Scouting and Guiding in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is administered by the United Kingdom Scout Association and Girlguiding UK, due to Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha's affiliations as a British Overseas Territory.
[2] Lord and Lady Baden-Powell visited the Scouts on Saint Helena on the return from their 1937 tour of Africa.
The visit is described in Lord Baden-Powell's book entitled African Adventures.
[3] There are four groups on the two most populated islands (Saint Helena and Ascension Island) that are administered as part of The Scout Association's British Scouting Overseas:[4] Although the programme activities are taken from the British system, Saint Helena and Ascension Island Scouting is geared to the local way of life.
Saint Helena and Ascension Island Scouts participate in numerous camps and events.