Annual Report 2013 v4

Borders District ScoutsAnnual Report 2012/13

Borders District Scouts 2 Annual Report 2012/13

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Hawick Beavers proudly show off their Chief Scout Bronze Awards

BORDERS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCILANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR

YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2013ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The District Executive Committee of Borders District Scout Council has pleasure in presenting its report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 2013. These were adopted by the Committee at its meeting on 8th May 2013.

Objects: The Scout Association is a UK-wide charitable body, incorporated by Royal Charter. Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. This is achieved through providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scouting values of integrity, respect, care, belief and co-operation in partnership with adults.

Structure: Borders District Scout Council (Scottish Registered Charity no. SC008565) is an umbrella body to support Scout Groups in the Scottish Borders. Its affairs are managed by the District Executive Committee, which operates in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association (with Scottish variations). The Executive Committee is accountable to the members of the District Scout Council at their annual general meeting. The members named below served throughout the year, except where otherwise shown:

President: Sir Michael Strang Steel

Ex officio members: Hugh Bain (Chairman)Tamsin Growden (District Commissioner) to Sept 2012Graham Coulson (Acting DC) from October 2012Eric Nicol (District Explorer Scout Commissioner)Els Nicol (District Scout Network Leader) George Young (Treasurer)Norrie Allan (Secretary)

Elected Members: Ruth Smith (Selkirk)Alistair Meldrum (Cardrona)Stephen Gordon (West Linton)Alan Hall (Kelso)

Nominated Members: Maggie Allan (Appointments Secretary)

Youth Representatives: Eilidh Hunter and Grant Yeomans (Galashiels)

Address: The District can be contacted via the Secretary, Norrie Allan, 7 Whytbank Row, Clovenfords TD1 3NE (01896 850411).

Accounts: A summary of financial statement for the year to 31st March 2013 is annexed to the report. A full set of Accounts is available from the District Treasurer.

Volunteers: Scouting in Borders District depends entirely on the efforts of volunteer leaders and supporters. The District Executive Committee would like to pay tribute to the nearly 400 adults who have given freely of their time to support the provision of positive Scouting for young people in the Scottish Borders.


Is it a year already since the last time I sat at the computer to prepare an Annual Report? How time flies.

The District has had another busy year with events and activities within and outwith the area which will be fully reported on by others in the various Section reports.As far as the Executive Committee is concerned we unfortunately had to say goodbye to Tamsin as District Commissioner but she has not been totally lost as she has taken on other roles within the District. We must express our grateful thanks to Tamsin for all she achieved during a stressful time while the new Regional structure was set up and bedded in.

The position was filled on an interim basis by Graham Coulson and Ruth Smith who brought forward a plan to change the District structure which, by the time this report is published and the AGM is held, will be in place.

The Executive has met on a regular three monthly basis and has been busy overseeing finance and other matters. Support was given to Groups setting up new Group Executive Committees and in the main this has been very successful as most Groups now have parental and other non-uniformed support.

A successful seminar for Group Executive members was held in November when we

looked at their main tasks and this helped all present to appreciate their role in Scouting. We provided a resource CD to accompany this that includes ideas on fund raising and grants available. SE Scotland Region has picked up on the work we did and is now offering this around the Region.

The District Executive does require some additional members, both on the main Committee and on the Appointments Advisory Committee, so if you know of anyone you think might be interested in helping then please speak to the Secretary or myself.

The census this year has again shown an increase in numbers but it also reveals a lack of numbers in some places. Thanks to all who returned their numbers promptly and Treasurers who paid their subscriptions so quickly.

The Appointments Advisory Committee has interviewed 35 prospective leaders over the year. We welcome those new volunteers to Scouting and thank the AAC members for their time.

In conclusion can I say thank you to everybody who makes Scouting work in the Borders with special mention to Norrie and Maggie Allan who work tirelessly dealing with all the paper work and keep us on our toes (especially the Chairman) and to George Young our Treasurer who helps us to make sense of the figures.

Hugh G Bain – District Chairman


Chairman

District Camp - June 2012

Two reports for the price of one this year.

1. From Tamsin Growden - District Commissioner (to September 2012)

Throughout April and May the District Team was busy finalising preparations for the District Camp, held at Bonaly on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Sadly, the District Team had to say farewell to Michael Scott-Watson as Assistant District Commissioner for Cubs part way through the year.

The Chief Scout, Bear Grylls, visited the Region as part of his tour of Scotland in May. Several young people representing Borders were lucky enough to meet him at Longcraig Pier in South Queensferry but many more were disappointed as places were very limited.

