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History of Scouting
 The History and Traditions of Scouting.
Scouting was founded Lord Baden Powell (BP) born in England in 1857. Baden Powel was an officer in the British Army, he fought in the Boer War and on his return to Britain was branded a hero.
BP wrote a series of magazines called ‘Aids to Scouting’ that were very popular among young boys.
In 1907 BP took a group of boys to Brownsea Island in Dorset to try out his ideas featured in ‘Aids to Scouting’, he then wrote a book called ‘Scouting for Boys’.
The first official Scouting activity was held in 1908.
Following the success of Scouting for boys, in 1910, BP started Girl Guides, this was run by his sister.
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When boys are invested into Scouting they make the Scout sign, using the right hand and three fingers as a reminder of the three parts to the Scout Promise;
“On my honour I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and the Queen
And to keep the Scout Laws”
The Scout Laws:
· A Scout is be trusted
· A Scout is loyal
· A Scout is friendly and considerate
· A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts
· A Scout has courage in all difficulties
· A Scout makes good use of his time and is careful of possessions and property
· A Scout has self respect and respect for others.
Every member of the Scout movement, from Beaver Scouts through to adult leaders, makes the Scout promise.
Each person makes the promise and then shakes hands with their leader (or the person who is investing them), using their left hand. The left hand shake has a huge significance in Scouting. Historically when a solider laid down his shield (his method of protection), held in the left hand, this was a sign of respect and friendship, so to shake hands with the left hand signifies the laying down of the shield and the symbol of friendship that, that represents.
When someone had made the promise in this way they are then presented with the world membership badge, this depicts an arrowhead, representing a compass pointing in the right direction symbolizing ‘doing the right thing’, and are then a member of the Worldwide Scouting Family.
Scouts and Scouters renew their promise, when a new member makes their promise at religious celebrations and annually on St Georges day.
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