About the International Scout Fellowship
The International Scout Fellowship was inaugurated on 16 June 2001 and is one of several Scout Fellowships coordinated by the National Commissioner (Scout Fellowships) and the International Commissioner. Download an explanatory chart.
Relationships with The Scout Association: the International Scout Fellowship complies with the current edition of POR particularly the requirements as set out on National Scout Fellowships.
Thus the International Scout Fellowship provides an opportunity for members of the Scout Fellowship in the UK, who wish to be involved, or have an interest in, International Scouting & Guiding to continue to support international activities.
It also provided a route for those who wished to continue their membership and/or become members of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship (ISGF).
The Members of the International Scout Fellowship can participate in the activities and events of The Scout Association, both nationally and internationally on the same basis as other adult members. This includes world events through the World Organisation of the Scout Movement WOSM), e.g. European, Regional and World Jamborees, Conferences, Moots etc.
For those members who wish to participate and belong to the International Scout & Guide Fellowship (ISGF), they should apply and would be welcomed as members of what is known as the UK Adult Scout Alliance (UKASA), or if, from a background within Girl guiding UK, they may join through the Trefoil Guild.
There are currently two recognised organisations belonging to the International Scout & Guide Fellowship from the UK, the UK Adult Scout Alliance and the Trefoil Guild.
The organisational arrangements are that international Scout Fellowship is registered as a Scout Fellowship through the Adult Support office of The Scout Association at Gilwell Park and reports through their Chairman/Coordinator to the international Commissioner as part of his Global Team.
Membership is open to all who are members of the Scout Association and register their membership either through the International Scout Fellowship or through another local route to adult membership. The Fellowship has a Committee structure of Chairman/Coordinator, Secretary, Treasurer etc and they organise their activities and support to suit individual and group objectives.
So what are the challenges for its members?
- Publicise and attract those like-minded Scouts who would like to participate in furthering International Scouting.
- Looking to see how they can work and support the objectives of the Fellowship
- Establish contacts with District Scout Fellowships and their members to encourage them to look wider in their support to Scout and Guiding Internationally.
- Encourage the members to support through the UK Adult ScoutAlliance the work of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship.
- Encourage the members to support the work of other support networks/Fellowships. How is this going to be achieved?
- Those who have expressed an interest and have had previous experience can support, devise and develop a short time action plan of achievable targets.
- By sharing their activities and ideas to the members of the Scout Fellowship in the UK.
- Encourage participation in the activities of the International Scout & Guide Fellowship, e.g. European Conference and Gatherings, attending other Regional Gatherings and the World Conferences. o Promoting and supporting Fellowship Day - 25 October each year in recognition of the formation of the international Fellowship on 25 October 1953.
- To encourage and support the work of UNICEF
- To encourage and support local initiatives to develop and strengthen International Scouting and Guiding.