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Robert Baden-Powell began his youth work in the '''Boys Brigade''' where he was responsible for the areas of scouting and camping.<ref>[http://www.tac-bsa.org/bpbook.pdf Baden-Powell and the Beginnings of the World Scout Movement]</ref> He believed that the boys enjoyed these areas of the Brigade programme the most, and eventually left them to focus on these activities. In 1907, he held an experimental camp on Brownsea Island<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eng.brownsea2007.org/|title= Brownsea Island|accessdate=2007-08-19 |publisher= Brownsea Island}}</ref> which was a great success and lead to a series of books called "Scouting for Boys" being published in early 1908<ref name="A Scouting timeline">{{cite web |url= http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/|title= The History of Scouting|accessdate=2007-08-18 |publisher= ScoutBase}}</ref>. | Robert Baden-Powell began his youth work in the '''Boys Brigade''' where he was responsible for the areas of scouting and camping.<ref>[http://www.tac-bsa.org/bpbook.pdf Baden-Powell and the Beginnings of the World Scout Movement]</ref> He believed that the boys enjoyed these areas of the Brigade programme the most, and eventually left them to focus on these activities. In 1907, he held an experimental camp on Brownsea Island<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eng.brownsea2007.org/|title= Brownsea Island|accessdate=2007-08-19 |publisher= Brownsea Island}}</ref> which was a great success and lead to a series of books called "Scouting for Boys" being published in early 1908<ref name="A Scouting timeline">{{cite web |url= http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/history/|title= The History of Scouting|accessdate=2007-08-18 |publisher= ScoutBase}}</ref>. | ||
The '''The Boy Scouts Association''' was officially registered in 1908 with 11 thousand members. Within a year this group was joined by several other associations, including the [[British Boy Scouts]] and British Girl Scouts who were founded by [[Sir Francis Vane]] on May 24, 1909. Sir Francis also went on to form the first International Association, the Order of World Scouts in 1911<ref name="hbu">{{cite web | url = http://www.histclo.com/youth/youth/org/sco/int/sco-intows.htm | title =Boy Scout Movement: Internationalism--Order of World Scouts | accessdate = 2008-10-08 | author= Christopher Wagner | date=2002-02-06 | format = html | work=Historic Boys' Uniform Web Site | publisher = Christopher Wagner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.sossi.org/others/others.htm | title = Other Youth Programs| accessdate = 2008-10-08 | The '''The Boy Scouts Association''' was officially registered in 1908 with 11 thousand members. Within a year this group was joined by several other associations, including the [[British Boy Scouts]] and British Girl Scouts who were founded by [[Sir Francis Vane]] on May 24, 1909. Sir Francis also went on to form the first International Association, the Order of World Scouts in 1911<ref name="hbu">{{cite web | url = http://www.histclo.com/youth/youth/org/sco/int/sco-intows.htm | title =Boy Scout Movement: Internationalism--Order of World Scouts | accessdate = 2008-10-08 | author= Christopher Wagner | date=2002-02-06 | format = html | work=Historic Boys' Uniform Web Site | publisher = Christopher Wagner}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web| url= http://www.sossi.org/others/others.htm | title = Other Youth Programs| accessdate = 2008-10-08 | ||
| author = Victor M. Alexieff| date = | year = 1982| month = September| format = html| work = SOSSI Journal Vol. 37, No. 9| publisher = SOSSI}}</ref> Vane became the Grand Scoutmaster of the Order of World Scouts.<ref | | author = Victor M. Alexieff| date = | year = 1982| month = September| format = html| work = SOSSI Journal Vol. 37, No. 9| publisher = SOSSI}}</ref> Vane became the Grand Scoutmaster of the Order of World Scouts.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> | ||
. Lord [[Baden-Powell]] founded the Girl Guides Association in 1910. | . Lord [[Baden-Powell]] founded the Girl Guides Association in 1910. | ||
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