What’s that got to do with the price of kippers??? Er, sorry Scouting?
Now as I’ve often said, party politics and Scouting are a big no no. However engaging our politicians with issues relevant to young people and Scouting is a sensible thing.
With the forthcoming European Elections, the WSOM have issued what they are calling their ‘Purple Manifesto’ to be given to European politicians. The main aims are –
• Empower Volunteers
• Better Social Inclusion of Young People
• Strengthen Global Partnerships for Development
• Remove obstacles to Scouting
• Make employability of young people a priority in European Union (EC)
• Integrate young people in shaping Europe
Good ideas, but I wonder how many candidates and then MEPs will actually read it? To be honest, I wouldn’t know which MEPs represented me (we get 6 for our region) if they ran past my house shouting ‘woo hoo I’m your MEP’!
I’d love to think this document will make a difference, time will tell.
Have you heard anything of the Burundi incident? Do you know anything about any support actions in the international scout movement?
Can’t find any information in English, but in my blog there is a link to a Burundi news site, and a BBC world service page….