CC One Year On - continued from Homepage
You asked for more help with recruiting and retaining adults
- Market Square Event – 26 July 2008 – young people and adults were invited to take part in a number of activities which resulted in some adult recruitment.
- New Leaders welcome event – 7 December 2008. These events are being held to welcome new leaders to Scouting and to share resources.
- We have got to grips quickly with the new Appointments Process. On 25 January 2009 – Module 37 was run for key representatives in the appointments process. This is now being rolled out successfully to Districts
- County Council Event – Nottinghamshire Voluntary Youth Forum 3 March 2009. We had a stand at the event. Volunteers were encouraged to network and see how we can work more closely together. Scouting was recognised by Councillor Joyce Bosnjak as being one of the premier voluntary youth organisations in the County
- You asked for more local training and the training team are now running modules 1-9 in Districts and we have had very good response to this training.
Woodbadges awarded in 2008-9 were 67 (2007-08 it was 44)
- County Development Team established with a representative from each District
You asked for more help with Programme
- New Deputy County Commissioner Programme has now been appointment – Rita Hickin.
- Cub Leaders Day – 6 April 2008 – almost 200 Cub Leaders attended
- Explorer Scout Leaders Day – 8 June 2008 – around 50 Explorer Scout leaders attended
- Section leader days have been planned for later this year
- Explorer Belt Challenge launched – 2 November 2008 – 8 Explorer Scouts have signed up to take part in this challenge in August 2010. Preparations have already begun.
- Explorer Scout Christmas Camp – 17 / 18 May 2008 – around 20 young people attended and had Christmas Dinner. I was honoured to be invited as special guest and even Santa visited
- NESST – 17 January 2009 – 300 young people attended. Thanks to everyone involved in this activity.
- Regional DC Conference – 31 January 2009 – this was held in Warwick and was attended by 10 of our DCs and some of their Deputies.
- A successful County Camp was run 1 – 4 May 2009 – Around 2000 young people attended.
You asked for more events for adults
- Nottinghamshire Oscars – 21 November 2008 – over 100 adults attended and awards were presented for a number of categories. A great time was had by all and a similar event is currently being planned.
- Founders Day – 22 February 2009 held in Newark at St Mary Magdalene.
- Increase in recognition awards to adults. During this year, we have awarded
- 23 Chief Scout Commendations
- 16 Awards for Merit
- 1 Bar for the Award for Merit
- 7 Silver Acorns
- 1 Silver Wolf
- 4 Awards for Meritorious conduct
- Civic Sunday 25 May 2008 – Civics from around the County attended and were hosted by the County Team. This is one way that we can encourage them to help us with funding
- Gang Show – 23 – 28 March 2009 – Civics and other guests were invited to attend
- The Community and Business Trust are offering tailor made packages of support for Districts. Bev Stubley has written to all DCs and spoke to them at the last DCs meeting.
With the appointment of a new County Commissioner, there have been changes to the County Team and to Districts
- New DC Ashfield District – Matt Beardall
- New DC Central Notts – Lee Marriott
- New DC South West Notts – Stuart Stanton
- New DC Rushcliffe - Jock Shaw (amalgamation of South East and West Bridgford District
Census
We were pleased with the 2% growth in this year’s census, it was disappointing however when the interim census had indicated a growth of around 10%. I hope that the figures shown are accurate as it could jeopardise any insurance claims you may need to make if you have under declared.
We will be doing a lot of work this year with the DCs to set priorities for each District. We can then target support for each District in the right areas.
And so on to this year
We want to do even more this year ... we want to help you! You need to tell us what you need. Please contact us and we will do our best!
Our objectives for the next 12 months will include:
- A easy guide to recommending people for national awards
- Make it easier for adults in Nottinghamshire to celebrate success by sharing good news and good practice on the website
- Introduce a District spotlight section on to the website
- Continue to ask Districts to provide news items for the section pages on the website
- Continue to increase positive media coverage within the County
- To make sure that ACCs support ADCs to support their sections
- Share good practice
- Clearly define the roles of ACC and ADC
- It’s ok to have fun and adventure
- Identify alternative funding sources and make access easier using the website for Groups
- To enable more participation in the programme zones so that more young people gain more awards
- Help leaders to understand the zones and challenges
- Support the less easy areas of zones, challenges and awards
- Identify projects that will assist in the development in the County and then find the appropriate funding
- Develop an effective induction programme for our new leaders – trialling in Mansfield
- Continue and increase the number of leader welcome days
This is not an exhaustive list though and I am working with the DCs to identify their priorities for the coming year to make sure that our objectives support you. If there is something we can help with, let your DC know so that he can discuss it with me.
I would like to thank each and every one of you for the work you do with our young people. Nottinghamshire is a brilliant County to be part of and you make it brilliant.
I hope to see all of you during this my second year as your County Commissioner and I wish you all success for continued happy Scouting.