Scouting helps youth develop academic skills, self-confidence, ethics, leadership and citizenship that influences their adult lives.
One of the State’s oldest running groups – 1st Granville Scout Group – is inviting boys and girls from eight to 14 years, to give Scouting a go.
Bruce Roberts joined as a child in 1964 and by 1972, was leading his own junior group.
Now the local leader, Bruce says there is nothing better than Scouting to open up a child’s world.
“We offer a lot of sports and games where the kids have fun and don’t realise they are building skills along the way,” he said.
“It could be learning decoding or working their way through the bush after mastering a GPS or compass; I had a child say to me recently, ‘this is so much better than being stuck at home on the computer’, which was so heartening but not surprising to hear.
“We also encourage them to do good community works and research shows that children who have a Scouting background have more resilience as adults.”
Scouts meet on Tuesdays, 6.45-8.45pm, at 1st Granville Scout Group in Glen Street, Granville.
For further info, give Bruce a call on 0468 573 636.
