Promises and ceremonies
Every Explorer is unique, but they find common ground in their shared Scout values, and make a promise to stick by them.
Making a promise when you join the Unit is a way of celebrating these values.
Every time a new Explorer decides to join, they chat through their promise with their leader before saying it out loud in front of their fellow Explorers. Family and friends might come along to see this, too. The process usually takes place once you’ve had a few weeks to settle in, and is known as being ‘invested’ into Explorers.
Our Promise
Scouts is open to everyone; we don’t identify exclusively with one faith.
As an inclusive and values based movement, we support our members to engage with spirituality in an exciting and meaningful way.
Celebrating and understanding differences, including differences in faiths and beliefs, is an important part of the educational and developmental side of Scouts.
Anyone who shares our fundamental values can be a Scout. Every Scout’s unique, but they find common ground in their shared Scout values and make a commitment to them through the Scout Promise and Law.
It’s important that Scouts is inclusive, so there are variations of the Promise to reflect the range of Scouts’ faiths and beliefs. The different versions of the Promise can be said together at the same time.
| The Scout Promise for members who are Atheist or of no faith background | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to The Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Buddhist | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to seek refuge in the Triple Gem, to do my duty to the Queen, to act with compassion towards all life and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Christian | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Hindu | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to follow my dharma and do my duty to the Queen, to act with compassion towards all life and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Humanist | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to the Queen to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Jewish | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Muslim | In the name of Allah, the most beneficent and the most merciful, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to Allah and then to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
| The Scout Promise for members who are Sikh | On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to Waheguru and to The Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. |
