Girls 'more interested' in scouting than boys

Name: Girls 'more interested' in scouting than boys
Uploaded: 2011-04-15T07:06:08.000Z
Description: When Baden-Powell formed the Scouts 104 years ago, only boys were allowed to join - but last year, for the first time, more girls than boys joined up.

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For the first time ever, more girls than boys have joined the Scout Association in one year.

4,330 girls and 3,796 boys joined between January 2010 and January 2011.

So what will that mean for scouting?

The BBC's Tim Muffett reports.

15 April 2011