-stand Notes taken during AGM AGM run according to MSSC & Charity Commission rules & regulations. Committee stepped down. In my role as Returning committee for all their hard work over the past year. Kealey, Vicky, Sarah, Andre, Anita and Joan re-elected. (Hopefully Sarah minute who proposed & who seconded each nomination). Notes take at Post AGM UMT Meeting During this meeting it became clear that no-one wanted to take on the role of Chair, either due to lack of time, distance from home to the unit, and several other reasons stemming from changes to planned management of the unit. When it became clear there was no alternative, I stepped in to act as interim Chair until a new one comes forward. Richard Priest agreed to notify Growth and Development Workers of need to advertise for new UMT members. xx Oficer tokovertheruning ofthemeting andthanked the- |
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| Chair Report | AGM- Tuesday 30th September 2025 Chair report -Thank You to everyone for attending today. We are grateful of your support! - The year 2024-2025 has been yet another successful year for Birmingham Stirling for three years running. We have a fantastic team of trustees who work hard behind the scenes making sure the unit continues to be safe and secure for the cadets, volunteers, and the community. We have continued to keep the Health & Safety aspects of the building up to date and compliant with the current regulations. Thankyou to the Marine Society& |
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Sea Cadets for your continued support- We appreciate your support which has not gone unnoticed at Stirling. -Thank You to everyone who has made donations to our unit: YAPP, Heart of England, Meriden Rotary club, Birmingham airport, YIF, ESC lottery fund, Groundwork UK. We also successfully received gift aid contributions for the first year. We have been lucky to have all of the support from grant providers which have helped make positive di�erences and empowering changes to our young people and volunteers at Stirling. These donations are a huge contribution to our unit in making the positive changes for our young people, volunteers, community, and being able to be a reliable base for other units to use also. -Thank You for those who have included our unit in their events: Closely working together with the local Church attending events like Sea Sunday service, ward end fire station, party in the park at Arden Hall, Yorkswood community event, Remembrance Sunday at Castle Bromwich and shard end, unit fundraising day, VE day event, Saint George’s day parade, British legion poppy appeal, Sleigh run, and Rotary club visit, along with having district events at Birmingham Stirling getting other units together at Birmingham Stirling. The aims given in the last AGM was: New Galley, New infrared heating, new boiler, and to continue to reduce carbon footprint. We are pleased to say that we have achieved our aims and excelled above our aims. We have a fully functional new galley, Infrared heating system, cavity wall installation, and a new boiler. Another aim was to make sure that we had enough money in the bank ahead of all the mandatory checks like the fire extinguishers, emergency lighting, gas safety etc- the checks that we need to keep on top of to make sure that we can open but most importantly be a safe unit. We achieved this aim also. We have continued to reduce our carbon footprint by being able to reduce our utility bills with British Gas, water bills have continued to be reduced since changing over to water plus previously. Our Electricity is now monitored through a smart meter; the gas we still must send readings through. An aim for the sta� that do stand easy was to have everyone with a Food Hygiene qualification- This was achieved. We still have 24 years left on the lease. We have been able to expand our boating equipment with x16 kayaks which has had such a positive impact on our young people and volunteers making sure that we are using safe, modern and suitable boats whilst on the water. This helps us continue to promote a healthy lifestyle and mental health for our young people which will follow with them to adulthood. The significant outgoings for this period were; the new galley, new boiler, infrared heating, and cavity wall installation. Regulating fees- We always have a few to chase but this continues to gradually improve. Mini-bus- Continued to keep with the 6 weekly checks to maintain the safety of the mini-bus. MOT is due November. What have we not achieved so far? - Not benefiting from the solar panels- long waiting game trying to get an intense form filled out, contacting the energy company who gave us a
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panels rather than the energy going into the grid- this will be chased continuously, but their time frames are quite wide with how long they have to reply. 2025-2026 Aims & Goals -We are hoping to raise money for: A new mini-bus -Aims: To be benefitting from the solar panels - sort the roof out - decorate interior rooms to freshen them up - new flooring on the main deck. The most significant outgoings for 2024-2025 was the new galley, cavity wall installation, new boiler, and infrared heating. The most significant outgoings for 2025-2026 prediction would be the new mini-bus and fixing the roof to be the most expensive. Any questions? Before I finish, i would like to take this opportunity
and commitment, our unit would not be the progressive and successful unit it is today. A special Thank you goes to our unit management team for their hard work behind the scenes.
like to personally thank Joe, who is always on hand to answer my many late-night questions and has supported me greatly in my role as chair. Your guidance and encouragement mean a lot. Thank you all once again for everything that you do for the cadets, and for this unit.
