The Scouts Movement was first introduced to Malta in 1908. H.M. Dockyard set up the first Scout Troop in Cottonera in 1912 for its apprentices and also for the children of Dockyard Workers or of British people residing in Malta. This initiative was followed by Vittoriosa in 1916, by Cospicua and Senglea in 1917, and by Kalkara in 1928. The Senglea Elementary School later organised its own group in 1933 and this was followed suit by St Edward’s College in 1934.

In 1925, a Sea Scouts group was set up for British youths by the Protestant Wesleyian Church opposite ‘The Rest’ in Cospicua. Sea Scouts groups were subsequently opened in Senglea, in the Dockyard, in Vittoriosa and in St Edward’s College. However World War II disrupted all this and the only survivors today are the First Cospicua Scout Group and the Kalkara Sea Scouts Headquarters for the South of Malta.

The Kalkara Sea Cadets Corps (Training Ship St Paul) comprises of the Malta Unit which is a full member of the UK Sea Cadets Corps. The unit includes boys and girls who are trained in such activities as seamanship, marine engineering, communications, cook/steward, writer/stores, first aid, physical training, sailing, power-boating, canoeing, boat pulling, meteorology, drill, field-crafts, piping, abseiling and other activities.