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Youth bodies and leadership skills

YOUR report on Scouting is to be welcomed ("Be Prepared: Schools to recognise Scouting skills", The Herald, February 8.

The case for schools recognising the wider achievement of pupils is a strong and very much-needed one. Areas such as developing leadership, encouraging responsible citizenship and enhancing a wide range of skills are promoted not only by the Scouts, but also by the other main uniformed youth organisations – the Boys' Brigade, Girlguiding and The Girls' Brigade.