About Scouting Ireland

Scouting Ireland is the National Scout Association for Ireland and a member of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement. Scouting Ireland was formed on 1st January 2004 from the two original Scout associations in Ireland,Scouting Ireland S.A.I. and Scouting Ireland C.S.I. Both associations voted to join together to form a new single association in 2003, following a decision to set this process in motion in 1998.

Scouting Ireland has over 40,000 members across Ireland, including Northern Ireland where Scouting Ireland works in partnership with the Scout Association Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom Scout Association. Scouting Ireland is a member of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) with 28 million members.  The mission of WOSM is to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society. The international scouting movement was founded by Ropert Baden-Powell in 1908.

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