Major Activities
In the 1960s it was particularly active in pressing for co-educational Scouting and Guiding. To promote this it organised many events, particularly SAGA '61, the first joint Scout and Guide camp, and then SAGA '65, which was a joint Scout and Guide activity in Norway.
Members were also involved in introducing modern youth work methods into Scout and Guide Leader Training, such as Wood Badge training courses.
More recently SAGGA decided to revisit its roots with the GaSCiT events of 2000 and 2003, and while they brought together members of both halves of the Scout and Guide Movement, the aim this time was to support and train leaders lacking in the skills needed to organise their own camps.
In the Summer of 2007 SAGGA supported the 21st World Scout Jamboree by running 1 in 10 of the community projects referred to on the Jamboree programme as "Starburst".
In years where there is no special project SAGGA usually runs a week long camp using its member's skills to improve facilities at a Scout or Guide camp site.
SAGGA continues to run major projects to support the Scout and Guide movement.
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