Volunteers invited to help young people push their limits at Scouts
A blend of fun, challenges and adventures, the Scouts movement was set up in 1907 by soldier, artist and free-thinker Robert Baden-Powell and is the UK’s largest mixed volunteer-led movement for young people.
Group Scout leader Tony Tunnell of 12th Chichester Scout Group said Scouting is ‘all about life skills’.
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Hide AdTony said: “Scouts are a group of young people from different schools who come together to have fun and learn different things.
“It’s probably the outdoor adventure activities they are looking for: caving, climbing, lighting a fire. We try to broaden their horizons and give them a different outlook on life.”
Upcoming activities this term at the group range from ultimate tent pitching to kayaking, woodcraft and tie dying.
They include taking part in the Chichester Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge, a charity fund-raiser organised by the Rotary Club of Chichester Priory and Chichester drop-in centre Cancerwise.
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Hide AdNow in its 63rd year, the Chichester 12th welcomes support with its endeavours.
Indeed, ‘the whole Scouting Association is looking for adult helpers’.
Tony said: “Chichester has three groups and all of our waiting lists are massive - I’ve got nearly 100 names on the waiting list.
“The need is there for more groups, but we can’t run more without more adult volunteers.”
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