After what’s been a rubbish year, we want to spend the month of February focusing on thanking those who’ve gone above and beyond, letting them know how grateful we are. On Monday 22 February and beyond, we’re asking Scouts volunteers,…
More local funding opportunities
Sport England have released two new funds to help groups return to play in a COVID-19 safe environment or to open community assets. You could be eligible for a grant between £300 and £50,000, so do take a look at…
UK-wide grants scheme now re-opened
The Foyle Foundation has re-opened its Small Grants Scheme to support smaller, local charities across the UK during the COVID-19 crisis. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 can be used to cover a variety of core costs. Find out more…
Termly All Members Meeting
If you missed the All Members meeting on Thursday 11th February, then you can watch the recording of it here: www.scouts.org.uk/news/2021/february/watch-all-member-online-meeting-february-2021/ “In this webinar we provided updates on our four key priority areas: delivering the programme, recruiting and motivating…
Removing a deceased member from Compass
Please be mindful when you’re cancelling the membership of someone who’s sadly died. When cancelling a member, Compass sends an automatic confirmation email which can be very distressing for the family of the member. You can use this specific guidance…
Adult Training Courses
The County Website has recently been updated with upcoming training courses. At the moment these are all online, but the ones scheduled for the end of the year may be able to be run face-to-face. If you have any outstanding training…
Census 2021
Just a reminder that numbers can now be inputted for Census by GSLs, as at 31st January and they should all be inputted by 8th February. Money should then be with District by 8th March and our preferred method of…
St John’s Ambulance Explorers Volunteer Opportunities
The University has been approached by St Johns Ambulance service, who are co-ordinating the vaccination volunteers programme for the COVID-19 Vaccination roll out, to ask for our support finding volunteers to reach their target number of 30,000. These two roles…
Bricktopia LEGO Sessions
If you are looking for a new “programme-on-a-plate” then Bricktopia can offer a fun and creative evening for all ages! Get in touch for more details: clubbricktopia@outlook.com
