The
British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association (BBS & BGS Association; also known as The
Brotherhood of British Scouts) is an early
Scouting organisation, having begun as the
Battersea Boy Scouts in 1908. The organisation was renamed as the British Boy Scouts and launched as a national organisation on 24 May 1909. In association with other scout organisations, the BBS formed the
National Peace Scouts in 1910. The BBS instigated the first international Scouting organisation, the
Order of World Scouts in 1911.