SCOUTING IRELAND GROUP COUNCIL (GROUP TRUSTEES) ANNUAL REPORT CHARITY COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
Please read the notes at the end when filling in this form. When complete the form should be signed and scanned then uploaded up on to the CCNI website when completing your annual report.
| 1.Charity Name as listed on the Charity Register | _________Scouting Ireland 1St/2Nd/3Rd Fermanagh Enniskillen |
Scout Group |
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| 2. Financial year the report is for | _________ 2017/2018 |
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| 3. CCNI Charity Registration Number | NIC_____ 106241 |
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| 4. The address from which the Charity Operates (usually your Scout hall) |
Erne Road, | |
| Enniskillen | ||
| CountyFermanagh | ||
| BT74 6NN | ||
| 5. The names of all our Trustees at the date of this report plus any who stepped down as a trustee during the year |
Current Trustees ~~Kate Allen~~ |
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~~Oliver Beattie~~ |
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~~Pat Gallagher~~ |
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Maire O'Connor |
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| Trustees who stepped down ~~Stehanie Currie~~ |
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6. A summary description of the purposes of the charity
The aim of Scouting Ireland is to encourage the physical, intellectual, character, emotional, social and spiritual development of young people so that they may achieve their full potential and as responsible citizens, to improve society.
The Charity’s purposes are:
The advancement of education The advancement of citizenship or community development
7. The name of any person, or body of persons, permitted by the trusts of the charity to appoint one or more new charity trustees and a description of the method used to make such appointments
If there is any individual or organisation with the power to appoint charity trustees, such as another charity or a government department, provide their details, the relevant powers, and methods of appointment.
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8. Include details of any funds held by the charity as a custodian trustee
This is mandatory for charities preparing accruals accounts.
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9. Charity’s Main Activities and Achievements during the year.
The group operates a range of scouting programmes for young people aged from 5-18. The group delivers age appropriate scouting to 5 separate cohorts that meet weekly. In addition each programme section organises trips over and above weekly meetings. Our sections took part in a wide variety of events including ones organised at a county level where opportunities to mix with other scouts were available. These can be day trips or overnight trips for periods of up to a week.
Our leaders attended training to ensure skills were learnt and maintained to provide an effective and safe youth programme.
During the year, our group received a grant from the department of education to make repairs to the exterior of our hall and to completely refit our kitchen. These works will ensure that facilities are suitable for future operation. These works were completed during the financial year. In addition, further grant money has been awarded from the Fermanagh Omagh District Council. This grant will be used for the development of a grassed area for scouts to further outdoor programme like tent pitching etc. 2
Charity’s Main Activities and Achievements during the year (contd.).
This grant will be used for the development of a grassed area
for scouts to further outdoor programme like tent pitching etc.
Leaders also attended meetings at various levels to represent the group and their views on issues within scouting.
Our group also took part in various parades in the community including St Patricks day.
A large team of leaders and young people built a float and entered it into the town's
main float parade ultimately winning the top prize with their Alice in Wonderland inspired float.
As a group we are open to all young people and adult volunteers without prejudice or discrimination. We have a diverse membership reflecting this.
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10. How is the Group doing financially?
The group is financially sound. However, there are many challenges facing the group ahead. Rising overheads and falling membership principally. In addition to these, Scouting Ireland, to whom we are affiliated have raised the cost of membership
substantially for the year ahead. This will have an extremely detrimental effect on our finances as we anticipate significant drop off in membership. Covid-19 is anticipated to have a disastrous effect on the groups finances as we expect to lose significant numbers of revenue generating members.
11. How has the Group ensured members have not come to harm?
All volunteers receive training in Safeguarding, Programme (youth work) skills and adventure skills. There is oversight of all activity by the Group Leader and the Group Council. Parents are regularly communicated with. All activities are carefully planned and the appropriate equipment used.
12. How has your Group ensured that any private benefit to your volunteers has been incidental to the public benefit of your work?
Volunteers gain additional transferrable skills but this is incidental to the work that they do and the skills that they require to undertake that work.
13. A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the CCNIs guidance on Public Benefit.
We the Trustees of ______Scouting Ireland can confirm that in 1/2/3 FermanaghEnniskillen SG setting our objectives and planning for the year that we have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities have helped to achieve the charity’s purposes and provide a benefit to the beneficiaries.
14. This report was approved by the Trustees (Group Council) on
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Date:____ 22/10/20
Signature of Trustees. (This should be signed by 2 Trustees approved by the Group Council)
Anne Gibson 22/10/20
Trustee 1: ______ Date:___
Oliver Beattie 22/10/20
Trustee 2: ______ Date:___
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NOTES
1. Enter the name of your Charity here as it is listed on the Charity Commission NI register. E.g. 29[th] Derry, Garavgh, Scouting Ireland
2. This would normally be the Scout Year i.e. 1[st] September to 31[st] August
3. Enter your Charity Commission NI Registration Number here. If you have forgotten it you can find it out online at http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/charity-search/ or by contacting Scout Foundation NI.
4. Enter the address that you gave CCNI for your Group. This should be the address of where you meet.
5. List the names of Trustees (Group Council Members) that held the position of trustee at the date this report was approved by your Group Council.
Also list separately any Trustees that stepped down during the year.
6. This section is pre-filled in for you.
7. N/A
8. N/A
9. In this section list the main activities carried out by your Group (Charity) in the last year. Items could include a summary of: The number/type of camps, hikes and outings; environmental projects; cross community work/projects; joint work/projects with other organisations, list efforts to recruit new members, adult and young people, etc. This work is carried out by how many volunteers in your Group.
List the achievements of the Group e.g. the number and type of badges awarded e.g. Special Interest or Adventure skills; the number of Chief Scout Awards; the number of An Gaisce or Duke of Edinburgh Awards; the number of Explorer Belts; any adult awards awarded during the year; have your or people in your Group won any awards as a result of the work the Group undertakes. Have you refurbished your Scout Hall or built a new one?
How have these activities helped young people? You could mention engagement, participation, team work and leadership skills, planning skills, a place to go, a sense of achievement and confidence, a sense of challenge, etc.?
Finally how do you ensure that you are open to all young people?
10. Tell CCNI how the Group is doing financially including all income and expenditure for the reporting year. This should be the same amounts as in your accounts. Tell them about any fundraising that you undertook or grants received. Also list any debts that the Group has and how the Trustees plan to get rid of them.
11. This section is pre-filled in for you.
12. This section is pre-filled in for you.
13. Enter the name of your Charity here as it is listed on the Charity Commission NI register and the date the report was approved by the Group Council.
14. Enter the date that this report was approved by the Group Council on
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