What do Scouts do?
Scouts is where young people make new friends, have amazing adventures, and learn new skills.
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Scouts are do-ers and give-it-a-go-ers. Yes, we go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling, cycling and canoeing.
But, we also get to hang out with our friends every week – having fun, playing games, working in a team and taking on new challenges.
Every week we give almost half a million 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills they need for life.
Everyone’s welcome here. All genders, races and backgrounds. Regardless of your young person’s physical ability – there’s a Scout adventure out there waiting for them. And we’ll help them find it.
Sign up to help your young person discover their ‘thing’: from archery to coding to performance art and everything in between.
Discover your local group with our Group Finder.
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With over 200 badges, there's plenty to choose from. Earn them and then show them off!
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Squirrels is a completely new provision, launched in September 2021, for 4 to 6 years.
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Beavers is for 6 to 8 years and is the opportunity to make new friends and have new adventures.
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Develop new skills and soar to great heights with Cubs, for 8 to 10 1/2 years.
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Scouts is for 10 1/2 to 14 years, with new challenges and new adventures.
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At Explorers, for 14 to 18 years, you’ll stand on your own two feet, and make memories.
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Create, organise and take part in events and projects with other 18 to 25 year olds in Network.