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Scouting New Zealand
Over recent years, Scouts New Zealand made a remarkable headway in bringing desired changes. A number of factors contributed to this change. They applied dynamic and innovative approaches to offer attractive activities to young people. They eased the training style and mode to meet the lifestyle of adult leaders, plus they introduced creative branding and image building initiatives.
Scouting, an invigorating force As the last CNV mission in 2010, the Regional Scout Committee met with key leaders of Scouts New Zealand in Wellington from 1-3 December to understand in-depth the developments of Scouting there, and the progress is foreseeable with a team of experienced volunteers and dedicated professionals making this possible. One apparent change is the 5.3% membership growth starting 2010, a big leap coming from a 9-year decline. Current membership is 19,927 and commitment is high to reach an ambitious target of 25,000 by 2015. Attractiveness of youth programme is a challenge to every unit leader. To ensure this, Scouts New Zealand designed tailor-made
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The CNV Chronology
support packages available to all leaders online. This pre-packaged material is well articulated, using a carefully selected theme for each term to ensure that those who are less experienced can refer to it anytime. Modular approach to training is divided into four stages, making woodbadge the highest Scout training for the leader. With no emphasis on the current training scheme for assistant leader trainers (ALT) or leader trainers (LT), it has enabled Scouts New Zealand to increase its adult leader training by 300% in three years to meet the increasing demand for new leaders. The tagline Adventure Plus is the key for marketing with an number of publications produced such as the An Introduction to Scouts New Zealand, annual review report, special