Cub Scouts in Greece are this year celebrating two major occasions: The Centenary of Scouting and the 75th anniversary of Cub Scouting in Greece. Working in partnership with UNICEF Hellas and SOS Children's Villages, numerous projects have already...

Le Mouvement des Eclaireuses Eclaireurs de France (EEDF) will celebrate the Centenary of Scouting through a special Peace Caravans journey. A project based on the promotion of peace, communication between young people from the North and the South...

Throughout the last 100 years Scouting has been running in unusual places but last week it went right to the top, as Britain's most famous street was turned into a Scout adventure centre. One hundred Scouts were invited to Downing Street by the...

Minyons Escoltes i Guies de Catalunya are celebrating the Centenary with a Gift for Peace they have called “Hands for Peace”. The cardboard hands, simulating the shape of a dove, were designed so that Scouts in the region could write down their hopes...

Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the Centenary of Scouting in his service on Sunday at the Vatican in Rome as the Scout and Guide Spirit Flame passed through the Italian capital. Addressing the crowd of thousands in St. Peter's square, the Pope...

As part of their World Centenary celebrations, Scouts Australia is running a competition called Fly the Flag where Scouts display the World Scout emblem as creatively and widely as possible. The winner will be chosen based on a combination of...

Geneva, Switzerland - As the sun rises on 1 August 2007, in every time zone, 28 million Scouts worldwide, girls and boys, women and men, will celebrate the dawn of a new century of Scouting and reflect on the spirit of friendship and peace. Scouting...

At 1:30, Wednesday 1st August, the alarm-clock rang! After a short night, the day started with breakfast in the Gouter shelter (3787m) and at 2:30, the 9 strong roped party, lit by the nearly full moon, started their climb to the summit. François...

Kandersteg – August 1, 2007 – It was a moving moment, as more than 2,200 Scouts from 40 different countries rose their right hand to renew their promise at the lake “Oeschinen” in front of the so called “Fründenhorn” (in English: mountain of friends)...

Message from Pope Benedict XVI to Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor on the occasion of the Centenary of the Scout Movement. The Holy Father was pleased to be informed of the centenary celebration of the Scout Movement, and he sends warm greetings to...