In June the District was well represented at the first of the Region’s achievement events at Lasswade to recognise the awards gained by the young people from Beavers through to Network.

In summer, 3 Explorers from Galashiels went on the Tall Ships and at the end of July 12 Explorers and 4 adults attended the Blair Atholl International Jamborette. On our return, Borders hosted home hospitality for Norwegian, Russian, English and American Scouts.

The District and the Kelso Group attended the Kelso "Family Funday" in August. The Scout publicity trailer was borrowed from Scottish HQ and we set up a ‘camp’ offering young people the chance to make twists and take part in handcrafts. It was a very busy day but well worth it as several new leaders and young people were recruited.

Thanks to our President, Sir Michael Strang Steel, new premises have been located near Selkirk for storing the District equipment.

Congratulations to all those leaders who completed their training and received their 'Wood Badge'.

Finally, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at Scottish Headquarters, Region, District and in the Groups who helped me during my time as District Commissioner.


District Commissioner

International Patrol Jamborette - Blair Atholl

District Commissioner

2. From Graham Coulson - Acting District Commissioner (from October 2012)

Let me start by saying a very big 'thank you' to you all for your support to Ruth and I over the past few months. It is very much appreciated and has helped us in our endeavours to try to give more practical support to the District in a more manageable way.

To this end you will all have seen the new structure which will be piloted for the next 12 months and I would urge you to support your new Assistant District Commissioners over the period to ensure that we continue to provide fun, quality and challenging activities for our young people and adults within Borders District.

I am delighted to share with you the news that after many years, along with help from our Local Development Officer, Scott Burton, a Scout Troop has been started in Duns and a new joint Beaver Colony/Cub Pack in Chirnside. I am sure you will join with me in wishing them every success for the future. As you will read in their own report, the Lauderdale Group also added Sections and saw strong growth.

May I congratulate you all on yet another growth year within the District despite the loss of Tweedbank Beaver Colony and two other Colonies becoming dormant due to temporary shortages of adult leaders. I'm pleased say these issues have now been overcome with one Colony now back up and running and the other going through the induction process with a brand new leadership team.

I was very pleased to be able to present two long-serving leaders with the Scout Association's Award for Merit. In the official language "It implies keen, conscientious, imaginative and dedicated service over a sustained period". The recipients were Alan Crossley, Scout Leader at West Linton and John McCusker, Scout Leader at Peebles who between them have given over 40 years of excellent service to the Movement.

It is as important to recognise the work of our non-uniformed supporters. Without the Group Executive and the District Executive committees life as a Leader or Adult helper would be much more difficult and I would therefore take this opportunity to formally thank those teams.

We ran a 'District Day' towards the end of March. This was a grand opportunity for everyone to catch up with the latest news and to pick up ideas and tips on programming for their Section. The District is grateful to the Regional Commissioner, Isabel McNab, and the members of her Regional Team who gave up their Sunday to help run this and who provide ongoing support for us in Borders District.

I hope you continue to enjoy your Scouting in whatever form that may be and I look forward to catching up with you during the coming 12 months.

Aye, Graham


7 years on! These Beavers are about to be presented with their Chief Scout

Gold award !

Brand new - Lauderdale Colony

Nearly 4 years ago I was asked if I would consider becoming the Assistant District Commissioner (Beavers) for Borders District. Not really knowing what I was in store for I said 'yes'.

At the time my own Group at Cardrona was barely starting. We had a Beaver Colony and had just started the Cub Pack. The Scout Troop would have to wait another year. Now I’ve got some of my original Beavers about to become Chief Scout Gold Award holders!

There are over 200 Beavers in the Borders in most Scout Groups and although some have had leadership shortages they are working through these and the future for them looks promising. Hopefully, with the continued enthusiasm of the leadership teams many of them will be able to continue through Scouting and achieve not only their Chief Scout Bronze Award in Beavers, but the Silver and Gold and Platinum too.

One of the challenges as Assistant District Commissioners in the Borders is the geographical size of the District. It is a shame that visiting many of the Colonies has been a challenge that has proved too difficult to do. But it was great to be able to meet so many of the Beavers at the District camp. What a great introduction to the family of Scouting for our youngest members!

Now, as we all move into a new way of working in the Borders, I hope that the younger sections, and particularly the Beavers, will be able to begin to work together with other Colonies to foster the relationships and to develop their view of our Scouting Family. It’ll be great to see photos of Beaver get-together and parties and sleepovers!

