The County Office is the busy operating base for our three paid members of staff (left to right): Becky Eytle, Volunteering Development Officer (VDO); Karen Thurlow, County Administrator (CA); and Kim Williams, Local Development Officer (LDO).
This page provides information on the services provided by Karen Thurlow, CA. Click the appropriate links to find pages which explain the services and support provided by Kim Williams (LDO) and Becky Eytle (VDO).
Contact details for CA and County Office
Email
countyadmin@berkshirescouts.org.uk
Telephone
0118 978 8292
Berkshire Scouts
County Administrator
Sindlesham Court
Mole Road, Wokingham
RG41 5EA
Meet Karen Thurlow, CA
Hi, I’m Karen the County Administrator, I’ve been working for Berkshire Scouts for six years. My Scouting goes back a long way, my years as a Venture Scout in Derbyshire, and getting involved again when my children joined Scouting as Beavers. Many years later (my son is now an Explorer and my daughter a Scout!), I now have volunteer roles both in the Group and the District.
My background as a PA at Microsoft stood me in great stead for dealing with the demands and variety of the County Office and I’ve enjoyed developing the county administrator role, and the support we provide to our volunteers across the County.
Services and support provided by the CA
Karen provides a wide range of services and support to the county team as well as directly to adult volunteers and young people across the county.
The role of CA was initially established to take away some of the administration tasks carried out by county team members to allow them to spend more time on delivering support. Whilst administration is still a key part of the role the tasks cover a much wider range of support activities.
The list below is a summary of some of the tasks undertaken by Karen – between the many emails and phone calls that come into the office:
| CA tasks | website page |
| CEC admin | link |
| County AGM admin | – |
| Bookkeeping/expenses/invoices | – |
| AAC admin & Appointments Secretary | – |
| eDofE admin | link |
| First Response bookings | – |
| Activity Permits | link |
| Activity Training (funding) | link |
| County Directory | – |
| Website (imports) | – |
| Asset Register | – |
| Insurance | – |
| Adult Training (enquiries) | link |
| Adult Training (HL) | – |
| Berkshire News | – |
| International (visits abroad pack) | link |
| County badges | – |
| PAT testing | link |
| Safety ASU admin | link |
| Adult Personal Files (supply) | – |
| Bookings (Sindlesham) | – |
| County Appointments records | – |
| WINGS 2020 admin support | link |
| Activities admin | link |
| Young Leaders admin | link |
| Communications (general) | – |
| Top award records | link |
| Conferences/Workshops | – |
| Uganda 2019 stage payments | link |