4[th] Bangor Scout Group
12 months ending 31[st] March 2024
Trustee Report
The Scout Group has successful moved to it new home in Ballyholme Parish on the Groomsport Road in Bangor. It had been given notice that the Methodist Church was closing down and that we needed to relocate to another meeting place. After checking around the local area we secured a meeting place for the group. It has meant that we had to change around some of the meeting nights of the sections.
Squirrels
The Squirrels section came in under the Scout Association during last year and this is the first year as a junior scout section. The section has been running activities and programme to meet the requirement of the new badge programme of scouting. The section attended Christmas at North Down centre and then the group camp in June’23 and took part in outdoor activities. Beavers now meeting on a Thursday night.
Beavers
The Beaver section has been running through the year, has been attending district, and Northern Ireland Events. The beavers did have its first overnight camp at the Group camp in Jun’23 and took part in camp activities, lighting fires and treasure hunts.
Cubs
The cub section has been running a full cub activity programme and has had two overnight camps during the year. One for the old Cubs due to move up to the Scouts and then a bigger camp for all members, both camps at Northern Ireland Scout Centre Crawfordsburn at the Group Camp in June’23. This camp was joint with all sections of the group.
Scouts
The Scout section has been running a full adventurous programme both in the hall and outside. It ran three camps throughout the at Coleraine and Crawfordsburn. In Summer 2023 it ran a weeklong camp to Delft in Holland. During this week they took part in hiking, Canoeing, Cycling and Rafting. Along with visits to the Amsterdam and The Hague.
The Scouts now meet on a Thursday night after initially trying Friday as an option.
Colin McLenaghan Group Scout Leader