Scouting in the United Kingdom
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Scouting in the United Kingdom is served by several different organisations:
- The Scout Association, member of World Organization of the Scout Movement
- Girlguiding UK, member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Pathfinder Scouts Association
- FSE European Scout Federation (British Association), member of Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
- The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association, (BBS & BGS) member of Order of World Scouts
- Royal Rangers in The United Kingdom
- Rover Explorer Scouts Association
- Baden-Powell Scouts Association, member of World Federation of Independent Scouts
- British Camp Fire Girls' Association
- Boys' Brigade
- Girls' Brigade
- Plast-Ukrainian Scouting in Great Britain
Independent British Scout organisations usually follow more traditional Scouting methods practiced by Baden-Powell. Examples include the Baden-Powell Scouts[1] (formed in 1970), Pathfinder Scouts Association (formed in 2003) and the Rover Explorer Scouts Association, which uses Scouting based on Christian values.[2]
Other Scout organisations in the United Kingdom include independent branches of the Polish Scout Association and the Hungarian Scout Association.[2] The roots of these emigré organisations are the Second World War and the Cold War when refugees fled their countries and international communities in the UK wishing to maintain their home culture of Scouting rather than following the British Scouting Programme.
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- ^ Independent Scouts in the United Kingdom. Scout History Association. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ a b Non-aligned Scouting Associations. Adventure! Troop 97. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
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