2023-12-31-annual-report

TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT The Purpose of the Charity 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 1st Crumlin Brownies Nl Charity Commission Number 105465 The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address thatwas used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission The Guide Association 30 Station Road Holywood BT18 OBP The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year Greer Scott-Dow Mary Pelan Melissa Moore The financial year the report relates to- for example, 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 l January 2023 to 31 December 2023 A summary of the Charitys main activities to further its purposes for the public benefit and the main achievements in the year We have had mixed results with recruitment, just as new girls join, older girls are moving up to Guides in Ballinderry or Moira. Unfortunately we have no Rainbows or Guides in Crumlin to feed girls into the unit or have girls go to after Brownie age. We worked on many Brownie, UMA'S and skill builders, we have girls who completed their SiverAward but no Gold as yet. At Thinking Day we celebrated the diversity of Guiding and our unit sampled foods from other countries and games, greetings and songs from those countries. We completed crafts throughout the year, especially at Christmas. The girls love cooking and baking, we have enjoyed making smores and drinking hot chocolate. The unit has increasing numbers of girls who are on the autistic spectrum which brings challenges to the leaders as we draw up the program to be as inclusive as possible. As usual we had a BBQ on the last day of the summer sessions, burgers, toasted marshmallows and of course more smores. Unfortunately there was no Remembrance Parade in Crumlin this year. Our Christmas party was enjoyed by all the girls. A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission's Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance All Trustees are aware of this guidance and have adhered to IL A review of the charity's financial position at end of year We meet on a Tuesday in a local church hall, we give a donation towards light and heaL Financially speaking we are in the best position we have been in years. We have a leader who is donating £10 per month through her employer. Because we were on a tight budget for years, we can now spend more but we are still thrifty We are holding more cash than usual as a Christmas outing, we had hoped to enjoy with the girls (we took them to The Snowman at the Waterfront Hall the previous year) didn't happen, many places and events do not accept cheques. Details of any fund held by the Charity that was materially in deficit at the . Unit in surplus. 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 One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below. 31.10.24