Difficult Decisions
The Journey thus far, but briefly Scouting Ireland was formed in 2004, after that a steady programme of change introduced a number of significant changes including new uniform, youth programme...
Expulsions
Earlier this week the Board of Scouting Ireland announced the expulsion of three senior volunteers and the restriction on membership of a fourth. Click here for the text of the...
Supporting Adults in Conflict Situations
Recently I have been called on to provide a little advice in a case where the Disciplinary Process was invoked without any apparent attempt to first try for a resolution...
Data Protection and you
Data Protection is a complex area and we are all involved one way or another. In the context of our Scouting lives, the organisation holds records on us at National...
Some Questions about the Disciplinary and Disputes Processes
I recently worked through a number of questions presented by a person who is facing into the Disciplinary Process, it occurs to me that the conclusions we came to on...
Conflict Resolution – Mediation
Conflict Resolution and Mediation A few years ago (2013), under the direction of Therese Bermingham, who was Chief Commissioner (Adult Resources) at the time, a training course on this important...
Second letter from Chief Scout and former Chief Scouts
Open letter to the Board of Directors and Members of Scouting Ireland A pdf version of the letter is available here Dear Board Member, We had hoped that our letter...
The Power of Feelings
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou An article by The Irish...
A proposal by the Chief Scout and former Chief Scouts
Sharing this as is it is an open letter and will undoubtedly be of interest to many. We understand that it was sent to the Board of Scouting Ireland this...
Dealing with issues
Scouting Ireland has a number of policy documents relating to the management of the following features which arise from time to time for adult volunteers in Scouting: conflict, grievance, dispute...