YMCA Scouting groups and Guides & Scouts troops offer children and youth a meaningful, fun way to spend their free time. Children age 7 and up can take part in the activities with many oppportunities to learn new skills, grow personally and learn to take responsibility. Some groups offer activities for children as young as 4 years.

As the first association to introduce scouting activities to the canton of Zurich, we're proud to also be the only YMCA association in Switzerland to be working so closely with the Guides & Scouts Association (Pfadibewegung Schweiz) and having a Guides & Scouts troop as one of our members. This may come as a surprise to many, as the YMCA and Guides & Scouts are known to have some rivalry between their respective scouting groups. However, we have believed for a long time that what connects us - our shared commitment to meaningful youth work - is greater than what divides us. For this reason, we also offer equipment for both YMCA and Guides & Scouts groups in our store, and our concept space has been a valued meeting place for both organisations.

The Glockenhof Guides & Scouts (Gloggi-Pfadi) are a self-contained association and organise their own activities. The same is true for the YMCA/YWCA scouting groups we have as members. More information (in German) is available on their websites (see below).

YMCA/YWCA scouting groups offer children a useful leisure activity where the can experience nature, play games, sing songs, listent to Biblial and other stories, and have fun with other chidren. They are also taught useful skills like First Aid and how to build tents and cook over a campfire. In all of this, we believe that mutual appreciation, helpfulness and empathy are key.

A map of all local YMCA/YWCA scouting groups is available under www.cevi-zhshgl.ch/ortsgruppen

Further information about the Greater Zurich Regional YMCA/YWCA can be found here: www.ceviregionzuerich.ch. Information about our umbrella organisation, the YMCA/YWCA Switzerland, is available here: www.cevi.ch