Rover Scouting is a service division of Scouting for young men and women. The Rover Section was started in 1922, following the successful growth of the Scout Movement, was intended to provide a Scouting programme for young men who had grown up beyond the age range of the core Scout sections.
Rovering provides enjoyable activities that combine personal development with meaningful service. Decisions are taken by the Rover crew itself, but often has an adult as Rover Scout Leader. The founder of Rovering, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, called it a "brotherhood of open air and service."
The objectives of Rovering are to:
Provide service to the Scout Movement
Provide service to the community
Develop as individuals by expanding one's range of skills
Enjoy fellowship, social, outdoor, and cultural activities
Rovering provides an experience that leads to alife enriched in the following ways:
Chracter and Intellignece
Handicraft and Skills
Health and Stregth
Servie for Others
Citizenship
Each of these elements, from character through service, finds expression in the crew's activities.
"Rover Scouting is a preparation for life, and also a pursuit for life." Baden Powell, 1928.
[Reference: Rover Scout, Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_Scout]