Cygnet Turns 100

Fun Day In The Park and 100th Birthday Dinner

Check out the great photos of Cygnet Scout Groups Fun Day In The Park and their celebration dinner.

On April the 30th lat year Port Cygnet celebrated 100 years. Although we missed getting it in our last edition, we feel it is too important not to be included. Well done Cygnet, you should be very proud.

Support for Diversity and Inclusion

Scouts Tasmania is looking to build our support for Diversity and Inclusion, and we want your help!

Hi, my name is Emily Ezzy, and I am the Team Leader for Diversity and Inclusion for Scouts Tasmania; a team that currently consists of only myself. I am looking to expand the support Scouts Tasmania can offer in ensuring our movement is inclusive and diverse in our membership and I am seeking people interested in helping facilitate this.

‘Diversity and Inclusion’ has become a somewhat loaded topic in some conversations recently, so to clarify, Scouts Australia’s Policy and Rules states that: Scouts Australia is inclusive of all (within the scope of its membership) regardless of gender, sexuality, race, spiritual beliefs, abilities or socioeconomic status and does not tolerate any form of harm, abuse, exclusion or neglect. Scouts Australia embraces the diversity of its community, aiming to reflect this diversity through its policies and practices, and provide inclusion that ensures access to Scouting for all.

In aiming to offer support for Diversity and Inclusion, I, and Scouts (both Tasmania and Australia), are striving to meet this expectation, and ensure the comfort and participation of all our members. By its very nature, Diversity and Inclusion is a broad area, and not one that one person can provide all support and advice on. As such, I am seeking people interested in helping form a team to facilitate support for Diversity and Inclusion to Scouts Tasmania. Areas of relevance include (but are in no way limited to): Multicultural Engagement, Indigenous Australian Relations, Disability Support, and LGBT+ Inclusion.

Please contact me at: Emily.Ezzy@tas.scouts.com.au with any queries, questions, or (hopefully) expressions of interest! Scouts Tasmania is already an incredibly diverse and inclusive organisation, and I hope to be able to see that continue long into the future. Yours in Scouting.

Emily Ezzy, Diversity and Inclusion Team Leader