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1909 Crystal Palace Scout Rally
The Crystal Palace Rally was a gathering of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts at the Crystal Palace in London on Saturday, 4 September 1909. The rally demonstrated the rapid popularisation of the Scout Movement with an estimated 11,000 boys attending with the prominent presence of Girl Scouts also being significant for the start of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides. The rally was held a year and a half after the publication of ''Scouting for Boys'' and '' The Scout'' magazine, and two years after Robert Baden-Powell's demonstration Brownsea Island Scout Camp. Some controversy occurred with attempts to exclude Scouts from the British Boy Scouts, Church Scout Patrols and other scouts not registered with Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts organisation leading to challenges regarding the 4th Scout Law that "A Scout is ... a brother to every other scout". The Scouts' Own, a simple, non-denominational religious ceremony, was introduced at this rally by H. Geoffrey Elwes. Members of the local Scout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Baden-Powell
Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement. Early life Agnes was the thirteenth of fourteen children of her father, the Reverend Professor Baden Powell, who had been widowed twice previously. He was the Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860. She was her mother's third daughter, but the elder two had died before Agnes was born, so she was her mother's only surviving daughter. Her mother, Henrietta Grace nee Smyth, was a gifted musician and artist; she was the elder daughter of Admiral William Henry Smyth and his wife Annarella. Apart from Robert already mentioned above, among Agnes's brothers were Warington Baden-Powell, Sir George Baden-Powell, Frank Baden-Powell, and Baden Baden-Powell. When Agnes was only t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiding 2010 Centenary
The Guiding 2010 Centenary consisted of celebrations around the world in which Girl Guides, Girl Guides and Girl Scouts celebrated 100 years of the world Guide and Scout movement. It took place over three years, 2010-2012, reflecting the founding dates of many World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts member organisations. National Guide and Scout movements added local celebrations to the international ones. Centenary Celebration Days There were three Centenary Celebration Days. On 10 April each year, celebrations were held around the world under a unifying theme. The theme for 2010 was ''plant''. The theme for 2011 was ''grow'', and the theme for 2012 was ''share''. Girlguiding UK Girlguiding UK started its Centenary celebrations on 4 September 2009. The Centenary Camp was held from 2010-07-31 to 2010-08-07 at Harewood House. In September 2009, a maze to celebrate the 1909 Crystal Palace Scout Rally, beginnings of Guiding at Crystal Palace opened in Crystal Palace Park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Palace, London
Crystal Palace is an area in South London, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854, until it was destroyed by a fire in 1936. About southeast of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at , offering views over the capital. The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three postal districts, although there is a Crystal Palace electoral ward and Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. It forms a part of the greater area known as Upper Norwood, and is contiguous with the areas of Anerley, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy Hill, Penge, South Norwood and Sydenham. The area is represented by four parliamentary constituencies, four London Assembly constituencies and fourteen local councillors. Until development began in the 19th century, and before the arrival of the Crystal Palace, the area was known as Sydenham Hill. The Norwood Ridge and an historic oak tree were used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal. The word is used to refer both to branching tour puzzles through which the solver must find a route, and to simpler non-branching ("unicursal") patterns that lead unambiguously through a convoluted layout to a goal. The term "labyrinth" is generally synonymous with "maze", but can also connote specifically a unicursal pattern. The pathways and walls in a maze are typically fixed, but puzzles in which the walls and paths can change during the game are also categorised as mazes or tour puzzles. Construction Mazes have been built with a variety of materials. Some are relatively permanent, like Hedge maze, hedges, Turf maze, turf, walls, rooms, tiles, and paving stones or bricks. Others are deliberately transitory, like Corn maze, corn stalks, Straw maze, straw bales, books, snow, or in fields of crops such as cereal, corn or maize. Maize mazes can be very large; they are usually kept only for one g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association in the United Kingdom, previously named The Girl Guides Association, which was formed in 1910. It is the original Girl Guides organisation in the world and, in 1928, became a founding member organisation of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It is a registered charity and operates the largest girl-only youth organisation in the UK. Participants take on adventurous activities, such as climbing, canoeing, sailing and orienteering and have the opportunity to get involved in camps and international events, including girl-only festivals and overseas development projects. In local groups – called 'units' – girls complete badges and challenges that cover topics from circus skills, stargazing and scientific investigation, to first aid, camping and community action. Each year, it publishes the Girls' Attitudes Survey, which surveys the views of girls and young women on topics such as body image, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girl Guides Australia
