Victoria Group Scout leader Lorrie Saliba will pass on the leadership baton to his successor, Jesmond Scerri, during an annual general meeting at the Victoria headquarters on Saturday.
Saliba has held the post for the past 30 years.
During the meeting, the group scout leader, the secretary and treasurer will present their reports, while the Cub Scout, Scout, Venture Scout and Rover Scout of the Year awards and certificates of merit will be distributed to the winners.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of persons physically present at headquarters will be very limited.
However, the meeting will be livestreamed on the scout group’s Facebook page. Members are urged to follow the meeting online.
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Baden Powell was spurred on to set up the Scouts after fighting in the Boer War and realising there was a gap for a movement to give young boys a purpose.
In August 1907, he organised a trial scouting camp to be made up of 20 boys from a diverse selection of social backgrounds.
They spent a week on Brownsea Island in Dorset and it proved to be a great success.
From there, the idea blossomed and the first National Scout Rally was attended by 11,000 boys in Crystal Palace, south London, in 1909.
In February 1929, 66 acres was signed over to the then Boy Scouts of London in Downe, in the borough of Bromley, just beyond London s urban sprawl.