Scout Network

Scout Network
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OwnerThe Scout Association
Age range18–25
CountryUnited Kingdom
Founded2001
Membership8,143 (January 2023)[1]
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The Scout Network is the sixth and final youth section of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom, catering for those aged between 18 and 25 years.[2] The section was formally introduced in February 2002 alongside Explorer Scouts with both replacing the former Venture Scouts section for fifteen-and-a-half- to twenty-year-olds.[3]

Its programme is structured differently from the other sections, focusing on achieving the top awards of the section, such as the King's Scout award rather than other badges.[4] It is largely self run by the members of the section, as opposed to being led by a team of adult leaders.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AR 22-23 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Scouts-General and Local Information - Islington Directory". directory.islington.gov.uk. London Borough of Islington. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ Staff Reporter (13 August 2012). "Celebrating 50 years of The Ockendon Scout and Guide Group". Your Thurrock. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Scout Network Awards". Scouts.org.uk. Scout Association. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Decision making". members.scouts.org.uk. Scout Association. Retrieved 29 March 2020.