Scouts recruit more girls than boys for the first time

Janaki Mahadevan
Thursday, April 14, 2011

More girls than boys joined the Scout Association in the UK in the past year for the first time in the movement's history.

Female youth membership has seen a 6.9 per cent rise in the past year. Image: The Scout Association
Female youth membership has seen a 6.9 per cent rise in the past year. Image: The Scout Association

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