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Ref: L35/2016 – Chief Scout Award Developments 16 th May 2016 Dear Scouters, In the coming week, the existing Chief Scout Award Manual will be split into two handbooks; one catering for the Beaver Scout and Cub Scout Award and second catering for the Scout, Venture Scout and Rover Scout Awards. These will be available to download on our website my.scouts.ie. Over the past year we have been working with Gaisce, The President’s Award (Gaisce) and The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) bodies in an effort to further enhance our Youth Members experiences and recognition through our Chief Scout Award. As a result of ongoing discussions with these award bodies, the following advances have been made, while keeping the high standard of all three awards, which is a key part to the licence agreements that we are signed up to. In reading the developments it is important to note that the Scouting Ireland Youth Programme does not deliver Gaisce / DofE Awards outside of the Chief Scout Award. If Scouting Ireland members wish to pursue a Gaisce Award / DofE Award solely and not in tandem with a Chief Scout Award, they will be advised that they need a Gaiscetrained PAL or a DofEtrained DofE Leader, as a Scouting Ireland Mentor will not suffice under the Licensed Operating Body Agreement. In these circumstances for a youth member wishing to undertake a

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Ref:  L35/2016  –  Chief  Scout  Award  Developments  

16th  May  2016  

Dear  Scouters,  

In  the  coming  week,  the  existing  Chief  Scout  Award  Manual  will  be  split  into  two  handbooks;  one  catering  for  the  Beaver  Scout  and  Cub  Scout  Award  and  second  catering  for  the  Scout,  Venture  Scout  and  Rover  Scout  Awards.    These  will  be  available  to  download  on  our  website  my.scouts.ie.  

Over  the  past  year  we  have  been  working  with  Gaisce,  The  President’s  Award  (Gaisce)  and  The  Duke  of  Edinburgh’s  Award  (DofE)  bodies  in  an  effort  to  further  enhance  our  Youth  Members  experiences  and  recognition  through  our  Chief  Scout  Award.  

As  a  result  of  ongoing  discussions  with  these  award  bodies,  the  following  advances  have  been  made,  while  keeping  the  high  standard  of  all  three  awards,  which  is  a  key  part  to  the  licence  agreements  that  we  are  signed  up  to.  

In  reading  the  developments  it  is  important  to  note  that  the  Scouting  Ireland  Youth  Programme  does  not  deliver  

Gaisce  /  DofE  Awards  outside  of  the  Chief  Scout  Award.    If  Scouting  Ireland  members  wish  to  pursue  a  Gaisce  

Award  /  DofE  Award  solely  and  not  in  tandem  with  a  Chief  Scout  Award,  they  will  be  advised  that  they  need  a  

Gaisce-­‐trained  PAL  or  a  DofE-­‐trained  DofE  Leader,  as  a  Scouting  Ireland  Mentor  will  not  suffice  under  the  

Licensed  Operating  Body  Agreement.    In  these  circumstances  for  a  youth  member  wishing  to  undertake  a  

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Gaisce  Award,  the  youth  member  must  be  advised  that  they  must  source  a  Gaisce-­‐trained  PAL  and  then  apply  

for  Gaisce  either  directly  with  Gaisce  or  through  an  alternative  Operating  Body  such  as  a  school  /  other  

community  group.    In  the  case  of  DofE,  youth  members  must  also  register  directly  with  an  Licenced  

Organisation  (Operating  Body)  such  as  a  community  group  /  school,  noting  that  the  “Scouting  Ireland  –  Scout  

Foundation  Northern  Ireland”  option  on  the  E-­‐DofE  online  system  is  for  those  undertaking  the  Chief  Scout  

Award.  

 Development  1:  Achieving  the  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  only  

In  the  case  of  a  Scouting  Ireland  member  who  has  achieved  challenges  sufficient  to  attain  a  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  but,  for  whatever  reason,  whether  by  choice  or  necessity,  falls  short  of  the  requirements  for  the  Chief  Scout  Award,  they  will  be  eligible  to  receive  their  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  only.      In  order  for  this  to  happen;  in  the  first  instance,  the  Scouting  Ireland  youth  member  will  notify  their  Chief  Scout  Award  Mentor,  who  must  then  devise  a  written  plan  to  assist  the  youth  member  in  completing  the  Chief  Scout  Award  within  a  reasonable  time  frame  of  no  more  than  8  weeks.        If  this  plan  is  not  achieved,  the  Chief  Scout  Award  Mentor  must  send  a  copy  of  the  plan  to  Scouting  Ireland  National  Office  stating  that  the  Youth  Member  is  withdrawing  from  the  Chief  Scout  Award  Scheme  and  the  reasons  for  doing  so.        The  Chief  Scout  Award  Mentor  will  then  be  required  to  submit  confirmation  of  challenges  achieved  directly  to  Gaisce  /  DofE  for  review  in  order  to  proceed  accordingly  with  a  direct  award.    

Development  2:  Existing  Award  Holders    

Where  a  youth  member  holds  a  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  through  school  /  other  community  group  and  then  chooses  to  do  undertake  the  next  level  of  equivalent  Chief  Scout  Award  in  Scouting  Ireland,  they  can  avail  of  the  respective  time  discounts  for  that  Chief  Scout  Award.      

For  example:  

The  “Chief  Scout  Award  –  Venture  Scouts”  requires  3  Special  Interest  Badges  for  26  weeks  +  additional  26  weeks  in  one  of  those  Special  Interest  badges.  

