The first WINGS took place over the week 31 July to 7 August 1993 and welcomed just over 2,700 young people, leaders and staff. Young people camped in sub camps which had the theme of flight. Scouts and Guides from over 20 countries took part including Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Eire, England, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, USA and Wales. One of the memorable things was the attendance of a large number of Russian Scouts such a short time after the changes in their country that allowed Scouting to be re-established.

The huge success of the first WINGS resulted in it being repeated over the week 1 to 8 August 1998. Over 3,000 young people, leaders and staff took part and the sub camps took their names from countries. WINGS 98 saw the introduction of the complete WINGS experience with the camp fee including all food for participants and staff. All people needed to do was get themselves and their camping equipment to the Great Park. WINGS 98 also saw the introduction of a challenge to participants and staff to raise money for the WINGS nominated charity. WINGS week saw almost completely blue skies and high temperatures. Again over 20 countries were represented among participants and staff.

WINGS 2003 was held from 2 to 9 August 2003, by now it was firmly established on the International Guiding and Scouting scene. Just over 4,000 young people, leaders and staff took part, representing more than 30 countries. Once again the sub camps took their names from countries. WINGS 2003 saw the introduction of the ‘take-off’ programme, which allowed Units to be part of the WINGS experience in the months leading up to the camp, the introduction of the Global Development Village, a Brownie and Cub evening and leader training opportunities. Once again WINGS had blue skies and temperatures were record breaking.

WINGS continued to gain strength and approximately 6,000 participants from 44 countries were at WINGS2009. The theme for 2009 was ‘making a difference’ and all the sub camps had names of people whose inventions or discoveries have made a difference to the world we live in. WINGS2009 built on the success of its predecessors, further embedding the founding ideals and introducing even more people to the fun and adventure of international Scouting and Girlguiding events.