Scouts unitaires de France
| Scouts unitaires de France | |||
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Unitary Scouts of France | |||
| Headquarters | Paris | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Membership | 23,000 | ||
| President | Thierry Berlizot | ||
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Website http://www.scouts-unitaires.org | |||
The Scouts Unitaires de France (Unitary Scouts of France, SUF) is a French Catholic Scouting movement created in 1971. It is the third largest movement in France.
From 1964 to 1970 the Scouts de France prepared and experimented with a new pedagogy, splitting the Scouts troops (unités) into two new sections and partly implementing coeducation. Until 1971 the old and the new pedagogies coexisted in the same organisation. In the 1970s the new pedagogy became compulsory. In 1971 around twenty local groups refused to conform and chose to stay with the former unitary pedagogy. These groups created the Scouts Unitaires de France, initially with around 1,000 members. In 1980 the SUF had 10,000 members and by 2006 had grown further to 23,000 members.
Movement milestones
- 1974 : The Association is approved by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.
- 1980 : SUF have 10,000 members.
- 1980–1990 : Steady growth of the movement.
- 1983 : The Association is recognized as a public utility.
- 1986 : The Association is approved by the Ministry of the Environment.
- 1998 : All scouts movement are experiencing a crisis of confidence among the general public and staff cuts following the drama of Perros-Guirec, in which four scouts sailor, members of a small group not recognized by the State or no federation Scouting drowned as a man who came to their rescue. This episode will lead to tighter control by the State and the adoption of several quality charters by different scout movements. After four trials, the head of the scout camp was condemned and the Scout Association dissolved.
- 1999 : SUF signed the Message to Families with the Conférence Française de Scoutisme.
- 2000 : For the occasion of the Jubilee of the year 2000, SUF meet 12,000 young together for national days at Lyon in the park of Lacroix-Laval.
- 2003 : SUF have 18,000 members.
- 2007 : In the world, Scouts celebrate the Centenary of Scouting. In France, SUF participate in many international gatherings movements. At Pentecost, 17,300 SUF meet each other in the woods of Chambord for national days in a large camp of over 2,500 tentes.
- 2008 : SUF have 23,000 members.
See also
External links
- Official Website (French)