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One State,One Team-A United Team
Scouts NSW faces signi cant challenges, but also unique opportunities. The extent to which we can effectively address our challenges, and actively pursue the many opportunities we have available to us, depends on all of
us – volunteers, supporters, professional staff and elected members – working together as a single team, acting in the best interests of the whole of Scouts NSW.
The challenges our Branch faces cannot be underestimated. Nor should we discount the importance of creating and pursuing multiple opportunities to grow Scouting. Some of those opportunities are not available to other Branches of Scouts Australia (including our growing State population); some are not available to other youth development organisations in our State.
I believe we have a moral obligation to our communities
of NSW, in both metropolitan and country Regions, to extend the world renowned Scout Program to vastly more children and youth from all backgrounds. Arguably, with the turmoil our contemporary world is experiencing, the challenges our society faces, and the issues our teenagers and children confront, the values-based Scout program is needed more than ever.
My role is to reposition Scouts NSW to a prominent, new and exciting role in the community. This can only be done through a clear vision, agreed priorities, strong partnerships and, most importantly, a united team.
I am impressed with the good will, and the strong Scouting spirit that exists in every Group, every District and every Region of Scouts NSW. These are coupled with the extensive resources that are available to us as a community- based organisation, both internally and externally. Together, we have the foundation to arrest our overall decline in membership and to achieve strong, sustained growth.
That potential will only be realised by the third key element for growth – a team of diverse individuals, coming together with a common purpose, acting in the best interests of the whole State. As we all know, the value of a united team is far more than the sum of the individual parts.
“One State, One Team – A United Team.”