News from the seminar "Developing Guiding and Scouting in Inner City Areas"

26 November 2007- 2 December 2007

The aim of this seminar was to examine how Guiding and Scouting can reach out to children and young people in inner-city areas, and to equip young leaders with the knowledge and tools to implement projects to develop Guiding and Scouting in new areas.

The main objectives were

· To understand the situation of young people living in inner-city areas and how they are affected by the changing demographic realities in Europe: for example, social and economic exclusion; discrimination; and other similar problems.

· To consider the opportunities offered by Guiding and Scouting to develop leadership skills and intercultural learning amongst young people living in the inner-cities;

· To examine how Guide and Scout associations can provide and develop programmes, and recruit leaders in an inner-city environment;

· To train and motivate Guide and Scout leaders to work in inner-city areas with young people outside their usual membership base;

· To facilitate the exchange of knowledge and best practice at grass-roots level on the topic;

· To provide an opportunity for networking, multiplying and the encouragement of new partnerships amongst young leaders working in this area at local, regional or national level;

· To develop projects on developing Guiding and Scouting in urban areas or with new publics, which can be implemented in their Association;

· To develop a resource for Associations on developing Guiding and Scouting programmes in inner-city areas.

For the full report on this event please click here.