World Scout Movement
There are more than 28 million Scouts, youth and
adults, boys and girls, in 216 countries and territories.
Find out more about the World
Organization of the Scout Movement.
Here are the names of the accredited National
Scout Organizations in 151 countries.
Click here for the list
of countries, how many members they have, when Scouting was
founded, and when they joined world Scouting.
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What is
Scouting all about?
It
started over 90 years ago with a camp for 20 boys on Brownsea Island
in Poole Harbour. Today, Scouting has more than 27 million members
worldwide and is still growing. In Guernsey alone there are more than
780 young people who are helped by over 160 adult volunteers.
Development
from the ages of 6 through to 20 is assisted by a progressive training
scheme that is incorporated into their programmes. Youngsters are
encouraged to take some responsibility for planning and running the
programme at an early stage.
IF YOU ASKED a
group of young people why they joined Scouting, they would probably
come up with a range of different answers. Most would want to be with
their friends. Many would talk about the excellent time they have. Some would join to take part in the
activities we offer. Some would want to work on badges. What they
probably wouldn’t say was that they joined to become better citizens
(if they did say that, you’d probably think they were having you on
anyway!), but at its root that is what Scouting is about. It’s
about preparing young people to take a constructive place in society.
Scouting
succeeds because it can channel the enthusiasm of adults towards the
support and development of young people. All leaders are volunteers
who agree to undergo Scoutings own nationally recognised Leader
training scheme. The benefit to young people of such voluntary support
is immeasurable but suffice it to say that if Scouting were run on a
non – voluntary basis it would cost at least £300 million a year,
and probably a lot more!
In the
Bailiwick, activities are provided through 11 groups covering all of
the Island, and Alderney. Each of these groups has four sections and
is managed by a Group Scout Leader, or Manager. A 26% increase in
Scout numbers has been achieved in 2001, a fact praised by the UK
Commissioner Richard Butler, who visited the local movement in May. He
attributed this to the quality of the leaders in Guernsey who deliver
what the young people want. Mr Butler chairs the programme design
committee which is looking to take Scouting into the 21st century. The
last major review was in 1967.
Scouting
in Guernsey
Visit their
website www.scouts.org.gg
These
pages have been provided by the Bailiwick of Guernsey Scouts
Association. Find out about two major events coming up by clicking on
the links below. To find out more about Scouting in the Bailiwick,
click on the links to the left.
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