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
St Patrick’s (Broughshane) Brownie Unit
NI Charity Commission Number
104148
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 Miss Laura Barr Dr Catherine McCaig
The financial year the report relates to
1[st] January 2022 to 31[st] December 2022
We celebrated Thinking Day with international crafts, made boomerangs from sticks, friendship sticks and sampled cheese, meats and treats from around the world. In March Bronze and Silver Awards were presented to one of the brownies. She had put in a lot of brilliant work on her badges and completed her Gold Award before moving on to guides in the autumn.
We did a lot of creative activities including Mother’s Day gifts, Easter baskets and bunny stick puppets. We made pop-up 3D cards and constructed shapes and towers out of food. Of course, we had to have some sticky fun too, creating our own slime! One evening we became actresses, creating moving postcard scenes through mime, and practised our broadcasting skills. We discovered how to be good leaders and worked together to solve puzzles and we built field obstacle courses to test our knowledge about respecting the Countryside Code and designed our own zoo.
With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in mind, we planned a night full of fun and games to celebrate the event. We made crowns, decorated yummy cupcakes, played games and made Jubilee beacons! We practised DIY skills by putting nails and screws into cooking apples to create smiley faces, and we learnt how to keep clothes dry at camp. As usual, we had some messy fun, creating paintings with shaving foam and food colouring!
We planned HMS Brownie’s ‘voyage around the world’, learnt how to read grid references and became robots for the night, ‘programming’ each other to do tasks. We learnt about airport customs, explored our leadership skills and rewrote our favourite games to make them even better! The term ended with a games night and we made s’mores for the first time, which were definitely a big hit!
To kickstart the autumn term we went with the Guide and Ranger units to Breckenhill Activity Centre. It was our first Residential Adventure due to the pandemic. We had so much fun doing archery, orienteering, bushcraft, kayaking, racing trikes and singing loads of campfire songs. We cannot wait for our next adventure! We have worked hard to complete the first aid badge, learning DR ABC, how to check if someone is responsive, how to call for help and the recovery position. We made our own compasses, became environmental detectives and worked outside to make a change to the environment. We worked on what our Promise in Guiding means - in preparation for making it soon.
We had a meeting dedicated to Remembrance, when we made poppy helicopters and other crafts, shared stories about our family members who served in the wars, and learnt about the role Girl Guides played. We had an outing to Fairhill Shopping Centre for a scavenger hunt. We had so much fun finding the answers and learnt some interesting facts along the way. We completed a Christmas good turn and ended the year with a trip to the cinema with the other units to see Matilda the Musical!
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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