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 Scouting have the skills, experience and personal suitability to do so.
The Permit Scheme
Full details of the Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme can be found in the factsheets below. This includes factsheets for specific roles such as Commissioner and Applicant.
- View Nights Away Permit Scheme (FS120800) (PDF)
- View Applicants' Guide (FS120801) (PDF)
- View Assessment Guide (FS120802) (PDF)
- View Commissioners' Guide (FS120803) (PDF)
- View Nights Away Adviser's Guide (FS120804) (PDF)
There is also an Assessment Checklist that the Nights Away Adviser uses to assess any applicants for nights away permits.
Forms and Resources
To apply for a Nights Away Permit you will need to contact your Nights Away Adviser. If required here is an application form that can be filled in online for attaching to emails, or printed out and filled in by hand.
- View Nights Away application form (Word document)
- Second sheet (if required) (Word document)
The Nights Away Notification Form (Form NAN) can also be filled in online for attaching to emails, or printed out and filled in by hand.
- View Form NAN (Word document)
As well as being available from the Scout Information Centre, nights away permit holders can download a nights away passport to use for young people-led nights away events.
Technical Manual
An adults' guide to camping, holidays, expeditions and sleepovers
'Nights Away' provides everything you need to know for enjoying the outdoors and taking young people away safely and with confidence. Aimed at all adults in Scouting, it provides advice on the best equipment to take, ways of preparing your staff and how to make the most of your time away. Illustrated in full colour throughout, and with its own smart binder, Nights Away is the definitive guide to camping and the outdoors produced by the people most famous for it!
Frequently Asked Questions
To help aid people's understanding of the updates within this scheme, we have put together the answers to a few frequently asked questions.