Scouts Trustee Annual Report 1st Aprll 2023 _ 31st March 2024 Name of Charity Derryloran Scout Group Charity Registration Number Year Start Date 104063 01/04/2023 Year End Date 31/03/20234 The Purpose of your Charity Derryloran Scout Group is governed by the Royal Charter and Bye-laws. Purpose of Scouting.. Scouting exists to actlvely engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to societ The principal address of the Charity 19 Burnbank Cookstown County Tyrone BT80 8DX The names of all Charity Trustees Mr William Henry Colin Scott Mrs Joy Greer Mrs Joanne Boyd Mrs Denise Barrett Mrs Karen Anderson Mrs Jean Major The financial year the report relates to Year start 01/04/2023................. Year end 31/03/2024............. A summary of the Charity's main actlvities and achievements in the year These are the main activities undertaken by this Charity to fvrther its charitable purposes for the public benefit of its beneficiaries. All Sections of the Group have remained active.. Squirrels (4-5), Beavers (6-8), Cubs (8-10), Scouts (10- 14). Section meetings take place weekly during term-time, following a structured programme of age-related games and activities, to en eandsu ort oun eo lein
Scouts their personal development. empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The Group has had a busy year. Funds are allocated to activities and events that are both enjoyable and encourage the young people to become more independent and self-reliant, developing teamwork and skills for life. Derryloran Scout Group Annual Report- 1° Aprll 2023 - 31. March 2024 Cubs We have gained several beavers to join our cub pack. We also have gained more young people from our open night that we held in September to join our adventurous cub pack. Our cub pack had been super busy achieving a lot of activlty badges and staged badges such as, Environmentsl Conservation, Athletics, Collectors and Joining in. These we achieved through various crafts, activities and challenges on our local nights. During October we held an indoor camp for the cubs, they had a fantastic experience. The time through camp they were able to achieve more badges which were, Astronomer, Chefs and Night Away Staged Badge. All the cubs left with big smiles on their faces. The camp was organised by Caleb and Sarah with the help of Joy and Richard. Every cub in our cub pack has been awarded their membership award badge and by doing this they have promised to keep the cub scout law & promise and code of conduct. Scouts Derryloran 5COUts have had another year filled with fun and activity. The scouts have continued to do badge-work both inside and outslde of the hall. Such as a number of hikes to gain some experience for those wanting to try complete their Expedition challenge award. A list of badges earned this year are as follows
Scouts Craft DIY Local Knowledge Global15sue Scientist Teamwork Challenge Multiple Stage awards such as Nights Away & Hike The highlight would have to be ourjoint camp with the explorers and another Ioc31 scout group. We took part in the flintstone challenge and the gladiator wall. Thankfully great weather allowed everyone to have a great time. Derryloran Squirrels report April I st 2023 to 31 St March 2024 During this time in squirrels we have gained and worked towards a good varlety of our badges. From April 2023 to June 2023 badges gained during this time were our feel good badge which we gained by talking about our feelings and discussing what our favourite things were and learning about ourselves and we also worked towards our go wild badge by creating a bug hotel using natural materials we all brought in from home. We did a number of games and physical activities using footballs, hoops, beanbags etc outside to help go towards our explore outdoor and get activities badges. We also took a number of children to the squlrrels Nl trip to Todds Leap in Ballygawley on 4th June 2023. The klds took part in a variety activlties such as the rope bridge, super slide, the truck ride through the forest, Inflatable activlties and the mud kitchen and we got the chance to explore the forest and see loads of ceramic lifelike dinosaurs and jungle animals.
Scouts This trip was good at gaining some extra points to earn more badge and also went towards our all about adventure and all around us badge challenge badges. From September to December 2023 we touched on our feel good, get active, superchef, storytime, exciting experiments, brilliant builder and get creative activity badges as well as our all about and all together challenge badges. We gained these through activitie5 such as our supertato storybook theme night, making and eating fruit skewers, a variety of physical games and activities such as relay games, duck duck goose, hoop games. etc. making mini volcanoes and rainbows on science night, building forts and building with lego and creating loads of arts and crafts amd many more. From January to March 2023 we made progress on our outdoors, let''s celebrate, let it grow, exciting experiments, get creative activity badge5 as well as our all about adventure and all around us badges. We did this through activities such as stargazing outside, looking at our local street to learn about road safety, making our own lava lamps, planting seeds and learning how to care for them, parachute and team games and learning about chinese new year and how it it celebrated. Beavers April 2023 - March 2024 Derryloran Beavers meet weekly on a Monday evening for games, craft and badge challenges. 9 Beavers travelled to Crawfordsburn for the annual Rally Day for games and actbvities from all over the world. We held our first ever outdoor sleepover with 12 Beavers taking part. We had a Mario Theme with craft, games and made buns with Mario toppings. Nights Away badges and Campcraft badges were awarded. We attended the Northern Ireland event at the Planetarium in Armagh for a fun filled day, with lots of interactive displays and lots of information. Launching their own hand made rockets was the highlight of the day! The fun was notjust reserved for the Beavers as the leaders took part in our own "Leaders Have a go day" at Crawfordsburn where
Scouts we sampled caving, tomahawk throwing, climbing wall and archery. Many badges were awarded including Emergency Aid, International, Creative, Cooks, Communicator, Explore and Disability with Personal, Challenge, My World and Skills badges being gained too. 5 Beavers gained their Chief Scout Bronze Award Explorers Aprll 2023 - March 2024 A Beetle Drive was held to fund raise for two of our young people who were selected to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Korea. Two Explorers took part in the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. Whilst it had its challenges, both boys had an experience of a lifetime. A day outing to Prlson Island Escape Rooms In Belfast was a very competitive and thoroughly enjoyable day away for our unit. Following the return of our Explorers from Korea, we had an evening cooking and sampling Korean food. New skills were introduced: sewing badges on to uniforms. crafting a decorative light for a Christmas table decoration and making dutch pancakes Ipoffertjesl have all featured on our agenda this year. Two more Explorers were invited to attend the St Georges Day Parade at Windsor Castle in April in recognition of being awarded their Commissioners Award for assisting at the Queens Lying in State. prior to her funeral. Scout and Explorer skills were tested with planning, recording and particlpating in an overnight hlke from Davagh, staying overnight in The Shepherd5 Rest, Draperstown and ending up at Lough Fea. Our Explorers have been focused on completing mission5 for the Young Leaders awards. Our young people are helping out with our Squirrel, Beaver5 and Cubs sections and are a fantastic help to our leadership teams. Our focus still remain5 on working towards Platinum, Diamond and Kings Scout Awards as well as the Young Leaders award. A statement that the Trustees have had with regard to the Commission's Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance All Trustees named above are aware of the Commissions'5 Publlc Benefit. Requlrement and Statutory Guldance. There was no harm flowlng from the Charltles purposes and there was no private benefit. A review of the Charlty's financial Cash in Hand.. Cash In Bank: £0 £3578.22
Scouts position at the end of the year Balance as at year end.. Derryloran Scout Group have no assets or liabllities. £3578.22 Detalls of any funds 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 deficlt There are no funds held by the charity that are materially in deficit. One or more of the Charlty Trustees must sign and date this box. Joy Greer 14" January 2025