Girl Guides Australia (GGA) is the national Girl Guiding organisation in Australia. Its mission is to empower "girls and young women to discover their potential as leaders of their world". Membership is open to all girls and young women from all cultures, faiths and traditions. Guiding groups formed in Australia as early as 1909, and by 1920 Girl Guide Associations had been formed in six states. In 1926 the State Associations federated and formed a national organization which became a founding member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 1928. It still operates as a federated structure made up of six state-based Guiding organisations. It has roughly 19,000 members (as of 2021) including adult and youth members. Over a million Australian women are or have been Guides. The Girl Guide emblem incorporates the Commonwealth Star. Promise and Law Guide Promise Historically For many years, the Guide Promise closely resembled that of Girlguiding UK: I promise tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nella Levy
Nella Levy, nicknamed ''"The Lev"'' was a pioneer of Girl Guiding in Australia. She was the first Division Commissioner in New South Wales. She had "a firm belief in the principles of Guiding, was young, keen, a dynamic personality, had a great sense of humour and fun, but was also a disciplinarian". Nella Levy became a Girl Scout in 1908 while a boarder at Lingholt School, near Maidenhead in England, and also attended the 1909 Crystal Palace Scout Rally, which led to the foundation of the Girl Guides. During World War I she was a Patrol Leader of the Night-Hawks (later Heather Patrol) in her school Company. In 1920, she read a newspaper report concerning a meeting of prominent women in Sydney who had decided that Guiding was not needed in New South Wales as girls already had sufficient opportunities to be outdoors. She wrote to the newspaper contradicting this feeling, and subsequently was invited to tea at Government House by Dame Margaret Davidson, wife of the Governor of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotha Lintorn-Orman
Rotha Beryl Lintorn Lintorn-Orman (born Rotha Beryl Lintorn Orman, 7 February 1895 – 10 March 1935) was a British political activist and World War I veteran who founded the British Fascists, the first avowedly fascist movement to appear in British politics. Early life Lintorn-Orman was born at 36 Cornwall Gardens in Kensington, London, to Charles Orman, Charles Edward Orman, a major from the Essex Regiment, and his wife, Blanche (). Her maternal grandfather was Field Marshal (UK), Field Marshal Sir Lintorn Simmons. Upon her grandfather's death in February 1903, Lintorn-Orman's mother inherited the family's immense wealth, since she was likely the only surviving child at the time. Raised in Bournemouth, before moving to Liphook at the age of nine, Lintorn-Orman was among the few girls seeking entry into scouting organizations; along with her friend Nesta Maude Ashworth, Nesta Maude, in 1908, Lintorn-Orman had registered as a Scout troop, using initials rather than forenames. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lone Guides
Lone Guides or Lones are Girl Guides and Girl Scouts who do not attend group meetings for a variety of reasons. They are organised into groups that keep in touch, for example, by letter or email. Members carry out their organisation's normal programme on their own as much as they are able. The first official Lone Guides started in 1912 in the UK. Many countries have Lone Guides. Lone Guiding by country and organisation Australia – Guides Australia "Lone Guides" communicate monthly through magazines put together by dedicated Leaders, with contributions and letters from the girls. ''Lones of the Air'' talk to Guiders and other Guides on radios. ''Lone Satellite Guides'' use a computer satellite link to keep in contact. Canada – Girl Guides of Canada Guides du Canada Lone Guides are recorded as early as 1916 in Canada. Lone Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders and Rangers exist in most provinces. In 1930 in Nova Scotia, the province's first Lone company was formed. Helen Kidd, a L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesta G
Nesta (formerly NESTA, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) is a British foundation, registered as a charity, which supports innovation. Nesta was originally funded by a £250 million endowment from the UK National Lottery. The endowment is managed through a trust, and Nesta uses the interest from the trust to meet its charitable objects and to fund and support its projects. History NESTA was set up in 1998 by an independent endowment established by an Act of Parliament, the National Lottery Act 1998. It had been a Labour Party manifesto promise. Lord Puttnam was the first Chair. In 2002 it was awarded £95 million. In October 2010, the government announced that it would transfer NESTA's status from an executive non-departmental public body to a new charitable body. In April 2012, following the appointment of chief executive Geoff Mulgan, the body became an independent charity, shortening its name to Nesta. With this change, Nesta shifted its focus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headquarters Gazette
''Scouting'' magazine was a bi-monthly publication of The Scout Association. The magazine included information, resources and support for both young people and adults involved with The Scout Association and Scouting. From 2004, it was supplied free of direct charge to adult leaders and office holders of the association. The magazine originated in July 1909 as the ''Headquarters Gazette'', merged with other periodical publications and had several changes of title, content, format and distribution method. The last issue was published in the autumn of 2020. Previous and other publications ''The Scout'' (1908–1966) ''The Scout'', a weekly magazine for boys, was first published by Cyril Arthur Pearson on 14 April 1908, only weeks after ''Scouting for Boys'', the book which Robert Baden-Powell and Pearson had used to promote the Scout Movement. The editor's office of ''The Scout'' initially provided a focus for both adults and boys seeking assistance with starting and running a Scout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
