Welcome to NZ Scout and Guide Fellowship

The New Zealand Scout and Guide Fellowship Inc. is a member of the International Scout and Guide Fellowship (ISGF).  The ISGF is a worldwide organisation for adults in support of Scouting and Guiding and who want to strengthen the dialogue between communities through community-oriented projects worldwide.  The organsistion is open to former members of Scouting and Guiding and to adults who did not have the opportunity to be Scouts or Guides and active Scout/Guide leaders who believe in their ideals.

ISGF is an organization for adults. Based on the Scout/Guide ideals its essential purpose is to assist its members to maintain the values learned in the youth movements, to give service within their communities, to encourage continuous personal development and to support Scouting and Guiding on a world, national and local level. ISGF is open to former members of WOSM and WAGGGS organisations, and to adults who did not get the  opportunity when young to be Scouts and Guides.

History - International

ISGF was established 25th October 1953 in Luzern, Switzerland (at that time and until 1996 under the name IFOFSAG (the International Fellowship of Former Scouts and Guides)). ISGF was founded as a result of resolutions made at the WOSM and WAGGGS World Conferences in 1953. The main idea was to create an international platform for adults no longer actively involved in the youth movements, who still wished to continue to base their life on the principles and values of Scouting and Guiding. ISGF is an independent organisation, which works in harmony and understanding with WAGGGS and WOSM. The close co-operation with the Scout and Guide Organisations is expressed in the WAGGGS and WOSM Relationship-documents.   

History - NZ

• The New Zealand Scout and Guide Fellowship Inc. was formed in 1966 and is the co-ordinating body between Scouts, Guides, Baden-Powell Guild, Trefoil Guild and Local Scout and Guide Fellowship Groups
•  Initially called NZFOFSAG, the name was changed in 1996 in line with ISGF to become NZSGF
•  NZSGF provides social and service activities in a friendly, caring environment for former Scouts and Guides and other like-minded adults and to maintain a connection with their National Associations within the International Scout and Guide Fellowship

NZ Now

• NZSGF is part of Asia Pacific Region who are one of the communication streams between ISGF and NZSGF
  The New Zealand Scout and Guide Fellowship Council have a representative on the AsPac Regional Committee