Selby District Scouts is an umbrella organisation home to Scout Groups and sections across the wider Selby area. At the same time, we are part of North Yorkshire Scouts, and the Scout Association. All Scout Groups, Districts and Counties in England are also independent legal charities, with a purpose, constitution, members, and a set of trustees who are ultimately responsible for the effective and safe management of that charity. Details on the trustees of Selby Scouts can be found below.
We follow the advice given to us by The Scout Association and the Charity Commission to ensure we run the charity as effectively as possible, and when required the trustees may seek independent legal advice. Our constitution is the specimen constitution laid out in 4.25 of the Scout Associations, Policy Organisation & Rules.
Decisions of the Trustee Board & District Scout Council
As well as the decisions and actions of the trustee board which you can read below, you can also access the action tracker which we use to monitor and update on the tasks and other work undertaken by the trustees.
2024
2023
- September 2023 | Trustee board meeting
- 2023 | Annual Report
- May 2023 | Trustee board meeting
- April 2023 | Trustee board meeting
- January 2023 | Trustee board meeting
2022
- September 2022 | Trustee board meeting
- 2022 | AGM Minutes
- 2022 | Annual Report
- May 2022 | Trustee board meeting
- April 2022 | Trustee board meeting
- January 2022 | Trustee board meeting
2021
Trustees
There are 4 types of trustee outlined in POR. All trustees are equal, regardless of how they became trustees, no-one has any more voting power than any other, and by our rules the Chair does not have a casting vote. The four types of trustee are:
- Ex-officio: These are people who are trustees because of the role they do, like the District Commissioner
- Elected: These are people who stand for election at the AGM.
- Nominated: These are people picked by the District Commissioner to be trustees. They must not exceed the number of elected trustees.
- Co-opted: These are people who are asked to join part way through the year for a specific purpose
The trustees are approved or elected every year at the AGM and serve for a term of 1 year, until the next AGM. If you would like to contact the board of trustees on any matter please email info@selbyscouts.org.uk and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
- Trevor Kell Chair | Ex-offico
- Carl Gibson District Commissioner | Ex-offico
- Geoff Stockill Treasurer | Ex-offico
- John McAtominey Secretary | Ex-offico
- Julie Farley District Explorer Scout Commissioner | Ex-offico
- Lewis Agar-Simms District Scout Network Commissioner | Ex-offico
- Steven Powell Elected Member
- Sarah McAtominey Chair of the Campsite Sub-Committee | Elected Member
- Linda Cartwright Nominated Member
- Sean Hick Nominated Member
- Dan Shipstone Nominated Member
Sub-Committees
To help expedite the work of the Trustee Board, it is helpful to form sub-committees to undertake specific tasks, or look after key assets. In 2022 we established a sub-committee to manage our campsite, Tamarak, and in 2023 established sub-committees to manage Olympia, and to take a more active role in managing our finances. You can see the specific terms of reference for each sub-committee below:
Key Policies
As well as the key policies laid out in POR, in 2023 the trustee board established a number of additional key policies specific to the operation of Selby Scouts. These policies will be reviewed annually and updated as required.
- District Supported Events | How we deal with requests to financially support events
- Inclusion | How we ensure Scouting is open to all
- Investment | How we safely grow our money
- Procurement and Tendering | How we ensure we get value for money
- Reserves | How we manage our longer term money
- Sub Committee Financial Limits | How we ensure safe but effective delegation
- Training | How we support great training