Ethical scouts positively clean up at the BACAs - 08-11-2009
Ethical scouts positively clean up at the BACAs
Scouts in Didcot (Didcot and District, South Oxfordshire) recently excelled themselves in the Business and Community Awards run by local organisation Didcot First Ltd.
The Awards were designed to recognise and reward Businesses and Community Groups who ‘go the extra mile’ in areas such as Ethical Approach, Positive Promotion, Customer Service and Community Involvement.
Scouts in Didcot were delighted to win the Positive Promotion category and to be runners up in the Ethical Stance category. Rob Vaines, District Commisioner said ‘ we are absolutely gob smacked to have done so well. We were the only organisation to receive awards in 2 categorys. It really reflects all the effort that the district groups have made in promoting scouting in the local area’.
The judges were impressed by the professional image portrayed by the group websites, their ability to create their own group look by designing t- shirts, posters, banners etc and by the way the young people really took pride in belonging to scouting – always putting themselves in a good light whether they were standing on parade, picking up litter or delivering the Christmas Post.
When it came to an ethical approach, the judges commented on the balanced programmes which included introducing topics such as Fairtrade, recycling and climate change as well as their approach to open recruitment. The judges recognised that working with children on ethical isues was also a big factor in influencing parents, thus engaging more people in the important, modern day topics of carbon reduction and sustainability.
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