About Us
| Members of the Scout Group Council | |
| Group Leader | Liz Brett |
| Deputy Group Leader | Brian (Bugsy) Conway |
| Group Chairperson | Vacant |
| Group Secretary | Ian Dawkins |
| Group Treasurer | David Ruigrok |
| Group Quartermaster | Darragh Brett |
| Group Youth Champion | Vacant |
The functions of the Scout Group Council include:
- To oversee and co-ordinate all activities of the Scout Group.
- To control and allocate finance and maintain proper accounts.
- To convene the Annual General Meeting of the Scout Group.
- To ensure that the Programme Sections operate the Youth Programme in accordance with the Aim, Principles and Method.
- To implement the Youth & Adult Involvement Policies provided by Scouting Ireland.
- To provide support to the Group Scouters in the delivery of the Youth Programme within the Programme Section.
- To consider and approve nominations and proposals for submission to the General Meeting of Scouting Ireland.
- To facilitate the training of all Group Scouters.
- To recruit suitable individuals to membership of the Scout Group and make nominations for appointment as Group Scouters.
- To form other sub committees, as required, for the purposes agreed by the Scout Group Council.
- To perform the role of Charity Trustees as prescribed by the legislation within the jurisdiction in which the Scout Group is based.
- To provide continual updates to the members of the Scout Group on the decisions taken by the Scout Group Council and, where necessary, the rationale to those decisions.
- To co-ordinate a social programme for adult members as desired.
Further details on the role and function of the Scout Group Council can be found here at Scouting Ireland.
| Beavers Section | |||
| Laura Hewitt (Section Lead) | Adam Mullen | Andrea Henry | Brian (Bugsy) Conway |
| David Costigan | Patrycja Ciesla | Koumila Jordan | Joe Hynes |
| Ann Purcell | David Ruigrok | Umberto Di Venosa | Aaron Cassidy |
| Cubs Section | |||
| Killian Brady (Section Lead) | Malgo Nowicka | David Ruigrok | David Costigan |
| Niamh Carroll | Marko Samardzic | Eugene Lacy | Aaron Cassidy |
| Scouts Section | |||
| Darragh Brett (Section Lead) | Liz Brett | Stephen Lappin | Suzanne Kelly |
| Ian Dawkins | Marko Samardzic | Eugene Lacy | Rebekka McGinn |
| Ventures Section | |||
| Fiachra Crean (Section Lead) | Stephen Lappin | Liz Brett | Eugene Lacy |
If you are an experienced Scouter or Kayak Instructor and wish to get involved as an adult volunteer then please contact us at info@donabatescouts.com.
Annual Admissions Process
The admissions process will be opened during the first three weeks of August of each year with the new scouting year typically starting back in the second week of September for all scout sections. Parents or guardians of children wishing to join can complete our admissions process, the details of which will be made available on our website homepage during the enrollment period. Notices will also be placed in local shops in Donabate to announce that our admissions process is open.
Please be aware that in order to maintain the correct supervision ratios and due to the limited size of the den, sections are typically run to a maximum of 32 children. Since each of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts is a three year programme with the majority of our members staying on between sections, availability of places at the very start of the scouting journey for new Beavers is extremely limited with typically fewer than 10 places being on offer.
Scouts or Ventures who are already members of another Scout Group and have recently moved to the peninsula of Donabate & Portrane are welcome to contact us at info@donabatescouts.com as spaces are occassionally available for experienced Scouters.
