1st Belvedere Scouts

1st Belvedere Scouts is an active scout group that are experienced and motivated who regularly attract media attention due to the activities we are involved in. The group started first in 2015 and has since grown in numbers. The group is a member of SCOUTS South Africa and actively participates in Regional and District events. We currently have one active sectors operating at 1st Belvedere Scouts: Scouts (Ages 11-17). Here at 1st Belvedere Scouts we strive to deliver excellent activities that are well thought out and planned thoroughly which enables our young scouts to excel in the areas of scouting and personal development. Scouting changes lives and helps children and young adults to reach their full potential. Leadership abilities, teamwork, self-motivation, commitment, perseverance, environmental and cultural awareness and strong values are just a few of the life skills our members acquire whilst having fun and ‘learning by doing’. Positive peer pressure and outdoor activities all contribute to individuals growing up with the belief that they can and are changing the world in order to leave it a better place than how they found it.

Education for Life:
Scouting compliments the school and the family by developing self-knowledge, the need to explore, to discover, to want to know and to learn visual skills.

An experience in leadership:
Scouting offers young people a unique opportunity to be trained in leadership and to practice the acquired leadership skills. This is done by focusing on group work (patrols) and progressively allowing young people to take charge of (to lead) their groups.

Based on a system of values:
The Scout programme which promotes leadership is based on a system of values such as honesty, loyalty, obedience, cleanliness, trust, helpfulness, brotherhood, courtesy...

International:
Scouting has never stopped growing since its founding in 1907. Today there are more than 40 million members in more than 162 countries and territories.

Open to all:
Scouting is open to all young men and women from the age of seven, in accordance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by its founder Robert Baden-Powell.

A method:

Making a personal commitment
- to a simple code of living: the Scout Promise and Law.

Learning by doing
- active participation, with others

Working in small groups
- in patrols to develop leadership, group skills, and individual responsibility

Stimulating programmes
- progressive activities based on the interests of young people. Activities in contact with nature, a rich learning environment where simplicity, creativity and discovery come together to provide adventure and challenge.

A code of living:
A spiritual dimension
- A commitment to seek the spiritual value of life beyond the material world.

A social dimension
- participating in the development of society, respecting the dignity of others and the integrity of the natural world.