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Everything you need is on this page — who we are, the numbers, and the marks. For anything else, write to us; a person answers.

About Scout Ashes

Scout Ashes is a mobile app that carries forward one of scouting's oldest traditions: the passing of campfire ashes. By custom, a pinch of ash from one campfire is saved and added to the next, so every fire carries embers of the fires before it. Scout Ashes makes that chain visible, verifiable, and global — scouts log each fire, carry the ash forward, and connect their fire to the one before it, building an unbroken worldwide lineage of campfires that traces back to Baden-Powell's original 1907 fire on Brownsea Island. The app is in pilot with troops now and launches publicly in 2026.

Fast facts

The numbers.

1907
Year the first fire was lit
3,418
Fires connected to date
587
Troops in the chain
1,902
Places fires have burned
94
Countries on the map
119
Longest verified lineage, in links
2026
The app launches publicly
Free
For every scout, always
Brand assets

The marks.

The campfire mark is the only illustrated brand glyph. Set the wordmark in Noto Serif; please don't recolor, stretch, or add effects to the mark.

Scout Ashes campfire mark
Campfire mark — on canvas SVG
Scout Ashes campfire mark
Campfire mark — on night SVG

Need photography, app screenshots, or the founder bios? Write to press — we'll send the full kit the same day.

Press contact

We answer press mail within one working day.

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