Integrity
We’re honest, we try to do the right thing (even if no one’s watching), and we stay true to ourselves.
Respect
We’re thoughtful of people’s feelings and values, treating everyone as we’d like to be treated ourselves.
Care
We’re kind to ourselves and to others. We look after the world we live in.
Belief
We explore our beliefs and attitudes with wide-open minds – learning about other cultures, and thinking for ourselves.
Cooperation
We build bridges, not walls, and we work together to change the world for the better, making friends along the way.
Making the Promise
What is the Promise?
When young people decide to join us, they make a Promise to try and stick by their Scout values, using words that feel meaningful and appropriate for them.
Welcoming new members is a big celebration within the group. Young people chat through the different versions of the Promise and what they mean, before deciding which one best suits them.
Typically, this happens a few weeks into their Scout experience, once the young person has had time to settle in.
When they’re ready, they recite their chosen Promise at an event known as an ‘Investiture Ceremony’. Investitures are important special occasions. Young people might also want to invite their nearest and dearest along to watch them make their Promise, so they can cheer them on from the sidelines.
Once they’ve made the Promise, young people become official members of the section and of the worldwide Scout family.
The Scout Method
Scouting uses a Method, which is young people, in partnership with adults:
- enjoying what they are doing;
- learning by doing;
- participating in varied and progressive activities;
- making choices for themselves;
- taking responsibility for their own actions;
- working in groups;
- taking increasing responsibility for others;
- taking part in activities outdoors;
- sharing in prayer and worship;
- making and living out their Promise.