Scouting and Guiding in the Cayman Islands: Difference between revisions

'''Scouting and Guiding in the Cayman Islands''' exist as branches of the parent organisations in the [[United Kingdom]].

'''The Scout Association of the Cayman Islands''' operates as a branch of the [[United Kingdom]] [[The Scout Association|Scout Association]], due to the [[Cayman Islands]]' affiliation as a [[British overseas territories|British Overseas Territory]]. The Cayman Islands' [[Scout Oath]] and Law, as well as other Scouting requirements, closely follow that of the United Kingdom. Membership is about 500 Scouts. In October 2006, Governor [[Stuart Jack]] was installed as [[Chief Scout]].<ref>{{cite news| last = McGowan | first = Cliodhna | title = Governor Jack becomes Chief Scout in Cayman | work = Caymanian Compass News Online| date = 2006-10-26 | url = http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1017490 | accessdate = 2006-11-04 }}</ref>

Scouting has existed in the Cayman Islands since the early 1920s. There has been rapid growth since 1990, mainly due to a full time Scouting Executive, improved public image and more Scouters including [[expatriate]]s becoming involved. There has been a move to bring Scouting to all communities and islands.

Although the program activities are taken from the British system, Cayman Scouting is geared to the [[Caribbean]] way of life. Training for [[Wood Badge]] and leader training are conducted with the help of British and nearby Caribbean Scout associations.

The [[government of the Cayman Islands]] supports Scouting, providing meeting places, as well as funding for an executive commissioner.  [[Camping]] is illegal throughout the Cayman Islands.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

The Scout emblem incorporates elements of the [[coat of arms of the Cayman Islands]].

'''Girlguiding Cayman Islands''' (formerly ''The Cayman Islands Girl Guide Association'') is a [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] organization in the [[Cayman Islands]]. It is one of the nine branch associations of [[Girlguiding UK]]. It is represented by Girlguiding UK at [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS) level and Girlguiding UK's Chief Guide is also Chief Guide for Cayman Islands Girlguiding. Cayman Islands Girlguiding is part of the [[Caribbean Link for Guiding]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Face to face with globalization | publisher = [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts|WAGGGS]]| date = 2006-06-15 | url = http://western.wagggsworld.org/en/news/389 | accessdate = 2006-10-30 }}</ref>

The program is a modified form of Guiding in the [[United Kingdom]], adapted to suit local conditions, with the same promise, and Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Ranger groups.

[[Category:Overseas branches of Scouting and Guiding associations|Cayman Islands, Girlguiding]]

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