Youth Involvement in Singapore
Singapore Scouts Association has a challenge in involving Rover Scouts in decision-making as it is a school-based organisation and young people in the 17-26 age-range must complete 2 years of national service. There is a annual National Rover Scout Forum so that Rover Scouts can meet and plan activities on a yearly basis.
In Singapore there is a strategy to develop the Rover Scout Section by ensuring that there is a programme to retain young adults and attract young people back into Scouting. There are a number of elements which include implementing the Scouts of the World Award, the World Scout Environment Programme and linking the Rover programme with the National Youth Achievement Award (the International Award). Scouts of the World is open to both Scouts and non-Scouts and there have been a number of innovate Discoveries run. Rover Scouts are responsible for choosing and planning their voluntary action projects and they are also responsible for securing the funding to support these projects, all of which have been funded through philanthropic bodies. The World Scout Environment Programme is also being led by young people who are current and former Rover Scouts. Singapore Rover Scouts took the lead in introducing Earth Hour to Scouting. The approach to Rover Scouting in Singapore is to INNOVATE and reach out to attract young people into Scouting by offering them a non-prescriptive journey that meets their personal aspirations and helps them to make a difference. Resources to support Rover Scouting in Singapore are available at: http://www.singapore-rover.spaces.live.com
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