I’m looking forward to working with the new cluster groupings and will be focusing on ensuring that the younger sections are given the opportunities to meet their neighbouring

Beaver Colonies and Cub Packs and to try to support the leadership teams to work together and share this wonderful experience that is Scouting.

Cheryl Turpie - Assistant District Commissioner (Beavers)


This year has seen the Scout section continue to grow and develop. We have lost some Troops, due to a lack of leaders, and seen new troops starting up. The annual census returns were encouraging, showing a growth in the section overall, and with many Troops across the District contributing to that growth.

I have been able to become involved in helping the new Troop, which started in Duns

during the year. It was good to see the enthusiasm of the new leaders as they embarked upon this adventure, and encouraging to know that a number of other Troops across the District have welcomed them to visit. I have also been involved in the restarting of a Scout Troop in Lauderdale and again thanks go to those other leaders across the District that have helped and supported the new team there to find their feet.

Due to the District Camp in June last year, which is being covered separately, the Scout section only came together for the annual Brass Monkey Camp. This year the camp was held at the Border Union Showground, in Kelso. 160 young people and leaders from nearly all Troops in the District, came together for a very windy weekend at the beginning of February. It is encouraging to see this camp continuing to grow and develop each year.

This year saw a number of Troops surviving their first Brass Monkey Camp, and for some young people this was their first Scout camping experience. Campers were treated to a variety of activity bases on the Saturday including space hopper races, egg & spoon, fire lighting, and an obstacle course. Sunday morning saw an introduction to the sport of urbaneering.

Tim Seabrook - Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts)


The exciting news this year is that we have a new Unit and it covers Peebles, Cardrona and West Linton Scout Groups. Explorer Scouting in the District welcomes Dixie Scott in the role of District Explorer Scout Administrator (DESA).

The Explorer Units attached to Kelso, Hawick, Selkirk, Eyemouth, Gala and Earlston Scout Groups continue to flourish. Over the past year the Leadership Team running the Explorer Units has changed with new leaders joining both Selkirk and the new Unit. Explorer Partnership Agreements have been set up with all the Units in the District and these continue to work well.

29 Explorer Scouts help to run the younger Sections as Young Leaders, joining another 18 young people of that age group who help in the same way, and all of whom are part of the expanded Explorer Scout family of the District. Explorers attended the Blair Atholl International Jamborette and Brumjam during the year. This summer, Explorers are taking part in an International Camp in Norway, an expedition to Taiwan, an international Camp in America and an Explorer Belt Expedition to Estonia ....WOW!

Explorers attended Young Leader Training weekends, two District Camps and continue to have fun packed programmes within their own Units. Eilidh Hunter (Gala) and Grant Yeomans (Gala) attended the District Executive throughout the year as Explorer Scout Youth Members. They offered opinions with a youthful flare.

Scouting is a Movement and it continues along the path of change. Explorer Scouting is still relatively new and I am very proud of the hard work the Explorer Leaders in the District are putting into providing a balanced programme to keep the Explorers enthusiastic.

Eric Nicol District Explorer Scout Commissioner


Building the gateway

The Borders Network has continued to support the District during last year. Although a small group, they make a significant difference to Groups in and out of the District. At the moment, the Network members are running or assisting Explorer Units in Galashiels and Eyemouth, Scouts in Hawick and Cubs in Edinburgh North East District. They built the Gateway to the first Borders District Camp, supervised the safe arrival of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts at Bonaly, helped to run the activities, did a Night Patrol and even turned up for the Queen’s Jubilee Parade on the 5th July 2012 All in all, they have had a good year!

If you were lucky enough to spot them during the Borders District Camp, you will know they designed their own badge and necker.

The distinct colours and badge design make the necker unique to the Borders Network only. Good work!

Queen Scout Award

All of the Network members are keen to complete the necessary requirements for a Queen Scout Award. It will be an exciting moment for the Borders District to see one of our Network Members with this badge, as it has been a while since we last had a newly awarded Queen Scout in this area.

International Camps The Network Members have been involved in several international opportunities. Last summer they took part in Blair Atholl (Service Team) and the expedition to Botswana. This year they will be off to Norway and Taiwan. We wish them all the best.

Future of the Borders Network – It is anticipated that the Borders Network will continue to grow as the section for 18-25 year olds becomes more settled in the structures of the District. Please contact Els Nicol (018907-71654) for further information or to join the Network in the Borders.

