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What we do

Providing Young Muslims with Skills for Life & Extraordinary Adventures ​

TRY NEW SKILLS at the 20th St Albans Volunteer Open DayOctober 10, 2024, at the Cottonmill Community & Cycle Centre, Old Oak, St Albans AL1 2EF. 20th St Albans Ansar Scouts are seeking passionate volunteers to make a difference in the lives of young Muslims. Join our Open Day to discover how you can develop new skills, gain leadership experience, and build your CV while giving back to your community. Limited spaces available! Register early to secure your spot.

Meet and chat with current leaders to learn about the rewarding experiences of volunteering and the positive impact you can have on young people. Enjoy light refreshments and interactive activities as you explore the opportunities to join our team.  https://forms.gle/XUea22NRSjhJ7pKJ7

We are 20th St Albans Ansar Scouts& everyone is welcome… 

We are Scouts and everyone is welcome here. Yes, we go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling, cycling, and canoeing. But we also get to hang out with our friends weekly – having fun, playing games, working in a team, and taking on new challenges.     

Every week, we help young Muslims in St Albans aged 4-18 years old, develop skills they need for school, college, university, job interviews, important speech, tricky challenges, and big dreams, and the everyday boost of confidence, independence and the skills they need for life.

We currently have 5 scouts sections :

Squirrels ages 4 to 6 years old
Beaver 6 to 8 years old
Cubs 8 to 10 ½ years old   
Scouts 10 ½ to 14 years old  
Al Fihiri Explorer Unit  14 to 18 Years old

The Great Outdoors

Experiencing the outdoors

Save The Children

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

New Adventurers

New things to explore

Volunteer Locations

Where We'd Volunteered

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The IUTS District Edition.

The IUTS District Edition.

As ramdan came to a close, we wanted to invite our wider scouting family from the District to share an iftar with us. So an…

Squirels & Beavers cook

Squirels & Beavers cook

The Beavers and Squirels joined up in a session to cook some fluff Morrocian pancakes.

Remberance Day 2022

Remberance Day 2022

St Albans District Scouts attended the rembrance day parade, our group was represented from squirels up to exploeres, leaders, and parent helpers. Its important for…

Scouts Cafe

Scouts Cafe

The Chef badge, for scouts is about getting the scouts to think about food differently and to be able to plan, cook and serve a…

Whats different…

Whats different…

As a predominately Muslim scout group were often asked whats different about your sessions/meeting. We do scouting, in all the traditional sense but we add…

Tracking Beavers

Tracking Beavers

Our beavers like wandering around the woods forests and fields. But how do we keep track of them. We we teach them centuries old tracking…

MSF camp 2019

MSF camp 2019

What a great start to the summer, a weekend of camping extravaganza at Paccar Scout Camp with The Muslim Scout Fellowship. Three days of activities…

56 Activity Badges…

56 Activity Badges…

A busy term of activities always means a lot of badges to be awarfed. At our session on 3 October 2019. 17 Cubs were awarded…

Cook off Challenge

Cook off Challenge

Today the Ibn Sena Cub pack experienced what cooking is like for those who don’t have much. We discussed their weekly meals and asked them…

Hot Chocolate..

Hot Chocolate..

The 20th Ansar Cubs were tasked with starting a small campfire to make lovely hot chocolate. They learned the basics of lighting a fire using…

A year in review

A year in review

2019 was our second year as a Scout Group. We started with 10 cubs and 8 beavers. We ended the Year with 24 Scouts in…