In English

Scouting is an affordable hobby. By paying around 60-80 euros per year, you can participate in the activities of your local scout group, district, and The Guides and Scouts of Finland. At the same time, you belong to the international scouting movement. The fee includes membership fees for both The Guides and Scouts of Finland and the scout district. Additionally, the local scout group collects its own membership fee (40€), which, together with its own fundraising and support from the parents' association, covers all the group's activities—meetings, camps, trips, food, etc. However, exceptions apply to hikes, camps organized by others, and international trips, which may have separate costs.

More information about the membership fee can be found here.

Scouting is adventures. Scouting is experiences. Scouting is something difficult to explain in words – you have to experience it yourself.

Youth and children meet weekly in packs and patrols (small groups) led by young peer leaders and adult scout leaders. In the weekly meetings, they learn not only fun but also useful skills: orienteering, cooking in nature, providing first aid, and so on. New things are learned by doing – not by reading from books. In scouting, we work together: we go on trips by walking, skiing, canoeing, or sailing. We sleep in tents, lean-tos, by the warmth of a campfire, or even in snow caves.

In scouting, you meet new people and make new friends. Although activities in nature are central, the most important thing is that everyone has fun. Scouting is a youth movement founded in the early 20th century by British Lord Robert Baden-Powell, which spread worldwide within a few decades.

In Finland, scouting activities are divided into local groups (lippukunta), districts (regional organizations), and The Guides and Scouts of Finland (national central organization). Within the local group, there are small groups led by young peer leaders and adult scout leaders. The entire local group is led by a group leader.