2[nd] Bangor (Abbey) Scout Group Term 2025/2026
Trustees Annual Report 1[st] April 2025 – 31[st] March 2026
Registered Charity Name: 2[nd] Bangor (Abbey) Scout Group Charity Registration Number: NIC104067
The Trustees: Mrs Pamela Dunseath Mr David Dunseath Mr Stuart Ferguson Canon Ronald Nesbitt
The Scout Association exists to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities and as a group this purpose underpins everything we do.
As the trustees for 2[nd] Bangor (Abbey) Scout group we incorporate our benefit statement into our programmes, empowering young people to make positive contributions to society through being engaged and supported in their personal development, including physically, intellectually, socially and spiritually. This benefit is demonstrated through Scouting making a positive impact in our communities; preparing young people to be active citizens; embracing and contributing to social change; being diverse as the communities in which we operate. These are evidenced by feedback from our beneficiaries and the wider community. There is no harm arising from our purposes. Scouting operates within a framework of safety to enable young people to take part in adventurous activities safely. Scouting beneficiaries are children young people. The only private benefit from this purpose is that Adult Volunteers are trained to deliver the programme, but this is incidental and necessary because it is needed to operate in today’s society working with young people.
The group is sponsored by Bangor Abbey Church of Ireland. We have no liabilities and our assets are limited to a small amount of camping equipment i.e. tents, shelters and cooking equipment and also a trailer which is approaching the end of its life.
A summary of events that we have attended/organised over the year is found below:
April 2025: St Georges Day Parade
May 2025: Beaver Rally Day
Jun 2025: District camp in Crawfordsburn Scout Centre
August 2025: Cub camp at Greenhill YMCA
October 2025: Rededication and renewal of promises hosted by Bangor Abbey Church of Ireland
November 2025: District Remembrance Day Parade
December 2025: Christmas Experience at North Down Scout Centre & Christmas Sing-a-Long at Crawfordsburn
January 2026: Icebreaker Hike
March 2025: District Walk
As well as the above events our young people have completed a variety of activity badges, challenge badges and staged badges. We were delighted to award a number of top awards across all sections in the year 2025/2026.
Special thanks to all the parents, leaders and trustees of the scout group, without whom we could not continue to deliver the quality experiences we do for our young people.
Thanks also to Bangor Abbey, Church of Ireland who sponsor the group.