2014 GROUP SCOUT LEADERS REPORT
Pete Fry, 1st Wargrave Group Scout Leader, summarised his GSL report; the full reports from all the sections being available on this website. Pete stated that “…We have seen a number of changes in the last year; Janet Moseley, Jane Austen and Chris Bookless retired from the Lumberjack Beaver colony after 25 years’ service, although Janet has remained as Group Treasurer and Chris is helping with the Wildcat Cub pack. Fortunately Jen Herrington and Clare Pagdin have stepped up to share the Leader role for the colony. Paul Worthington has moved to the Scout Troop after 6 years as Leader of the Woodchuck Beavers. Unfortunately Neil Day, who took over from Paul, has now had to withdraw from the role due to work pressures, and so Ken and Hilary Burke have stepped in to run the Woodchucks in Pumas John Wheals will be leaving at the end of the summer term. We need to (as ever) to recruit more people to help in the Group as a whole. Articles are going into the Wargrave News every month now to keep the Group’s profile raised, but we need to be able to reassure people that it does not need to be a full-time commitment; any help or involvement on a regular (or semi-regular) basis will always be appreciated…”
Pete thanked all the Leaders and the Exec for their work over the past year, and looked forward to the events which are coming up: manning both of the water stations for the 10K run (14th June); the Festival Parade (27th June); the Festival Tea Tent (parents and Cubs) and the Fruit Stall (Scouts) both at the Festival Fete (27th June). We also have an Activity Day penciled in for 19th September, followed by the Remembrance Parade and the Fireworks Night.
2014 TREASURER’S REPORT
Copies of the Treasurer’s Report were circulated, and Janet Moseley, 1st Wargrave Group Treasurer summarised the main items of note: “…Overall the Group still remains on a strong financial footing, with assets totaling nearly £23,000. An increase in membership subscription has been received (from £6,360 up to £7,577 this year), along with £860 of Gift Aid tax being recouped for the 2012-2013 tax year. Fundraising has remained strong across the Group’s events with £1,900 collected on the gates at the Fireworks and £780 surplus on refreshments that night. The Easter Egg Hunt (2014) made a surplus of £300 despite being run as a break-even event, and the Christmas Post continued to raise around £300. Revenue from the hire of the Scout Hut has also doubled to £2,095 mainly due to a number of regular bookings, and thanks were expressed to Sarah Ayel for her hard work in achieving this. In terms of expenditure, £1,200 was spent on the new chairs and trolleys in the hut, and shelving for storage was purchased using a donation from the Wargrave Heritage Trust. A marquee that was used at WINGS was also bought for £150. The most significant increase in expenditure was the purchase of badges – from £220 last year to £800 currently. A donation of nearly £350 was made to Breast Cancer Care following the fundraising at the Almost Christmas Show, and Henry Best received £250 towards his trip to the World Scout Jamboree 2015 in Japan…”
A Full version of the 2015 AGM Minutes, covering 2014 can be downloaded from here:
AGM Minutes 2015 (PDF File).
To download copies of the 2014 Section Reports for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, please visit the AGM Announcement & Section Reports page.