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Annual Report 2019 St Helens and District St Helens and District Scouts Annual Report and Accounts for period 1 January 2019 to 31 December Register Charity Number 1053261 Scouts made me a do-er and a give it a go-er. Made me question and listen and have a wide-open mind. Scouts made me take a deep breath and speak up. Made me think on my feet, made me see the big picture, made me ignore the butterflies and go for it. Scouts made me get back up and try again. Made me think about what’s next, and plan for it. Made me jump in, get muddy, give back and get set. Presidents Foreword This is the first time that your President has contributed to these reports. I am honoured and hope to do it justice! It has been 113 years since the foundation of Scouting in 1907. In that year, Baden-Powell was invited to form the 1st St Helens (YMCA) Group. Since then we have had regular AGMs. I recon we must have held at least 100 of them, so this one could easily be our 101st. At first, the AGMs would have made up of interested “Scoutmasters” who would decide a common way forward for their new endeavour and thereby gain support to carry it out efficiently. Formal proceedings would wait for the formation “Boy Scout’s Association” and the recognition of St Helens as an official District in 1909 and the linking of our “Ex Terra Lucem” District badge with the Red Rose of the West Lancashire Scout County. As far as I know, the YMCA was joined by the 2nd St Helens (St James’) Group. So, the District had started to grow! Jumping forward to the early-60s when I got involved! DC Ken Hooper used the Gas Board’s waxed sheet Gestetner machine to distribute important documentation. In 1975 our new badge joined the “Mersey Bar” lightship of Merseyside Scouts. In the late 1970s DCs Joyce Wailing and then in 1993 Gordon Roberts used Pilkington’s facilities for the same thing. Gordon thought up the perfect name for our newssheet “Sharpend” and commanded the “Gang Show” gang. In 1997, as DC I used my employer, the UKAEA, to produce my paperwork, and Terry Gregson joined the team as PRO and handled the production of “Sharpend”, which started small, now look how big it is, photographs and distribution by email! Another of Terry’s jobs was to oversee our foray into the “sthelensscouts.org.uk” website, which has since morphed into a Scout Association’s web presence. By the mid-noughties, computers simplified the production of our AGM reports, which became more substantial and photocopied for greater distribution. This practice continued to improve under Chris Williams and though to our present DC. In 2007 Chris coordinated our attendance at the 21st World Scout Jamboree that celebrated 100 years of Scouting. With her guidance the District has been present at all subsequent jamborees. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved with the continued success of our District. ADCs and the leaders in the four training sections, the officers, and members of the District Executive, the “Gang Show” gang and those helping with all District wide events. As you can see, this report is a major step forward in presentation that mirrors the growth of scouting throughout our District and across the world. In these days of Social Media, its high-quality style encourages it to be read, not only by us Scouters but by the general public as well. It is a confident statement of our intent to grow our membership and take the District forward into the next decade. I recommend that you read this AGM report. Thank you and please keep up the good work. Mike Michael Harrison Esq. District President #SkillsForLife Page 3 District Commissioner’s Report We're preparing young people with skills for life. St Helens and District Scouts is a voluntary organisation that has over 1,150 members across 64 Sections and Units, 18 Scout Groups and 9 District Sections located in the North West of England; covering the Local Authorities of Knowsley and St. Helens. Our District is supported by Merseyside County Scouts including their Activity Centre Tawd Vale. Each week across St Helens; c.900 young people, supported by c.250 adult volunteers, enjoy fun, friendship and outdoor adventure. They develop a sense of optimism and strong values as well as the leadership and teamwork skills that are more valuable today than ever before. Across St Helens, we are building on our recent success. We are focused on supporting amazing leaders to deliver inspiring programmes and prepare more young people with skills for life. We are contributing to a better society by supporting young people to develop the best skills and the best possible futures. Our Mission Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. Our Vision By 2023 we will have prepared more young people with skills for life. Supported by amazing leaders and well- managed provision, we will deliver an inspiring programme by: • Growing, being more inclusive, shaped by young people and making a bigger impact in our communities; • Focusing on what matters; and the actions