<P> Many Scout Groups claim the title of Oldest Scout Group in their respective countries . </P> <P> Due to the rapid growth of Scouting, it took some time for central organisations to be established, and the earliest groups were only registered some time after their first meeting . Some groups first met under the banner of other organisations, including the Boys' Brigade, Church Lads' Brigade, YMCA, churches or schools, and only later registered with central Scout organisations . Some maintained dual registrations . This makes it impossible to establish which groups started first . Today, national Scout associations often do not take a stance as to which was the first group in their country . </P> <P> There are records of Boy Scouts and Scouting groups from 1900 . The Boys' Brigade began its Scouting scheme in 1906 . Scouting is usually considered to have started on 1 August 1907 with a camp run by Robert Baden - Powell on Brownsea Island . Thereafter the publishers C. Arthur Pearson Limited and Baden - Powell began promoting Scouting in Britain, and Scouting for Boys was published, initially in six fortnightly installments from January 1908 and then in complete book form . The book was followed by The Scout magazine from April 1908 . Boys began forming Scout patrols and flooding the C. Arthur Pearson Limited's Scout office and Baden - Powell with requests for assistance . </P> <P> The Scouting movement developed rapidly from here, in Britain, the British Empire, among English speaking people and the rest of the world . </P>

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