Stirling and Trossachs District AGM 2024
Please find below details for our District AGM and the associated documents:
When: Sunday 3rd November
Time: 7.45pm
Where: Beechwood Scout Centre
Please note, parking is limited so it would be advisable to plan to park elsewhere.
Documents:
Stirling and Trossachs District Constitution
We look forward to seeing you there!
Following a site meeting with the Forestry Contractor yesterday, we can report the following:
East Burnside: following discussions and assurances, we can re-open East Burnside for camping. No access is permitted to the west side of the stream; both footbridges are closed.
West Burnside: This will remain closed and out of bounds until further notice as there is felling to be carried out adjacent to the campsite. The area will not be totally cleared of lumber and brashings until mid-to-late October, so will remain closed until then.
Woodland: This site is, as expected, pretty well devastated because of the number of Larch trees in the vicinity. However, with most of the felling now complete, the camping area, the path up to it, the boardwalk and the dining shelter remain largely intact, and we must thank the Contractor and the Estate management for taking such care in protecting these. This site is likely to remain closed until next spring.
The Booking Secretary is ready to process any requests for use of the site. Please note that the whole centre will close from 21st October for 3 weeks to allow essential maintenance to proceed.
Temporary Closure of campsites due to urgent Forestry Operations
Woodlands Camp Site – Closed from 1st August 2024
East and West Burnside Camp Sites – Closed from 26th August 2024
Re-opening date – To be advised
For more information click on INVERTROSSACHS
This page has been created as a single point to find information about the changes to Scouting that are taking place.
All the information can also be found on the Scouts and Scouts Scotland websites:
https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/volunteer-experience/
https://www.scouts.scot/transformation
Further guidance and support will be given to help Trustee Boards manage Risk Registers etc. but for now there is some good advice that can be found here
The new system is very much still under development, however at the conference there was a demo of where they are up to and what they are hoping to do was demonstrated.
The recording can be found here
We are in the process of changing the Invertrossachs Campsite Booking system to one hosted by Online Scout Manager (OSM). We expect this to be up and running by January 1st 2024, after which all campsite bookings must be made through OSM. This will be a great improvement as groups will be able to see live availability, reserve and amend bookings instantly online. Non-Scouting groups will able to register with OSM.
All payments will require to be made online using a debit or credit card. All bookings must also be made at least 7 days in advance.
This will only apply to the campsite initially. As before, all visitors to the site, whether for an evening visit for a couple of hours, or a summer camp, must use this system. Booking of Water Activities will still be carried out as previously, unitl a new system is developed.
In the interim, please make your campsite booking as you have done in the past. All bookings will be transferred to the OSM system prior to it going live.
Stirling and Trossachs District Minibus
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Stirling and Trossachs have a minibus available for any group to hire.
Our hiring policy and charges can be found here: Stirling and Trossachs Scout Council Minibus Hire Ts & Cs & Charges.pdf
To request to hire our minibus please download and complete these forms:
Group_Membership_Application_Form_Sep 23.docx
Stirling and Trossachs Scout Council Minibus Driver registration.docx
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