Els Nicol – District Scout Network Leader


Wild in Botswana

Innerleithen Scout Group has had a mixed year of highs and lows. For the first time we were able to attend the District Camp in June 2012. This was the first ‘Nights Away ‘ Scouting experience both children and leaders from Innerleithen/Walkerburn and Traquair had experienced since reforming. It proved to be both a challenging, and fun, occasion which greatly benefited our members' experience and skills base. We are in the process of forming a full Group Executive Committee and have recruited two Young Leaders who are accessing the Young Leaders Training Scheme and Duke of Edinburgh Award opportunities.

Sadly, the resignation of our Beaver leader due to work commitments has temporarily closed our Beaver Colony. As a result of this a priority for our new Executive Committee will be the recruitment of adult leaders. The demand for Scouting in Innerleithen/ Walkerburn and Traquair remains high with a sizeable waiting list of hopefuls. However, as a Group we look forward to the challenge of developing Scouting in our catchment area.

Joan Halliday - Assistant Group Scout Leader

All sections are full and offering a wide range of fun and activities and all are working towards various badges. We have had two joint meetings with the Kelso Guide Movement, a Thinking Day Church Service and also 'The Billion Rising' flash mob event that was held at The Border Union Showground at Springwood Park, Kelso. There were approximately 115 young people and adults who took part in the short dance video which was then linked into the main event that took place a week later.

Particular highlights of the year were four of the Beavers achieving their Bronze Chief Scout Award while the Cubs went orienteering at Sweethope Farm and also visited the mountain rescue. They also had a great night carving out pumpkins at Halloween.

The Scouts attended the Brass Monkey Camp at Springwood. A number of them also attended the Lowland Adventure in East Lothian last May and achieved their Outdoor challenge as a result of attending that camp. The Troop has also completed their Fire Safety Badge by visiting Kelso Fire Station where the local firemen put them through their paces. The Scouts had a night building bird boxes with materials donated by Bowmont Sawmill and Travis Perkins. The Troop also has a number of Scouts working towards their Chief Scouts Gold Award.

The Explorer Scouts held a very successful Christmas post and raised some money for the local Cash for Kids Appeal run by Radio Borders.

Elizabeth McIntosh - Group Scout Leader


Innerleithen

Kelso

Last year the Cubs were invited to join the Beavers on a trip to Edinburgh Zoo to see the pandas, on one of the rare sunny days of 2012 where they learnt the similarities between pandas and Explorer Scouts - eat, sleep and eat some more with spontaneous bouts of activity in between!

Both sections are supported by Young Leaders with the first two gaining their YL belts in February and another four awaiting their final assessment.

The Scouts and Explorers have been continuing their joint Zodiac camps with Hawick and more Bronze and the first two Silver Zodiac badges were awarded this year. Both sections were represented at 'Bear in the Air' to meet the Chief Scout at Longcraig, where they enjoyed a weekend of water sports.

July 2012 saw a mixed group of Scouts and Explorers sail with the Ocean Youth Trust to the Outer Hebrides as well as attending the Jamborette at Blair Atholl followed by home hospitality for Norwegian, English and Russian scouts. Some of the friendships made over the summer were renewed at the Caledonian Rally in October, held just outside Inverness.

This year’s Brass Monkey camp was one of the windiest the Scouts have attended

and put their camping skills to the test while the Explorers' Frostbite camp at Bonaly certainly had a bite to it with freezing rain and snow. For those youths who had just moved up into the next section, these two camps will become their benchmark for wet weather camping and will become better in the re-telling!

This summer sees Explorers setting out with Deeside Scouts on another voyage with the Ocean Youth Trust, hiking across Estonia for their Explorer Belt and globe -trotting around the world to Taiwan to learn new skills, make new friends and make memories.

Jane Bathgate - Cub Scout Leader/Explorer Scout Leader


Galashiels

2012/13 will go down as a landmark year for Scouting in Lauderdale.

Amanda Collins opened a Beaver Colony with 13 bright and enthusiastic young Beavers.

The year started well with Cub numbers slowing growing, Their activities included the Sporting Challenge badge in June and lots of other badge work. 3 lucky Cubs were selected to represent the District and met Chief Scout Bear Grylls at Longcraigs Activity Centre, as part of a back to basics activity day.

In June the Cubs and Scouts attended the District camp at Bonaly, which for many was their first experience of camping and was really enjoyed by all that attended. The activities for the Pack got more and more exciting with visits to the Fire Station, the Town Hall and the Edinburgh Mosque. They even had a visit from the Police, but in a good way - local community officer PC Gina Johnstone came to talk to the Cubs about personal safety. She was also on hand to award 3 hard earned Silver Scout Awards, the first in Lauderdale for some time (if not ever).

