I remember the times when I believed scouts was just a simple after school club but over the last year, I've gone down one of the greatest rabbit holes of my life and here to tell you , young or old, scouting can do so much for you
Firstly, scouting is one of the most cheap pleasures In anyone's lives. For context a membership to scouts costs about £25 a month. Which teaches many skills such as rope skills and fire lighting . With this small monthly fee, DofE is 1/4 of the price of what it is to do at school.
Beyond the basics of it being a fun after school club, the world of scouting is far beyond and after school club. For instance through scouting I've managed to get into sailing and WSJ a large scale global event that features thousands of scouts.
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