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Non-religious alternatives to Beavers etc

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mixedmamameansbusiness · 12/01/2011 12:51

Am just looin into some possibe future ativities for DS1 (5) and later DS2 (3). I know he cannot start beavers until next year anyway, however it looks great - then I read the bit on the website about prayer and was wondring how much religion is actually involved and whether there are alternative roups out there without this element.

We are Muslim but not particularly practising although Idont think DH would embrace praying at Beavers.

Any info either on Beavers or anything else greatly appreciated.

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HeadsUp · 15/01/2011 21:18

So far I have stuck to traditional Brownie bells prayer at the end of the night as we are all of Christian backgrounds or athiests so goinng with tradition for now, god for me is Mother Nature really

onimolap · 15/01/2011 21:13

Scouting and Guiding both have a faith aspect, but it is for any faith. If you are concerned about making the prayer component (such as it is) acceptable to your faith (and I'd be pretty surprised if wasn't already),then speak to the leader about adaptations - it's a well- trodden path.

HeadsUp · 15/01/2011 21:05

Don't know if Beavers make a promise or anything but in Brownies, "our god" is now changed to "my god" and can be taken to be whatever is meaningful to each individual, all religions are welcome.

They even sell a Hijab on the guiding essentials website.

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mixedmamameansbusiness · 12/01/2011 13:06

Thanks for that. That sounds great then really. It looks like a great thing to do with so many opportunities for different things.

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weegiemum · 12/01/2011 12:54

There's pretty much no religion in our Beavers - sometimes a very generic "prayer" at the end, and we have Muslims, CHristians and those of no faith at our Beavers (I'm a regular parent helper).

The "religion" bit is, I think, to help children develop their own spirituality, not to teach them to pray to any particular God.

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