October saw our Executive Committee formed and our first meeting brought about a number of positive changes not least our name change to Lauderdale to reflect the community we cover. Sadly our Scout Leader James Simpson left the country but two new leaders, Kristian Flucker and Keith Atkinson are now running the Troop.

Christmas was celebrated by the Cubs with a joint party with the Brownies (I think the leaders are still recovering). The Beavers also had a “quieter” party.

2013 was off to a great start with new members in all sections, the Beaver Colony swelled to 20 with another 5 or 6 names waiting to join. 2 assistants, Ian Hepburn and Louise Cromie, have joined Amanda. Cubs continue to grow with more girls joining, and a female leader, Sonya Beaumont. Our long serving Cub Leader, David Organ, cerebrates 10 years in Scouting soon and we congratulate him on that.

Andy Beaumont Cub Leader / Acting GSL.


Lauderdale


Take 1 camp site, add 2 themes, 4 sub-camps, 10 Groups, dozens of tents, 400 young people, 100 adults, more activities and fun

than you could shake a stick at, and what do you get? - Borders District Camp at Bonaly - June 2012

Cubs enjoyed:Being in a tent together

ExploringCampfire

Playing football with other Cubs Archery

Building the tentsTuck Shed

Beavers enjoyed:Sleeping in a tent, The slide, Campfire and songs, Getting the medals, Everything!!!


Scouts enjoyed:Spider Mountain

High Ropes Food

DiscoSaturday Activities

Explorer Scouts enjoyed:Their own area with a fire

Off-site water activitiesOlympic ceremony

Wrist bands Irn-Bru from the tuck shed

Mixed activities

Lochgoilhead fun!

Cardrona Scout Group is now in it’s 7th year and we are now starting to see our very first Beavers getting to the last year of the Scout Section. It’s been great to see the progress and development of them from little Beavers to confident and outgoing Scouts. We hope that they will continue in their Scouting Life with the starting up of the new Explorer Unit for the west of the District!

The Group has had a great year for activities. The Scout Section is starting to participate in more camps and activity weekends. Our most recent on was a trip to Lochgoilhead for a weekend of wet, water sport fun. Both the Scouts and the Cubs and the Brownies took part and had a great time.

Last May saw the ‘Bear in the Air’ extravaganza come to Scotland and Cardrona Beavers were lucky to get allocated some spaces at the activity at Longcraig. The Beavers and Cubs had a great time – cooking, crafting and games.

The Sections have been busy all year. The Beavers have just recently completed their Scottish Challenge Badge and for the first time at Cardrona we’ll have Chief Scout Gold Awards to present too!

We were also lucky enough to be invited to participate in the ‘Giants in the Forest’ project that has been running throughout the UK. The Beavers were involved in planting the giants with plants and flowers and then later all the sections had an activity night where we made some ‘friends’ for the giants. The project has been great fun and we’ve visited the giants a few times since! http://www.giantsintheforest.com/peebles

Last September we organized a collective marathon. Our Beaver Leader Barry Hughes ran his very first marathon and to show our support we had our own in Cardrona with each of the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Rainbows and Brownies doing their own run to make a marathon total! Great fun for all – even for the parents!

We have also been fortunate to receive a donation from our Local Round Table to be able to help purchase some much needed camping equipment and the Scouts were then asked to help with the Round Table Santa Sleigh fundraising night.

This year will see us having our very first Group Camp. We’re going to Bonaly later in the year and hopefully all the sections will have a good turn out! Watch this space!

Cheryl Turpie. GSL Cardrona Scout Group


Cardrona

Cardrona Fundraising Collective Marathon

Giants in the Forest - Creating friends.

http://www.giantsintheforest.com/peebles

Eight year-old Cub Ivan Burt-Smith swam 1,416 lengths of Selkirk's swimming pool in March to help raise some of the estimated £25,000 needed to reslate the roof of the hall in Mill Street. Proud dad Graham said: “It was his idea. It was a pretty big effort for an eight-year-old to make.”

The family had gone to London to watch water polo and fencing at the Olympics in the summer. “Since then the children have been quite captured with everything involved with the Olympics, and swimming particularly, and Ivan came up with the idea of swimming ‘the Channel’ himself,” said Graham.

