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Scouting offers challenge and adventure to 400,000 young people aged 6-25 in the UK. We believe in helping our members fulfil their potential by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. We're working to make Scouting available to all and we're passionate about what we do.

 

Through the adventure of Scouting, young people get to take risks in a safe environment, and have their first taste of responsibility. We give young people experiences they’ll never forget.  The sort of adventure Scouting offers is the chance to experience something different and the opportunity to challenge yourself. When a Beaver Scout wakes up the morning after a sleepover, or a Cub Scout has just got over her fear of heights by completing her first abseil - that’s adventure.

 

In Scouting, we provide over 200 activities from abseiling to zorbing (that’s falling out of the sky in a foam ball in case you were wondering). If we don’t have an instructor who can help we can normally find someone who can. But Scouting isn’t just about activities for their own sake. We encourage our young people to feel the buzz of the challenge and then reflect on what that means. Did they have fun? Do they feel more confident? Would they do it again?

 

Scouts can earn activity badges to be added to their uniform as a way of recognising people who have learnt a new skill or taken part in an activity for a period of time.

There are 12 for Beavers, 35 for Cubs and 70 for Scouts.

 

All this is made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult leaders. With award winning training and one-to-one support, we make sure that each one of our volunteers gets to make the best use of their skills and talents. It’s something different from the norm, and that why a lot of people like it. In fact, it’s what’s made us the largest co-educational youth movement in the country.

 

Don’t forget scouting is not just for boys. Loads of girls are joining the Scouts, with record numbers proving that Scouting isn't just for boys. About 5,500 girls joined up to the Scouts in 2009.

Over the past year almost as many girls as boys have signed up to take part in adventures from water skiing to rock climbing.

The Scout Movement says there are now more than 50,000 Scouts who are girls in the UK.

Waiting lists to join are longer than ever and the Scout Movement says it needs more adults to help run groups.