He joined the Scouting Movement in 1994 when he was 7 years old with 1st Edgemead Scout Group. As a scout He later moved to 1st Monte Vista Scout Group where he achieved his Springbok Award in 2005. As an adult Quintin continues to give back to the Movement as a Troop Scouter, a former member of the Senior Scout Adventure Committee and as a Western Cape Adult trainer. An elected member of the former National Scout Council, Quintin has volunteered at the National Scout Office and represented SCOUTS South Africa at the World Scout Conference in 2008. He has also represented WOSM, the World Organisation of Scout Movements, at the United Nations’ General Assembly and UNFCCC/COP meetings and on numerous occasions, leading the WOSM delegation in 2016.