Ivan's Mum, Olga, explained Ivan had seen an advert at the pool for a swimathon for another charity and said ‘I want to do that’ and decided, since the Scout hall needed a new roof, that he would do a long swim for that. And she explained the logistics: “At its narrowest point the Channel is about 35.4km or 22 miles which is equivalent to 1,416 lengths of Selkirk swimming pool (25m per length). Ivan swam a number of one hour sessions each week depending on how he could fit it around his homework and other activities.

“He swam approximately 50 to 55 lengths per session, and finished in a little over 24 hours in so, effectively, he swam the Channel in just over a day!

She explained Ivan’s decision to support the local Scouts.“The Scouting organisation, particularly so in the Borders, give so much of their time and effort to making children’s lives exciting and giving them tastes of and opportunities to do so many things that, without them, they’d never even think of doing, and they do it all voluntarily.

“Not only that, they regularly help raise funds for other causes as a matter of course. It’s about time someone did something to help them out. So, that was Ivan’s intention, and also a ‘thank you’ to them,” she said.

Local Cub Leader and acting Group Scout Leader Graham Coulson said of the plucky eight-year-old’s effort: “It’s fantastic, he obviously enjoys being a Cub Scout, so it was great he took this on – and he’s done it off his own back.”

The local Scout committee is just getting under way with fundraising for the roof now and also plans to apply for grants, Mr Coulson said.

Dad Graham said "He’s motivated by challenges – whenever you give him a challenge it’s just something to be overcome. This was something that he decided to do and he enjoyed doing it.

The collection of the sponsorship money is still underway but at the time of writing it looked as though Ivan would have raised at least £2,500 - 10% of the cost of the roof repairs and a fantastic effort.

With acknowledgements to "The Southern Reporter"


Selkirk


Borders District Census 2013

Summary by Group

Group Total Total Leaders Leaders Other Total

Beavers Cubs Scouts Excl Expl Expl/YL Youth (Other) Explorer Adults Group

Cardrona 2013 25 17 27 69 0 69 5 0 0 74

Change -1 2 10 11 0 11 -3 0 -2 6

Duns 2013 6 30 13 49 0 49 10 0 0 59

Change 4 11 13 28 0 28 7 0 0 35

Earlston 2013 14 20 29 63 13 76 8 1 0 85

Change -2 -5 -5 -12 4 -8 0 -1 0 -9

Eyemouth 2013 0 22 28 50 17 67 6 2 0 75

Change -16 -3 0 -19 6 -13 -6 -1 0 -20

Galashiels 2013 11 21 22 54 15 69 7 1 0 77

Change -2 2 0 0 6 6 1 0 -4 3

Hawick 2013 19 15 9 43 5 48 8 0 16 72

Change 8 3 -3 8 0 8 2 0 3 13

Innerleithen 2013 0 24 0 24 1 25 6 0 1 32

Change -20 4 -1 -17 1 -16 -3 0 1 -18

Jedburgh 2013 11 19 13 43 1 44 8 0 0 52

Change -4 -5 6 -3 1 -2 1 0 0 -1

Kelso 2013 20 22 22 64 6 70 10 2 2 84

Change -4 -3 -4 -11 1 -10 0 -1 1 -10

Lauderdale 2013 17 23 12 52 0 52 7 0 3 62

Change 17 13 5 35 0 35 7 0 1 43

Melrose 2013 21 21 19 61 0 61 7 0 0 68

Change -2 2 3 3 0 3 2 0 0 5

Peebles 2013 28 55 35 118 5 123 13 2 0 138

Change -1 -3 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 4

Selkirk 2013 21 29 22 72 9 81 8 1 5 95

Change -1 4 -2 1 -3 -2 0 1 2 1

Tweedbank 2013

Change -16 0 0 -16 0 -16 -1 0 0 -17

West Linton 2013 24 47 35 106 0 106 14 0 0 120

Change 0 2 2 4 0 4 3 0 0 7

Totals 2013 217 365 286 868 72 940 117 9 27 1093

Change -40 24 30 14 16 30 10 0 2 42

Total District

District 2013 22

Change 0

Grand Total

2013 1115

Change 42

March 2013 Beavers Cubs Scouts ExplorersCardrona Duns Earlston Eyemouth Dormant Galashiels Hawick Innerleithen Dormant Jedburgh Kelso Lauder Melrose Peebles Selkirk West Linton


Scouting in the Scottish Borders


Scouting is growing in popularity, withincreasing numbers of girls and boysjoining the adventure.

But due to a lack of adult volunteers,thousands of young people across thecountry are still on waiting lists to join us.

We need your help to allow more young people to experience the challenge andadventure of Scouting.

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