Venture into Excitement!
As a Venturer Scout, you could find yourself camping above the snow line,
exploring underwater reefs, riding the wind in a high-performance land
yacht, earning your pilot's licence, investigating a career in astro-physics,
editing your own film, making a sculpture or climbing a sheer rock face.
Venturer Scouts have the courage and confidence to say, try and do. You
are given opportunities to experience the excitement of living and the
training to develop into a capable, self-reliant individual.
Venture into Self Reliance!
The action and adventure a Venturer Scout experiences doesn't just develop
your physical skills. It also prepares you to meet challenges, to deal with
new situations, and to gain independence.
You
work alongside adults, rather than being told what to do by them, and you
draw on their experiences and contacts to get the best out of your program
that you design to suit your needs.
You belong to a group of young people your own age, about 15 of you in a
Unit. You run your own affairs through a Unit Council. You speak out for
your own viewpoint and share the decisions, help make the plans and follow
them through.
Venture
in New Friendships!
Meeting new people can make you wary, even a little intimidated at times,
but at Venturer Scouts everyone is friendly and enthusiastic about welcoming
a new Venturer.
There
are dances, hikes, barbecues, service projects and camps to give you a
chance to get to know each other. You'll share the good times - and the
tough times - and share the work, dedication and fun that it takes to be a
Venturer Scout.
Venture into Careers!
You may have already chosen a career path, but if not it can be very
confusing deciding which path to follow.
At Venturer Scouts, we open your eyes to possibilities you may not have
thought of by introducing you not only to new skills but to professionals
and tradesmen who can show and tell you first-hand what their jobs are like.
Your program may include visits to factories, laboratories and other places
where you can see the workforce in action and make up your own mind.
Venture
into Creativity!
As well as the many outdoor activities offered to Venturer Scouts, there are
many other ways of expressing yourself and
developing your creativity.
You can learn the guitar, put on stage plays, paint and write, go to the
theatre, make films, take and develop your own photographs and express your
thoughts and feelings on all kinds of issues.
Venture into your Community!
A lot goes on in your community, a lot that many adults still have no
awareness of.
Venturer Scouts informs you and shows you what you can do to make a
positive contribution to the community you live in. Your program may include
learning politics so you can use your vote (when you turn 18) effectively,
or environmental issues that concern your future, and you'll work on
community projects that care for the elderly or handicapped.
It's a satisfying feeling to know that you can be an intelligent and
useful contributor and you can be proud of yourself for making the effort.
Venture in Awards!
Awards are not given simply as token gestures but are EARNED BY YOU for
striving and making REAL ACHIEVEMENTS. There are two awards to aim for:
The Venturing Skills Award
This can be gained during your first 12 months as a Venturer Scout. This
is your first award. You then take on activity areas to work toward your
Queen's Scout Award.
There are four activity areas:
