Scouting is a worldwide organisation (scouts call it a worldwide family). Once a week you meet up at your village hall (or somewhere like it). You should go on at least one camp a year. You can start...
Most would say that the start of scouting was in 1907 when Robert Baden-Powell held the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island in England. "BP" published "Scouting for Boys", the first hand...