Muslim Scouting Opening in High Wycombe
The worldwide family of Scouts encompases all the five continents and all the world's major faiths and people. There are more than 28 million Scouts around the world, 500,000 of whom are in the United Kingdom. Scouting is a value-based, educational movement. It believes that the world is a better place when people:
· are trustworthy, self-controlled and self-confident
· have self-respect and respect for others
· work together to serve other people and to improve society and
· have an active faith
Because these principles are integral to Islam and analogous to its values, more than a third of Scouts in world are Muslim. Muslim Scouting in Britain and in the rest of Europe is a new phenomenon. It has developed in the last ten years to cater for the needs of a growing second and third generation Muslims. Muslim Scouting developed to help young Muslims achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international community.
If you are interested in joining you can find out more information about Muslim Scout by going to the following website: http://www.ukmsf.org
We then need your details if you would like to register. Initially we would like to see how many people are interested. We hope to start in February 2009 with at least one group of Cubs and also Scouts.
These are the age ranges for all the possible groups opening for brothers and sisters separately.
Beavers 6 . 8 years
Cubs 8 . 10½ years
Scouts 10½ . 14 years
Explorers 14 - 18 years
Spaces are limited so please register your interest quickly.
Also if you are an adult who would be willing to help run a group and be able to spare about 1-2 hours a week please also register your interest
To register please click here.