Is your Association with Scouting Ireland or World Organisation of Scout Movement?

No our Association is a completly independent Association, we are not connected to Scouting Ireland. The Baden - Powell Scouts' Association of Ireland is a registered charity organisation and is a proud member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts

What's the difference?

Click on the 'What is Traditional Scouting?' link

"That Traditional lot are old-fashioned eccentrics"

Traditional does not mean old fashioned or boring. Tradition implies dependable quality. The word is used in advertising to help sell reliable products from traditionally brewed beer to traditonally built houses. We like to think the same qualities apply to our Association. We are not a watered down organisation nor cowboy-built! Our Scouting methods are so fundamentally sound, that we don't have to change, the system has worked for over 100 years!

How often do you go camping?

Our Packs & Troops go camping regularly. We have district camps and international camps.

Do Leaders get paid?

No - Our Leaders are 100% volunteers, we have no paid Leaders or executives in our Association. All our staff do what they do because they enjoy traditional Scouting.

My friends say Scouting is Sissy!

A lot of kids think this! Outdoor activities, hikes, orinteering, camping in ALL weathers, hill walking, boating, pioneering - is NOT sissy stuff! Learning how to light fires with sticks is not sissy! Some of our Rover Scouts have climbed mountains higher than clouds in Yosemite - this is not sissy!

I'm an adult, how do I get involved as a Leader?

You must go through our Training course to get a qualification. For more information see our Leadership Training page.

Have you got spaces for new members?

Please contact us through our Association HQ and we shall try and facilitate you!