Scouting Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking ...

and Guiding in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is administered by the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Scout Association The Scout Association is the largest Scouting organisation in the United Kingdom and is the World Organization of the Scout Movement's recognised member for the United Kingdom. Following the origin of Scouting in 1907, the association was form ...

and

Girlguiding UK Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...

, due to

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha including Gough Island. Its name wa ...

's affiliations as a

British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna ...

History

Scouting was established on Saint Helena island in 1912. Scouting was established on Ascension Island in November 1973. Lord and Lady Baden-Powell visited the Scouts on

Saint Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

on the return from their 1937 tour of Africa. The visit is described in Lord Baden-Powell's book entitled ''African Adventures''.

Scouting

There are four groups on the two most populated islands (Saint Helena and

Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory o ...

) that are administered as part of The Scout Association's ''British Scouting Overseas'': * Ascension Island ** 1st Ascension Island ** Ascension Island Explorer Scout Unit * Saint Helena ** 1st Jamestown ** Jamestown Explorer Scout Unit * Tristan da Cunha ** No Scout or Guide group exists. Although the programme activities are taken from the British system, Saint Helena and Ascension Island Scouting is geared to the local way of life. Training for

Wood Badge Wood Badge is a Scouting leadership programme and the related award for adult leaders in the programmes of Scout associations throughout the world. Wood Badge courses aim to make Scouters better leaders by teaching advanced leadership skills ...

and leader training are conducted with the help of British and nearby affiliated Scout associations. Saint Helena and Ascension Island Scouts participate in numerous camps and events. The Helenian and Ascension

Scout Oath The Scout Promise (or Oath) is a spoken statement made by a child joining the Scout movement. Since the publication of ''Scouting for Boys'' in 1908, all Scouts and Girl Guides around the world have taken a Scout (or Guide) promise or oath to li ...

and Law, as well as other Scouting requirements, are the same as those of the United Kingdom.

Girl Guiding

Girlguiding Saint Helena (formerly the ''Saint Helena Girl Guide Association'') is a Guiding organization in

and

. It is one of the nine branch associations of

. It is represented by Girlguiding UK at

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, ...

(WAGGGS) level and Girlguiding UK's Chief Guide is also Chief Guide for Girlguiding Saint Helena. In 2008, there were about 70 Girl Guides on Saint Helena. The programme is a modified form of Guiding in the

, adapted to suit local conditions, with the same promise, and Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Ranger groups.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Helena And Ascension Island Organisations based in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations Girlguiding The Scout Association Scouting and Guiding by country 1912 establishments in Saint Helena 1973 establishments in Saint Helena and Dependencies Youth organizations established in 1912

History

Scouting

Girl Guiding

See also

References