New Term, New Recruits…
The beginning of a new term is the idea time to recruit new members – with the Easter holidays fast approaching, NOW is the time to be planning this.
For just £35 you can order 1,000 Scout Group Recruitment Leaflets with your Scout Group’s details printed on them (link)
If none of your leaders or committee members are available during the day to drop these into local schools, let us know and the County Development Team (russ@gln-scouts.org.uk) can help by doing this for you – just email russ@gln-scouts.org.uk with details of which schools.
Making the most of recruitment leaflets
Development Projects 2012
Thanks to a grant of £4,990 from the Freemasons Grand Charity, Greater London North will be undertaking four specific development projects during 2012 to “encourage and expand Scouting”. Find out more about each of the projects by clicking the links below:
- “Join the Adventure” Sessions
- Explorer Scout Recruitment & Retention
- More Inclusive Scouting
- Oak Lodge Explorer Scout Unit
Flipcharts and feedback forms from County Development Conference
The County Development Conference took place on 4th & 5th February. Flipcharts and feedback forms have now been typed up and are available for everyone to view.
Saturday 4th February 2012 (DCs, County Team Members, ADCs and District Scouters)
Typed up flipcharts: Notes from Discussion Groups / Programme of Activities 2012
Notes from District discussions groups: Barnet Borough / CCI / Enfield / Haringey / Southgate
Sunday 5th February 2012 (GSLs, DCs)
Powerpoint presentations: Introductions & Welcome / County Update, Services for Groups, Projects for 2012 and Survey Summary
Copies of presentations, handouts and relevant factsheets were given to all attendees electronically and will be posted to those who could not attend by the end of February.
Other related documents
Pre-conference Survey Results: Pre-conference Survey Results
County Directory (Feb 2012): GLN – Here to Help!
County Conference Survey Results
A full report on the Conference and the actions decided will be available soon, but for those that took the time to complete the survey and anyone else interested, here are the key points, and a downloadable copy of the results.
Key Points
The County Team and the District Teams have gone from the conference to plan how to implement what has been asked for to help achieve our aim of Better Scouting For More Young People.
You can download the full survey results here : Pre-conference Survey Results
And the snow on Sunday didn’t stop the GSLs getting there – some even found time to be creative, whilst others were using their four wheel drive vehicles to keep the hotel drive clear…
County membership reaches 6,000 for the first time since 1997!
6,144 people are currently enjoying the everyday adventure Scouting provides in Greater London North – the highest number for 14 years!
Results of the termly census are available at: http://www.gln-scouts.org.uk/
In addition to collect details of our current membership, we asked for views on a range of new initiatives to support local Scouting – which will be launched over the coming months.
Termly Census
The Termly Census is now live for Group Scout Leaders and/or Group Contacts to complete. In addition to asking about current membership and capacity, the County is also consulting on:
- A website service
- Use of the FREE recruitment leaflets available to groups
- A proposed recruitment badge for youth members (for the uniform)
- Support required by Group Scout Leaders
The form is available at: http://www.gln-scouts.org.uk/
Make sure your Group has responded by the deadline (16th October)
COUNTY SUPPORT LEADERS
During the last year several new groups/Sections have been opened in parts of the County. Russ Dyble, our Local Development Officer, has helped find leaders and set them up but cannot stay to support them for very long. It is our intention that any new Group or Section would be allocated a County Support Leader to help them.
Some of these new units may need help with Programme Planning, ceremonies, games, organisation of an evening etc. Others may only need somebody with a warrant to be present until their CRB’s etc. are sorted. Obviously some will need a lot of support and some much less depending on their knowledge and expertise and also whether there is good support within the Group.
I need experienced leaders who would be interested in helping these new sections.
Each new unit will be different but it will be you who will decide how much time and support you can give. Whether the support comes with a physical presence or as a source of help and support on the phone will vary. I suspect that with most it will start as a physical presence to give advice and confidence and gradually become more remote.
It is a very worthwhile job to be doing and could make the difference between a flourishing section or a failing section. Russ and I will always be there to support you.
Please think carefully about this and how you can help. You can contact me on accdevelopment@gln-scouts.org.uk or 020 8366 3757
If you know of anybody else who may not have received this please do tell them about this opportunity to help.
Thanks
Barbara
Barbara Garner
ACC Development, Greater London North Scouts
2011 Census Summary
| Top line = | 2011 |
| Middle = | 2010 |
| Bottom = | Change |
| DISTRICT | BEAVERS | SCOUTS | NETWORK | LEADERS | ADULT | TOTAL | ||||||
| CUBS | EXPLORERS | YOUTH | OTHERS | |||||||||
| Barnet Borough | 334 | 464 | 417 | 147 | 0 | 1362 | 247 | 57 | 304 | 1666 | ||
| 242 | 448 | 356 | 149 | 0 | 1195 | 214 | 48 | 262 | 1457 | |||
| 92 | 16 | 61 | -2 | 0 | 167 | 33 | 9 | 42 | 209 | 14.3% | ||
| CCI | 175 | 263 | 265 | 49 | 0 | 752 | 146 | 33 | 179 | 931 | ||
| 164 | 289 | 255 | 64 | 0 | 772 | 141 | 35 | 176 | 948 | |||
| 11 | -26 | 10 | -15 | 0 | -20 | 5 | -2 | 3 | -17 | -1.8% | ||
| Enfield | 277 | 341 | 290 | 110 | 0 | 1018 | 217 | 22 | 239 | 1257 | ||
| 253 | 348 | 304 | 103 | 0 | 1008 | 211 | 21 | 232 | 1240 | |||
| 24 | -7 | -14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 1.4% | ||
| Haringey | 102 | 190 | 222 | 32 | 0 | 546 | 100 | 29 | 129 | 675 | ||
| 77 | 209 | 210 | 22 | 0 | 518 | 103 | 27 | 130 | 648 | |||
| 25 | -19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 28 | -3 | 2 | -1 | 27 | 4.2% | ||
| Southgate | 173 | 250 | 273 | 89 | 0 | 785 | 152 | 10 | 162 | 947 | ||
| 163 | 247 | 262 | 89 | 0 | 761 | 152 | 16 | 168 | 929 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | -6 | -6 | 18 | 1.9% | ||
| DSP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 84 | 5 | 89 | 102 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 79 | 5 | 84 | 96 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6.3% | ||
| County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 58 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 46 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 26.1% | ||
| TOTAL | 1061 | 1508 | 1467 | 440 | 10 | 4493 | 963 | 180 | 1143 | 5636 | ||
| 899 | 1541 | 1387 | 439 | 10 | 4276 | 916 | 172 | 1088 | 5364 | |||
| 162 | -33 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 217 | 47 | 8 | 55 | 272 | 5.1% | ||
| 18.0% | -2.1% | 5.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.1% | 5.1% | |||