Scouting in the United Kingdom

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
*Baden-Powell Scouts Association, member of World Federation of Independent Scouts
*Pathfinder Scouts Association
*Rover Explorer 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
*Plast-Ukrainian Scouting in Great Britain
*Boys' Brigade
*Girls' Brigade
*Royal Rangers in The United Kingdom
*British Camp Fire Girls' Association
*Adult Scout Alliance ,which includes B-P Scout Guild Scotland and Baden-Powell Guild of Great Britain , member of International Scout and Guide FellowshipIndependent British Scout organisations usually follow more traditional Scouting methods practiced by Baden-Powell. Examples include the Baden-Powell Scouts [cite web |url= http://www.netpages.free-online.co.uk/sha/isa.htm|title= Independent Scouts in the United Kingdom|accessdate=2007-08-18 |publisher= Scout History Association] (formed in 1970), Pathfinder Scouts Association (formed in 2003) and the Rover Explorer Scouts Association, which uses Scouting based on Christian values.cite web |url= http://www.troop97.net/intscout2.htm|title= Non-aligned Scouting Associations|accessdate=2007-08-19 |publisher= Adventure! Troop 97]

Other Scout organisations in the United Kingdom include independent branches of the Polish Scout Association and the Hungarian Scout Association. 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.

ee also

*Scouting in displaced persons camps

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