Trustee Annual Report Form
All Girlguiding Ulster Charities are governed by the Royal Charter and Bye-laws.
The Purpose of each of these Charities is to educate girls and young women to help them develop emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually so that they can make a positive contribution to their community and the wider world.
Name of Charity as it appears on the Register and any other names it may be known by
Slemish Ranger Unit / Slemish Look Wider Group
NI Charity Commission Number
104051
The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission
Mrs Geraldine Price Linford MBE 4 Ashfield Broughshane Ballymena County Antrim BT42 4DJ
The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year
Mrs Geraldine Price Linford MBE Dr Catherine McCaig Miss Laura Barr
The financial year the report relates to
1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022
In January 2022, we completed our usual planning meeting, getting excited over some new activities. It was a team effort trying to work out what we needed to complete either our Bronze, Silver or Gold Ranger Awards. Have Adventures part of the programme enabled us to Explore the Universe. We played a relay obstacle race where each station was part of the Big Bang. We pretended we were stuck on a space rocket with a faulty air supply that needed to be urgently repaired. By March we were exploring the effects of heat and cold on our bodies, and what telltale signs to look out for. We also played a version of our favourite Guide game, Hidden Figures.
By February we were able to go to on our first outing since the COVID lockdown. We opted to go to Timescape in Belfast, split into two teams and raced to escape in 60mins. The Titanic Room team won, but the Ripper Room team reckoned theirs was the harder! For Thinking Day, we celebrated Robert Baden-Powell’s birthday by doing crafts from around the world. March started with a home-made pizza night when we made a spicy one, a Margarita and a meat feast. The spicy one was ‘taken to the next level’ with lots of chilies! The Movie night proved a hit with Aladdin when we sang along to all the songs. Mothers’ Day is a time when we say ‘thank you’ to our mums: we made some cards and ribbon roses.
In April we were able to get outside again. We played Tic Tac H2O, a race to fill buckets using plastic beakers! The fastest team claimed the space on a giant Noughts and Crosses board. The competition carried on with a tennis tournament and sitting volleyball. In May, we used drinks cans and tea-lights to make a cooker and to cook a spoonful of beans at a time. The Speedy Scavenger Hunt around the church grounds was good fun, finding items like a feather and bringing back three different types of leaves. For Rangers’ Choice night we did some needle felting and made a gonk gnome. In June, we celebrated the Queens Platinum Jubilee with a Royal quiz, followed by decorating cupcakes and making tiaras from pipe cleaners. We completed Folded Fables, when we took turns to write part of a story without knowing what had been written before: it was hilarious. We then drew characters using a given profile. We journeyed back to being a Rainbow again and tried to make potato cakes without using measuring utensils.
Between March and August, some of the Rangers completed their Gold DofE Award expedition. They undertook training walks and an overnight camp in preparation for their practice expedition in the North Antrim Hills, prior to the qualifier in the Sperrin Mountains.
The Autumn term started with a long overdue residential - our unit along with the Guides and Brownies descended on Breckenhill Activity Centre for a weekend of fun, orienteering, building shelters and fires, kayaking and team games. We completed our Be Well theme award, finishing off first aid activities. In October we worked on interest badges needed to achieve the Ranger Awards. We completed Scribblers activity and a charades game when we had to act out activities and Mix it Up, making tailored drinks. We did some Halloween crafts - pipe cleaner spiders - and created some spooky stories. We did Remembrance Activities when we created our own poppies and listened to the role that Girl Guides played in the wars. In WW1 they were predominantly domestic or about caring for the sick or young; they were encouraged to take charge of hospital linen, make ration bags for soldiers and help in soup kitchens and day nurseries. In 1941, the RAF urgently requested that the Girlguiding Headquarters provide cotton reels to help with the war effort. The Girl Guides sprang into action, collecting 15,000 reels within months; but little did they know this request would go on to save many lives!
We managed an evening of mini golf at Scrapyard Golf in Glengormley. To end the year, we made mince pies to give to our elderly neighbours and did Christmas Crafts.
There was no harm flowing from the Charities purposes and there was no private benefit .
A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance
The Trustees are fully aware of this guidance and have adhered to it.
A review of the Charity’s financial position at the end of the year
The Unit is in a healthy position financially.
Details of any fund held by the Charity that was materially in deficit at the end of the year and steps taken by the Charity Trustees to eliminate the deficit
None
One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below.
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