If  the  Venture  Scout  holds  the  “Chief  Scout  Award  –  Scouts”;  the  “+  additional  26  weeks  in  one  of  those  Special  Interest  badges”  is  not  required.  

If  the  Venture  Scout  holds  the  Bronze  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  through  school  /  other  community  group  the  “+  additional  26  weeks  in  one  of  those  Special  Interest  badges”  is  now  no  longer  required  either.  

 Development  3:  Reverse  Registration    

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 Formalisation  of  the  reverse  registration  procedure  for  Youth  Members  who  have  registered  for  the  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  outside  of  Scouting  but  also  wish  to  undertake  the  Chief  Scout  Award  at  an  equivalent  level.    If  a  Youth  Member  has  already  registered  for  a  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  (as  part  of  school  /  other  community  group)  and  wishes  to  undertake  the  Chief  Scout  Award  at  the  equivalent  level.    It  is  still  possible  to  undertake  the  Chief  Scout  Award,  but  some  restrictions  will  apply.  There  are  3  options  available  and  the  details  are  set  out  below:    If  applying  for  CSA  within  one  month  of  applying  for  Gaisce/DofE  Award:  

• Option  1  -­‐  'Reverse  registration'    o Must  register  for  CSA  within  one  month  of  date  of  application  for  Gaisce/DofE  o Must  provide  proof  of  registration  and  payment  of  fee  to  Gaisce/DofE  when  applying  

for  CSA  o Understand  that  challenges  chosen  for  Gaisce/DofE  may  need  to  be  adapted/expanded  

to  meet  requirements  of  CSA  o Understand  that  Adventure  Journey  must  meet  CSA  requirements  o Youth  Member  must  communicate  with  both  their  Gaisce  PAL/DofE  Leader  and  their  

CSA  Mentor  about  choosing  their  challenges  and  their  progress  with  the  award.  o No  additional  fee  to  Scouting  Ireland  (as  fee  already  paid  to  Gaisce/DofE)  

If  applying  for  CSA  outside  of  one  month  window  detailed  above,  then  Option  2  or  Option  3  must  be  chosen:  

• Option  2  -­‐  New  'CSA  Only'  application    o Continue  doing  Gaisce/DofE  externally.  o Youth  Member  will  work  with  Gaisce  PAL/DofE  Leader  for  their  Gaisce/DofE  award.  o Youth  Member  will  work  with  CSA  Mentor  for  Chief  Scout  Award.  o Must  apply  for  CSA  before  undertaking  CSA  activities.  o CSA  application  is  treated  as  a  new  application  for  CSA  only  (not  possible  to  receive  

Gaisce/DofE  award  twice)  o New  learning  -­‐  work  completed  for  Gaisce/DofE  cannot  be  counted  towards  CSA,  i.e.  

cannot  backdate  activities  to  Gaisce/DofE  start  date,  full  CSA  time  scales  apply.  o Full  requirements  of  both  awards  must  be  completed  independent  of  each  other.  o Full  CSA  fee  to  Scouting  Ireland  applies.  

• Option  3  -­‐  Conversion  on  Completion  –  see  development  4  below    

If  a  Youth  Member  has  already  registered  for  their  Gaisce/DofE  Award  outside  of  Scouting  and  wishes  to  undertake  the  CSA  at  the  equivalent  level  please  contact  [email protected]  when  the  Youth  Member  is  applying  so  that  we  are  aware  of  the  application  and  can  make  contact  to  collect  any  additional  information  that  is  required.  If  there  are  any  questions  about  the  options  available,  please  contact  [email protected]  at  the  earliest  opportunity  so  that  we  can  find  the  most  appropriate  solution  for  each  award  participant.  

 Development  4:  Recognition  of  existing  Awards  

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Scouting  Ireland  commits  to  implementing  a  scheme,  whereby  Scouting  Ireland  members  who  hold  the  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  can  apply  to  Scouting  Ireland  to  have  their  award  recognised  as  a  Scouting  Ireland  Chief  Scout  Award  equivalent.  

Below  is  the  conversion  table  allowing  Youth  Members  to  convert  any  level  of  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  to  the  equivalent  Chief  Scout  Award  while  they  are  in  the  respective  Youth  Programme  Section  (or  up  to  6  months  later,  after  moving  up.)  

   

 

 

 

 

*1  Residential  does  not  apply  to  Gold  conversion  as  this  is  part  of  the  Gaisce  /  DofE  Award  

*2  Applicant  must  plan,  deliver  and  take  part  in  as  the  activity  leader,  a  Patrol  based  activity  with  no  less  than  6  of  their  Scout  peers  to  explore  and  pass  on  the  experience  of  their  Gaisce,  The  President’s  Award  Journey  /  The  Duke  of  Edinburgh’s  Award  Journey.  

The  Overnight  Activity  should  include  elements  relating  to  their  Skill  &  Physical  Sections  of  their  award,  by  exposing  the  patrol  members  to  what  was  involved.      For  further  information  please  contact  [email protected]  

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 Yours  in  Scouting,      _________________________  David  Shalloo  Chief  Commissioner  (Youth  Programme)              Circulation:   Programme  Scouters         Group  Leaders           County  Programme  Coordinators       County  Commissioners       Provincial  Youth  Programme  Representatives       National  Youth  Programme  Committee       National  Adult  Resource  Committee       National  Management  Committee