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| Sailing Competition, as well os good attendance atcommunity events. We have maintained ourgood DofE officer, relationship with local organisations such as Meriden Rotary Club, EitCap, All Saints Church, Shard End and travel Police, Shard End Communities, Castle Bromwich Council and Arden Halll, as welll os keeping in touch with the local councillors. Events / Competitions include: - Party in the Pork -Arden Hall - Christmas Sleigh Run + Morisons Collection - Meriden Rotary Club - Sea Sunday Service - Remembrance Parade (Shard End) - Ward End Fire Station Open Day - VE Day Event - Shard End Police Engagement Day - District Drill Competition - District ond Areo Baddlesnort Regatta - District Rowing Regatta Highlights of 2025: - Retention score of §-Average stay is32 months of cadets. - Retained Adults - Recruitmentof4xAdult Volunteers (2transferringfromogighautiog. Warwickshire district, and2new adults intothe orgorisation) - Opening of the Park Hall Acodemy in March 2025, and nowhave a stable division of 12 cadets (with onecadet transferring to Stirling unit) - Completion of the new Galley, which has been used for Unit and District courses, we ore already seeing the benefit of this. - Another successful Open Day/Fundraising Day, bringing the community together. - Still remain the unit with the highest percentage within the district ofcadets signed up to the Cadet Portal - Retained the Burgee, with a Captains Commendation - Gold Burgee -we received a Gold Burgee which was awarded to certain units throughout the Sea Cadets for their attempt on growth. We achieved through Park Hall Division - Introduced a Deputy UnitTraining Officer, totakesome ofthe pressurefromtheUTO. - POR Wiffen stepping up to become the Divisional Officer-ParkHallAcademy. - Membership at MBS, which has been utilised weekly for booting parades, and 2 x Unit Weekends. - Volunteers providing their time to MBS to teach and support courses - Maintained the strongworking relationship between the adult delivery team and the UMT - Maintained strong working relationships with local community groups |
Sailing Competition, as well os good attendance atcommunity events. We have maintained ourgood DofE officer, relationship with local organisations such as Meriden Rotary Club, EitCap, All Saints Church, Shard End and travel Police, Shard End Communities, Castle Bromwich Council and Arden Halll, as welll os keeping in touch with the local councillors. Events / Competitions include: - Party in the Pork -Arden Hall - Christmas Sleigh Run + Morisons Collection - Meriden Rotary Club - Sea Sunday Service - Remembrance Parade (Shard End) - Ward End Fire Station Open Day - VE Day Event - Shard End Police Engagement Day - District Drill Competition - District ond Areo Baddlesnort Regatta - District Rowing Regatta Highlights of 2025: - Retention score of §-Average stay is32 months of cadets. - Retained Adults - Recruitmentof4xAdult Volunteers (2transferringfromogighautiog. Warwickshire district, and2new adults intothe orgorisation) - Opening of the Park Hall Acodemy in March 2025, and nowhave a stable division of 12 cadets (with onecadet transferring to Stirling unit) - Completion of the new Galley, which has been used for Unit and District courses, we ore already seeing the benefit of this. - Another successful Open Day/Fundraising Day, bringing the community together. - Still remain the unit with the highest percentage within the district ofcadets signed up to the Cadet Portal - Retained the Burgee, with a Captains Commendation - Gold Burgee -we received a Gold Burgee which was awarded to certain units throughout the Sea Cadets for their attempt on growth. We achieved through Park Hall Division - Introduced a Deputy UnitTraining Officer, totakesome ofthe pressurefromtheUTO. - POR Wiffen stepping up to become the Divisional Officer-ParkHallAcademy. - Membership at MBS, which has been utilised weekly for booting parades, and 2 x Unit Weekends. - Volunteers providing their time to MBS to teach and support courses - Maintained the strongworking relationship between the adult delivery team and the UMT - Maintained strong working relationships with local community groups |
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Next UMT meeting arranged hosted by District Chair Michelle Meeson-White who has stood into Chairperson for Birmingham Stirling Unit until a new chair is in position.
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