Scouting Day

Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys has sold 150 million copies since 1908, making it the fourth bestselling book of all time after The Bible, The Koran and Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book.

Scouts are Leaders: More than two-thirds of Scouts say there have been real life situations were Scout experience has helped them be a better leader.

Scouts were the original Olympic Games Makers. During the 1948 ‘austerity’ Olympics in London, Scouts were described as ‘The Oil within the Wheels of the Olympic Games Organisation’ – performing tasks like serving tea, running messages and carrying placards in the opening ceremony. Scout Groups in Merseyside hold the current world record for the longest handshake chain.