Sections
Scouting Ireland offers a programme for youth members ages between 6 and 25 years. In 2009 it was decided that there should be five sections as follows, to be introduced between April 2010 & April 2013:
- Beaver Scouts - Ages 6, 7 and 8
- Cub Scouts - Ages 9, 10 and 11
- Scouts - Ages 12, 13, 14 and 15
- Venture Scouts - Ages 15, 16 and 17
- Rover Scouts - Ages 18 to 20
- Sea Scouts - Sea Scouts follow the normal scouting programme, with an emphasis on water activities and with a nautical symbolic framework. Sea Scouts follow the same age ranges as the Scout and Venture Sections however in many cases both these sections will work closely together as one unit.
The National Management Committee can decide on variations to the Section names for use with a specific Symbolic Framework adopted by a Scout Group Council.
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