Spirituality and Scouts Own
The aim of Scouting Ireland is to encourage the Social, Physical, Intellectual, Character, Emotional, Social and Spiritual development of young people so that they may achieve their full potential and,...
ONE Programme – Our Youth Programme
November 3rd 2025 Materials on Scouting Ireland's ONE Programme are now available on their own website here: www.scouting360.ie If you can't find what you are looking for there you coud...
The Group Leader
The Group Leader is nominated by the Scout Group Council, recommended by the County Commissioner and appointed by the Board. The Group Leader is primarily responsible for the management and...
Supporting Special Needs
Special needs can range from special dietary requirements, to allergies, to physical and mental disabilities and to some of the more challenging behavioural areas such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder...
AIS – Welcoming Adults to Scouting (Induction)
The Scouting Ireland induction process is a supported journey that an adult will partake in when they show an interest in being a Scouter. This process is also used to...
AIS – Working Together for the Team (Mutual Agreement and Review)
A core element of the 'Adults in Scouting Approach' is that we put in place a ‘Mutual Agreement’ with each adult volunteer and that we ‘Review’ this with them regularly,...
AIS – Supporting Adult Volunteers (Mentoring)
Once an adult has started working in a Programme Section Team they should be assigned a Mentor. The Mentor for Programme Section Team members will normally be the Programme Section...
AIS – Retaining Adult Volunteers
With all of the effort involved in recruiting new adults to Scouting Ireland, getting them started and providing them with training, you can sometimes lose sight of a very important...
AIS – Recruiting Adult Volunteers
Scout Groups are strongly encouraged to adopt a proactive attitude and to undertake a systematic approach to adult recruitment. A useful toolkit for this was produced by World Scouting and...
AIS – Adults in Scouting Approach
Some years ago the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) developed an approach to help National Scout Organisations to recruit, motivate and retain adult volunteers so that they are...