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 Scout Association and Girlguiding UK, due to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha'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 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 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 Girlguiding UK. It is represented by Girlguiding UK at World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (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 United Kingdom, 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