When I was growing up we were encouraged to join sporting teams and community organisations such as the boy scouts. We learnt life skills, leadership, teamwork, respect and discipline from a very young age. In the early eighties, groups like the scouts started suffering from declining numbers and the community activities like a ‘bottle drive’ and “’bob-a-job’ week were vanishing. That was over thirty-five years ago. Those who were beneficiaries of that ‘community’ now should or could be our captains … Continue reading The loss of identity, morals and leadership.