that will increase the impact of Scouting; • Maximizing our impact; doing less, doing it well, supporting and embedding; • Making volunteering as easy as possible; keeping it practical and simple; • Working together; sharing and collaborating in keeping with our culture. Our Strategic Objectives Growth Inclusivity Youth Shaped Community Impact We believe Scouts Everyone, regardless of Every young person Through community changes lives, so we want their background, should should be shaping their impact projects, Scouts to give every young be able to participate in experience and makes a difference not person in the UK the Scouts. developing their just to the individual but opportunity to join. leadership potential. to whole communities. Thinking on your feet starts on a patch of tarmac. #SkillsForLife Page 4 Our Pillars of Work To meet our objectives, we will focus on these three pillars of work: Programme People Perception A fun, enjoyable, high quality More, well trained, better supported Scouting is understood, more programme consistently delivered and and motivated adult volunteers, and visible, trusted, respected and supported by simple (digital) tools: more young people from diverse widely seen as playing a key role in backgrounds: society today: • Supporting adults to make full use of the programme to deliver skills for • Ensuring we have enough of the right • Ensuring relevance and life through adventure; adult volunteers across our Scout understanding of Scouting to • Increasing the number of young Groups, who are… our communities – for young people achieving top awards; -well inducted people and adults from all • Supporting use of the programme to -well trained background and across all increase our impact in -well supported communities; communities; -recognised and rewarded; • Celebrating our impact, self- • Enabling section supporters to help • Developing and embracing our worth, and perception; improve programmes and develop team culture; • Developing our ‘internal confidence in adult volunteers; • Enhancing levels of enjoyment and community’ as a single team, • Increasing number of young people fulfilment; delivering Scouting across shaping their programmes. • Developing a culture of succession St Helens and District. planning, where needed. Our Aims At District-level our primary focus is supporting our young people, their Section Leaders and their Scout Groups and Units. Our support is primarily delivered via a number of support streams - each of which have the following aims: Programme Adult Adventure Skills for Life Perception Support Support Support Provide support Recruit Training Advisors Place District HQ as a Embed the Invest in a digital to deliver into every Group focus for activities in Scouting4All platform for the excellent St Helens by theme into Districts Implement induction programmes developing a long- programmes being administration for new managers across all of our term plan and delivered. functions. and implement Groups and Units. business case for dedicated GSL it's renovation. Identify, develop, Invest in a new Deliver support support. and implement outward facing for ‘hard to Increase the number specific projects to website to engage Implement an deliver’ of adults leading and deliver and enable with a wider effective digital programme areas. delivering growth. audience. communications adventurous Celebrate team. Maximise our Develop a team to activities. achievement and community impact run the Districts Invest in adult raise awareness Develop a team of through national Social Media recruitment and of top awards. specialist support to and local Account and 365 retention campaign Encourage and enable more partnerships, and Platforms. across the District. deliver excellent adventure. initiatives. Encourage, develop, Young Leader Grow the role and Work with the ACC Develop a culture and celebrate youth training provision; effectiveness of International to where inclusivity is participation in where and when SASU. encourage more second nature. leadership and support is Develop a new Groups and Units to support at all levels. needed. Develop and website with Adult travel internationally. promote Provide an annual Focus District-led Support sections and Ensure that risk opportunities for report to engage a events to streamlined admin assessments young people to wider audience and positively processes. supplement the training and have their say on improve access to programme. Improve the understanding is Scouting and new funding appointments process. fully embedded. influence society. streams. #SkillsForLife Page 5 Progress Over the Last Year With so much impressive work happening across St Helens, it’s a challenge to pick out just a few highlights. However, focusing on how we’re supporting our members at District Level; I’d note the following as some of our key achievements: Programme • Young People Top Awards: Young People in St Helens achieved 3 Queen Scouts Awards and over 100 Chief Scouts Awards last year.
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