Scouting in Switzerland normally takes place in local groups. The leaders of them are rarely older than 25. Some Groups are funded by communes or churches.
==Organisation==
Almost all the local groups are members of the cantonal association and, by that, of the national organisation the Swiss Scout Movement which has about 50'000 members. Every member of the Swiss Scout Movement is also member of eighter [[WOSM]] or [[WAGGGS]].
==History==
The first scouting groups in Switzerland were founded in [[1912]]. [[1913]] the national association for boyscouts "Schweizerischer Pfadfinderbund (SPB)" was founded. A similar Association for girlscouts, the "Bund schweizerischer Pfadfinderinnen (BPS)" was founded in [[1919]]. In [[1987]] both associations merged to the Swiss Scout Movement.
==Links==
* http://www.pbs.ch : webpage of the Swiss Scout Movement
* http://www.scout.ch : portal for scouting in Switzerland
* http://www.pfadiforum.org : swiss scouting forum
