Trustee Board

The Trustee Board is a team of volunteers who work together to make sure Scouts is run safely and legally.

Together, Trustees make sure the charity is well managed, risks are assessed and mitigated, buildings and equipment are in good working order, and everyone follows legal requirements and Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR). Their support helps other volunteers run a fantastic programme that gives young people skills for life (and experiences they’ll remember forever).



Team Tasks:

  • Have enough money for now and in the future. This means having a reserves policy and making sure fundraising takes place, if it’s needed.
  • Have a budget in place. Trustees then agree how to manage the budget with other volunteer teams. Follow Scouts policies and relevant legislation
  • Follow POR, key policies (including safety, safeguarding, and data protection), and charity regulations.
  • Follow employment law, if staff are employed.
  • Create Trustees Annual Report and Statement of Accounts, and get it checked by an appropriate person. If they’re a registered charity, they’ll need to share it with the charity regulator.
  • Hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM).
  • Look after records of ownership of property and equipment.
  • Have the right insurance for people, buildings, and equipment.
  • Make sure buildings and equipment are working well.
  • Carry out regular risk assessments and put the right risk mitigations in place.
  • Work with Lead Volunteers to meet their charity aims.
  • Champion Our Volunteering Culture, and make sure volunteers are aware of it, reflect on it, commit to it, and apply it in their teams.
  • Keep a record of Trustee Board meetings, and complete any actions that are agreed.
  • Recruit new Trustees.
  • Co-opt Trustees onto the Board if they need people with particular skills or knowledge.
  • Get expert advice, if needed. This could be on health and safety, managing money, buildings, equipment, or employees.
  • Network with other Scouts Trustees to share knowledge and experience.
  • Create sub-teams for specific activities, such as risk management, if needed.


Trustee Board Members

Chloe Foster
18-24 Trustee
Jodie Kerr
18-24 Trustee
Ann Gilchrist
Chair
Leonard Jamieson
Lead Volunteer
David Foggo
Treasurer
Alan Wallace
Trustee
Christopher Campbell
Trustee
Callum Munn
Trustee
Charlie Stevenson
Trustee
Bert Mackenzie
Trustee
Shona Philpot
Trustee
Emma McDougall
Youth Lead

Funding

Grants and funds for your local group | Scouts

 

HQ Funding - Grants from UK Scouts | Scouts Including: 

Additional Needs Grant | Scouts

Cornwell Memorial Fund | Scouts

International Fund for Non-UKC Events | Scouts

International Fund for UK Contingent Events | Scouts

Matched Giving | Scouts

Outdoor Adventure Fund | Scouts

Training and Permits Fund | Scouts

- Possible New Squirrel Section Start-Up Support (location dependant when registering)

 

SHQ Funding - Funding | Scouts Scotland Including:

Additional Support Needs Grant

Support for Scouting in Areas of Deprivation

New Section Start-Up Support

Standard Development Grants

Adventurous Activity Training, Skills Training, and Permits

 

Region Funding - Including:

- New Squirrel Section Start-Up Support (Contact District to receive both District and Region Funding)

 

District Funding - Including:

WSJ and International Support Funding

Local Events

- Non Modular Training

New Section Start-Up Support

 

Gift Aid - Gift Aid | Scouts

 

Corporate and Local Businesses - Working with corporates and local businesses | Scouts

 

Fundraising Fundraising Support | Scouts Including: bagpacking, charity cans in local shops, race night, quiz night, soup and sweet event, curry night, ceilidh, sponsored challenges, raffle, tombola, football cards, jumble sale, craft stall, helping at events such as marathons, afternoon tea 

 

External Funding - Including:

- HQ suggestions Where to apply for funding externally | Scouts

- SHQ suggestions Funding support | Scouts Scotland

Funding Scotland

Apply for funding| Foundation Scotland

CFSLA

Community funding - Falkirk Council

Helping the community: Free period products - Falkirk Council

Community Choices - Falkirk Council

Alpkit Foundation - Apply

The Arnold Clark Community Fund | Arnold Clark

Tesco

Asda Foundation | Transforming Communities, Improving Lives

Morrison Foundation Making a difference to people's lives

Co-op

Community Cashback | Apply Now | SPAR

Edinburgh Airport Community Fund | Edinburgh Airport

Community grants - Moto Motorway Services

Customer & Community Investment Fund | LNER

- Miller Homes Community Fund

Home | The Robertson Trust

Funding | The National Lottery Community Fund

Apply for a grant | Postcode Trust

Denny and District Community Fund | Foundation Scotland

Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund (Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood) | Foundation Scotland

Essentia Foundation | Foundation Scotland

PF Charitable Trust | Foundation Scotland

Scottish Building Society | Foundation Scotland

Volant Charitable Trust Small Grants Programme | Foundation Scotland

Foux Foundation Grants - Funding Scotland

The Agnes Watt Trust Fund - Funding Scotland

Aviva Community Fund

Boots UK - Boots Charitable Trust

What We Fund | The Clothworkers' Foundation

Robert Hall Foundation – A Jersey Charitable Trust

Organisation grants - Variety, the Children's Charity

WHAT WE FUND – The YAPP Charitable Trust

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LSCT – The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust

Pawprint Trust | Pawprint Family

The RDC Foundation

Young Explorers' Trust

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Apply For a Grant | B&Q Foundation

Screwfix Foundation

Wickes Community Programme | Community Initiatives Programme

Capital projects - Garfield Weston Foundation

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