Scout Active Support

Scout Active Support
Owner The Scout Association
Country United Kingdom
Website
http://www.scouts.org.uk/activesupport

Scout Active Support is a division of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom that provides support to units and activities. Formerly known as the Scout Fellowship, it was renamed in September 2009.

Scout Active Support provides a resource base from which Groups across the District or County can access skills instructors, administrative support, or training.

Typical roles for Scout Active Support members are to provide specialist skills to Scouting activities, for example, kayaking instruction or pioneering.

Scout Active Support can also provide extra hands on camps, enabling the camp leaders to run and organise activities without having to overstretch themselves with much of what could be considered a support function (for example, cooking meals).

Organisation

Scout Active Support is open to all adults over 18 years of age, including warranted leaders and members of the Scout Network, subject to satisfactory checks under the Scout Association Child Protection Policy. Active Support members must choose whether to become full or associate members of the Scout Association.

History

At the International Scout Conference in August 1947, a resolution was passed which recommended that national Scout Associations should form extended association of Old Scouts. This was to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of Scouting in 1948.

The precursor to the Scout Fellowship came into being in June 1948, and was set up to be a distinct organisation which was separated from the training sections in The Scout Association (then known as the Boy Scouts Association). This new organisation was named The B-P Guild of Old Scouts. It was a further five years before the new organisation gained its own constitution, and held its own elected council and committee.

A review was also made at this time, due to the new Guild not being as involved with The Scout Association as had been hoped, and a five point agreement was made to remedy this:

Shortly after this new agreement, the Guild became a founding member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship, and subsequently adopted the official badge of the international organisation.

The Scout Fellowship was formed in 1976 as part of a plan to restructure the support given by the old members of Scouting. Each District now has its own Fellowship, which replaced The B-P Scout Guild and also merged other District level support groups into their folds. The Fellowship was made a full part of The Scout Association in 1999, and was integrated under the auspices of Adult Support. This move meant that the Fellowship, now a part of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, is no longer a member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship.

From September 2009 the Scout Fellowship has been renamed 'Scout Active Support',[1] following a review which saw the need to broaden and strengthen the activities of Scout Fellowships, to make them more proactive and flexible support units for Scouting.

National Scout Active Support Units

National Scout Active Support Units are groups of volunteers who have formed an Active Support Unit registered directly with the Scout Association. These include special interest, activity centre, faith-based and international organisations.

Special Interest
Activity Centre

These units provide support to national activity centres

Faith

These organisations promote and support Scouting and Guiding within their faith:

International

These organisations support members interested in Scouting around the world:

References

  1. http://scouts.org.uk/activesupport
  2. "Scout Internet Support Website". Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. "Epping Forest Conservation Project". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "Active Support Unit for Lesbians and Gays in Scouting". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. "National Scout Fellowship Security Team". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  6. "Queen's Scout Working Party". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
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  10. http://www.scoutradio.org.uk
  11. "2nd Gilwell Park Scout Fellowship". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  12. "Anglican Fellowship in Scouting and Guiding". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  13. "National Catholic Scout Fellowship". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  14. "Muslim Scout Fellowship". Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  15. Youth Citizenship and Religious Difference: Muslim Scouting in the United Kingdom, Sarah Mill, pds. 190-206, in Block, Nelson R.; Tammy M. Proctor (2009). Scouting Frontiers: Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-4438-0450-9.
  16. "UK Arab Scout Fellowship". Retrieved 2009-09-14.
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