Chief Scouts Desk : Chief Scout At Gl Comm Conference 09

The Chief Scout announced at the G/L .Commissioners Conference the tie up of the Gaisce /Duke of Edinburgh Award with the Chief Scout Award. The Chief Scout Award still been the Superlative award in Scouting Ireland . Over the past year the Chief Scout together with both Chief Commissioners have held discussions with An Gaisce this was on foot of a survey carried out by the Chief on taking up Office in Sept 08. Meetings at high level between both Organisations over this period have finalised with the Announcement at a Gaise Board meeting held in Cork last weekend at which the Chief Scout Michael John Shinnick attended. The youth Programme development team have had a very important input into this move forward and the Chief Scout had asked C.C.Y.P. to incorporate this into the Development of the youth programme and the new Chief Scout Award is now bedded in to the New Programme. This is a milestone in support for our youth members and will give them an opportunity to gain recognition for the work they are doing AS PART OF THEIR EVERYDAY SCOUT ACTIVITIES.

Chief Scout said “memorandum of agreement will be signed before end of year and this step forward will support all our youth members north and south of the border, we will end up having a franchise to operate fully the Gaisce within Scouting Ireland and will be of major support to all our members both youth and adult in years to come.”

Chief Scout photographed with CCYP, CCAR and members of An Gaisce

Photo from the left: John Brennan C.C.A.R. Barny Callaghan C.E.O. Gaisce. Chief Scout Michael J Shinnick, John T Murphy Director Dev. Gaisce, Kiernan Gildea C.C.Y.P.