3rd Llanishen Scout Hut

The Scout Association provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for 400,000 young people aged 6-25. Internationally, we have over 28 million young people enjoying the benefits of Scouting across 218 countries.

Personal development means promoting the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being of the individual, helping them achieve their full potential. In Scouting, we believe that young people develop most when they are 'learning by doing,' when they are given responsibility, work in teams, take acceptable risks and think for themselves.

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Full Name: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

Born in London, England, February 22, 1857

He was the eight child of the family of ten children

He would be only three years old when his father died

He gained a scholarship to Charterhouse School in London and whilst there he began to exploit his interest in the arts of Scouting and woodcraft.

He joined the army and was commissioned straight into the 13th Hussars.

He distinguished himself with service in Africa, India, and Malta and by age 43 he became a Major-General

With the 13th Hussars he served in India, Afghanistan and South Africa and was mentioned in dispatches for his work in Zululand.

Success led to his being promoted to command the 5th Dragoon Guards in 1897, at the age of 40

During the 217 day siege of Mafeking, Baden-Powell.'s book Aids to Scouting was published and reached a far wider readership than the military one for which it was intended.

He wrote a book Aids to Scouting to help train youth for responsible jobs for the army.

By the time he returned to England in 1903 he found that his book was being used by youth leaders and teachers all over the country.

He spoke at meetings and rallies and whilst at a Boys' Brigade gathering he was asked by its Founder, Sir William Smith, to work out a scheme for giving greater variety in the training of boys in good citizenship.

In 1907 he held an experimental youth camp at Brownsea Island in Dorset.

Baden-Powell. set to work rewriting Aids to Scouting, this time for a younger readership. In 1907 he held an experimental camp on Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset, to try out his ideas. He brought together 22 boys, some from public schools and some from working class homes, and put them into camp under his leadership. The whole world now knows the results of that camp

In 1908 Baden Powel had to set up an office to deal with the large number of inquiries which we pouring in concerning the movement.

Scouting for Boys' was published in 1908 in six fortnightly parts at 4d a copy. Sales of the book were tremendous. Boys formed themselves into Scout Patrols to try out ideas. What had been intended as a training aid for existing organisations became the handbook of a new and, ultimately worldwide Movement.

He retired from the Army in 1910 on the advice of King Edward VII who suggested that Baden-Powell  would provide a more valuable service to his country by working with the scouting movement than he could ever hope to do as a soldier

In 1912 he married Olave Soames

She would be the mother of their three children and would become involved with the Girl Guide/Scout movement becoming the World Chief Guide.

The first international Scout Jamboree took place at Olympia, London in 1920. At its closing scene, Baden-Powell. was unanimously acclaimed as Chief Scout of the World

In 1938, suffering from ill-health, he returned to Africa, to live in Nyeri, Keyna.

He died, January 8, 1941

He is buried in a simple grave within sight of Mount Kenya

His headstone reads : "Robert Baden Powell, Chief Scout of the World"

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The World Scout Emblem

In Scouting, we take the three tips of the emblem to represent the three main points of the Scout Promise. The two decorative five-pointed stars are taken in some countries to stand for truth and knowledge.
In the World Scout Emblem, the basic motif is encircled by a rope tied with a reef or square knot symbolizing the unity and brotherhood of the Movement throughout the world. Even as one cannot undo a reef knot no matter how hard one pulls on it so, as it expands, the Movement remains united.
The colour of the World Scout Badge is a white on a royal purple background. These, too, are symbolic. In heraldry white represents purity and royal purple denotes leadership and helping other people.  (Extract from  http://www.pinetreeweb.com/crest.htm )

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3rd Llanishen Beavers

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If your subscription is £100 per annum, it is actually worth £128.20 if the group claims back the tax (i.e. £128.20 gross is taxed at 22% tax leaving £100 net).

The group then claims the £28.20 tax back from the Inland Revenue.

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