The Amateur Radio base at Brownsea Island linked up with Scout activities around the world on 1 August via the Sunrise Radio Network. Messages of peace and friendship from Scouts at Brownsea were transmitted over the airwaves and many were received...

30 young Scouts from the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France left Bécours on 1st August 2007, and after twenty-four days travelling across Spain, Morocco and Mauritania, they arrived in Saint Louis du Sénégal and met up with fellow Scouts from...

Portuguese Sea Scout leader Genuíno Madruga from the Azores, is undertaking his second solo world trip, this time in honour of marking the Centenary of Scouting, in his boat, named 'Hemingway'. He has been supported by local Scouts (Açores Escutismo)...

The Scouts of Romania, have recently initiated a fund-raising and campaign in aid of 112 families who are victims of the severe flooding that has recently affected the country. The area around Tecuci has been the most affected by the disastrous...

One hundred years have passed since the first experimental Scout camp was organised by Robert Baden-Powell on the island of Brownsea in 1907. Luxembourg Scouting was born six years later, in 1913, thanks to the initiative of Joseph Tockert, a local...

The BBC's daily interactive discussion programme 'World Have Your Say' arrives at the World Scout Jamboree on 3rd August. Broadcasting to the globe on the BBC World Service radio station, we'll let young people from all corners of the world set the...

Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General Message to 21st World Scout Jamboree - Chelmsford, 1 August 2007 Dear young friends, As scouts from all over the globe taking part in this world jamboree, you have much in common with the...

I salute the Scouts of Romania and Scouts from all over the world on the special occasion of celebrating 100 years of Scouting. 100 years ago, in England, a group of young people were initiating a new educational method. And only a few years later...

The 96 year old Milos Miovic is the oldest person camped at the 21st World Scout Jamboree. He is from Slovenia and this is the second World Jamboree he is enjoying. This Wednesday, the Jamboree general manager, Aidan Jones, went to the Slovenian tent...

To make Scouting more visible, and in breaking with the stereotyped image of uniformed boys who just perform good deeds, is the objective which has been successfully achieved through the communications campaign “I want to be a Scout” - an ambitious...