News and Stories

Thank you to all of the Cubs, Scouts and Rover Scouts who entered the Gifts for Peace competition, sharing their photos, videos and sound clips, and their truly inspirational stories. Entries were received from Australia, Burundi, Japan, Mexico...

A massive thank you to everyone who worked to make the Centenary of Scouting such a success. Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time to run activities and programmes for Scouts worldwide. Thank you to our supporters and all of you who...

Seven Mini Coopers, a Harley Davidson motorbike, abseiling Explorer Scouts and a ‘coat of many badges’ were just some of the wonders that joined a cast of 3,000 on-stage at Saturday’s LIVE 07, Festival of Scouting in London. Over 20,000 Scouts and...

Global Development Village opened by Evelyn Herfkens from the Millennium Campaign “They often say youth is the future, I say youth is the present!” This is how Evelyn Herfkens, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals...

Jamboree on the Train, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, and a not very common event in the world, was a great occasion marking the hundredth year of the Scout Movement. The theme of this very special event was – ‘Knowledge, Thrill and Friendship’...

Luxembourg will be celebrating twice in 2007. Not only has Luxembourg-City, along with the Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux-Rhineland-Palatinate-Wallonia/GSCB, been chosen as European Capital of Culture for 2007, but the Representation of the Luxembourg...

Scouting’s Sunrise is a fantastic opportunity for National Scout Organizations to raise the profile of Scouting in their country. It is strongly hoped that each National Scout Organization will be able to organise one key event for their country on...

Sunrise Network - Amateur Radio On August 1, 2007, a vast network of amateur radio stations around the world will support Scouting' s Sunrise. It is hoped that Scouts worldwide will tune in to the radio-waves and make contact with other Scouts...