Some Scout and Guide organizations in the

Scout Movement Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including ...

and

Girl Guides Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of Girlguiding, The ...

, in addition to

Scouts Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

, operate other programs for other age groups. Some Scout organizations separate older scout (e.g. senior scouts, Venture Scouts, Explorer Scouts), often specializing in or undertaking more adventurous activities such as

Sea Scouts Sea Scouts are a part of the Scout movement, with a particular emphasis on boating and other water-based activities on the sea, rivers or lakes (canoeing, rafting, scuba, sailboarding). Sea Scouts can provide a chance to sail, cruise on boats, ...

Air Scouts Air Scouts are a part of the Scouting, Scout movement with a particular emphasis on an aviation themed programme and/or flying-based activities. Air Scouts follow the same basic programme as other Scouts, but they devote certain amounts of time ...

, high adventure, mounted Scouts and cyclist Scouts.

History

The Scout Movement is a pluralist movement and has always consisted of many Scout organizations. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the

were widely established in 1908, before central or national Scout organizations were formed. Scouts is for 11–17 year olds. Many early

Scout Troop A Scout troop is a term adopted into use with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Scout Movement to describe their basic units. The term troop echoes a group of mounted scouts in the military or an expedition and follows the terms cavalry, mounted i ...

s were connected with or formed a variety of associated organizations for younger boys and girls. Some older youths maintained connection with their former Scout troops. In 1910,

Robert Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with ...

founded

The Boy Scouts Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

and the separate Girl Guides organization. In 1916, The Boy Scouts Association launched its

Wolf Cubs Cubs or Wolf Cubs are programs associated with some Scout organizations, for young children, usually between 8 and 12, who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise. A participant in the program is called a Cub and a group of Cubs ...

program for 8- to 10-year-old boys. Baden-Powell did not want Wolf Cubs to be junior scouts and wanted them to be distinct in identity and program from Boy Scouts in order to not give the Scouts a juvenile image. The Boy Scouts Association formed its Rovers program in 1918 for those too old to be Scouts and also formed its Guild of Old Scouts. Some other Scout organizations adopted and operated these or similar programs in connection with their Scouts. The Girl Guides Association formed

Brownie Guide Brownies are the section in the Girl Guides (or in the United States, Girl Scouts) organisation for girls aged seven years old to ten years old. Exact age limits are slightly different in each organisation. History Brownies, originally called ...

s for younger girls and Ranger Guides for older girls. Most of these other age programs use the core principles of the

Scout Method The Scout method is the informal educational system used in the Scout Movement with some variations among different Scout organizations. Scout training is character development to help Scouts become independent and helpful, and thereby become ...

but participants in programs for younger ages do not make the Scout Promise.

Other age programs

The following articles contain information on the various other age programs: In some Scout organizations, a local

Scout Group A Scout group is a local organization used in some Scout organizations that groups a Scout troop or unit with other age programs, separate gender-based Scout troops and/or multiple Scout troops. A Scout group that groups Scouts with programs fo ...

combines Scouts with other age programs in a single organization structure. This is referred to as "family scouting". The following table contains links to articles with information on specific sectional programmes within the various organisations where available:

Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Ethiopia

Gabon

Ghana

Kenya

Mali

Mauritania

Morocco

Mozambique

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

Seychelles

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Asia

Afghanistan

Armenia

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Brunei

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Macau

Malaysia

Mongolia

Nepal

Pakistan

Philippines

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Vietnam

Europe

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Republic of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland

:''Guiding and Scouting in Northern Ireland are administered by Irish and UK organisations, respectively.''

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

:''Guiding and Scouting in Northern Ireland is served by Irish and UK organisations.''