2018 Update
Deben is in much better shape than it was two years ago:
- Award presentations, approvals, permits and appointments are all happening in a timely manner
- The Explorer Section has gone from having no leadership team to having a full complement of DESC, ADC and Administrator
- The District Network Unit is starting this term
- All Leaders in Sections are properly appointed and trained and there is a good attitude towards future training
- Two Scout Troops awarded their first Chief Scouts Awards this term, top awards will soon become common, with so many more confident trained leaders
- We don’t yet have an ADC Development, but we have opened a new Beaver Colony and we have started conversations about opening a new Explorer Unit and another Beaver Colony, we are becoming dynamic and responsive in our provision of Scouting to young members
- We recently gained an ADC Communications to support promotion and representation of local Scouting
