Like many scouting groups in the Netherlands, the Radboud group was founded in 1945. The group started as a land scouting group under the Annakerk on the Amsterdamseweg in Amstelveen. The first group consisted of Welpen and Verkenners. Later, the group moved from land to water. This led to the introduction of lelievletten for the Verkenners, who then began to call themselves Zeeverkenners. It was not until the 1970s that several new branches were added to the group. First, the girls also found a place in the new branch 'the Watergidsen'. The youth could now stay with the group longer, and the Wildevaart was established with its own boat. In the early 1990s, the newest branches were established. For the youngest girls, an enthusiastic Kabouters branch was created, and for the oldest, the Loodsen were established. The Loodsen have had a bumpy road, with a short break from the late 1990s until 2004, when the branch was revitalized..

The Kabouters and Welpen have also undergone a nice change. The groups of boys and girls merged in 2008. They continued under the branch name Dolphins. From Scouting Netherlands, all names for the age category 7-11 were abolished in 2011 to keep just one name: the Welpen. For the Radboud group, this meant that the Dolphins continued under the name Welpen after just three years, now including both boys and girls..

In 2011, the Radboud group moved from the eastern location along the Handweg to the current northern location at Doorweg 32. Both locations border the Amstelveense Poel, where the Lelievletten of the Radboudgroup have been raising their sails for over 50 years..