Wider Scouting
When you become a member of 1st Kimpton Scout Group, you become part of not only your local and national scouting community, but part of a network of over 50 million Scouters worldwide.
Across the UK, we’re proud to be a family of Scouts. But to make sure everyone gets the support they need, we are arranged in different groups and units across our regions and nation.
Our District
1st Kimpton Scouts is a Group within the Harpenden and Wheathampstead District. Our District includes the town of Harpenden and the villages of Wheathampstead and Kimpton, and everything in between.
Our district consist of over 1200 young people and we often take part in activities together, like the St George's Day Parade and the Harpenden Gang Show.
For more information regarding the district, please the Harpenden and Wheathampstead District Website.
Our County
The Harpenden and Wheathampstead District forms part of Hertfordshire County Scouts. During their time as Scouts, our members will have the opportunity to take part in county wide events such as Green Beret, Beavers in Tents and the County Cub Cyclo-Cross. The County also provides international opportunities that older young people may partake in. If you or your young person decide to become a Young or Adult Leader, the County will provide all the training you need.
Our County also run a number of Activity centres where we often go to take part in outdoor activities and to run camps.
More information can be found on the Hertfordshire Scouts website.
UK Scout Association
As of 2018, UK Scouting was supporting over 460,000 young people. The UK Scout Association provides us with all the central Policies, Procedures and Organisational Rules that we must adhere to as a group in order to keep our young people safe and to ensure they have fun whilst meeting our core Scout Values, through a programme based on the Scouting Method.
During their time in Scouting, Members will have the opportunity to take part in nationally run initiatives like the Wellbeing Champions, A Million Hands and The Great Indoors.
World Scout Organisation
Scouting was started in the UK by Robert Baden Powell and quickly spread all over the world. There are now more than 50 million Scouts, youth and adults, in over 200 countries and territories.*
World scouting aims to allow young people to "Create a Better World" and during their time as a scouter, young people have the opportunity to learn about international cultures and support global issues, both with their sections and through nationally or internationally organised initiatives and events.
For more information about the World Scouting, please visit the World Scout Organisation's website.
* Source: https://www.scout.org/scout-history