Scouting offers challenge and adventure to 400,000 young people aged 6 to 25 in the UK and over 7,200 young people in Buckinghamshire. We believe in helping our members fulfil their potential by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves.

Through the adventure of Scouting, young people get to take risks in a safe environment, and have their first taste of responsibility. We give young people experiences they’ll never forget. The sort of adventure Scouting offers is the chance to experience something different and the opportunity to challenge yourself. When a Beaver Scout wakes up the morning after a sleepover or a Cub Scout has just got over her fear of heights by completing her first abseil – that’s adventure. 

All this is made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult leaders in the UK and 1,400 in Bucks. With award winning training and one-to-one support, we make sure that each one of our volunteers gets to make the best use of their skills and talents. It’s something different from the norm, and that’s what a lot of people like it. In fact, it’s what made us the largest co-educational youth movement in the country.

Scouting is based in and part of the local community. It is for all young people, female and male, and from all cultures and faiths. Adult volunteers, supported by a small professional staff, provide the activities –the programme that we offer. We work in and with the local community, in the places where our volunteers and members live. But we interact and contribute to the communities that make up Buckinghamshire and the UK, playing a full part in the international world in which we live.