Nights Away Permit Scheme
The Nights Away Permit Scheme is an internal assessment scheme designed to ensure that everyone leading Nights Away events for young people within Scouts have the skills, experience and personal suitability to do so.
The Nights Away Permit Scheme
The Nights Away Permit Scheme is an internal assessment scheme designed to ensure that all those leading nights away events for young people within Scouts have the skills, experience and personal suitability to do so.
On this page you can find out more information about the scheme, our guides for applicants, assessors, lead volunteers and night away approvers, and forms and resources.
There's an Assessment Checklist that the Nights Away Assessor uses to assess any applicants for the Nights Away Permit Scheme.
Nights Away Permit Scheme
The Nights Away Permit Scheme promotes quality residential and camping experiences. It shows that all those leading nights away events for young people within Scouts have the skills, experience and personal suitability to take young people away safely.
Discover the schemeApplicants' guide
This page provides a guide to applicants wishing to gain a nights away permit.
Read the Applicants' guideAssessment guide
This page provides an overview for Nights Away Assessors, who are assessing applicants for a Nights Away Permit.
Read the Assessment guideLead Volunteers and Approvers guide
This page provides a guide to Lead Volunteers and Approvers on their role within the Nights Away Permit Scheme.
Read the Lead Volunteers and Approvers guideAssessors guide
This page provides a guide to those wishing to become Nights Away Assessors.
Read the assessors guideForms and resources
The Nights Away Notification Form (Form NAN) can also be attached to emails, or printed out and completed by hand, using your local digital solution or using the Nights away notification function in the membership system. It's recommended that you download and install the Scouts font, Nunito Sans, beforehand.
Read the Nights Away Digital Tool Guide to learn how to apply for and approve Nights Away requests in My Membership.
Our Nights Away event passport and guidance can be used for young people-led nights away events, supported by nights Away permit holders.