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
You can find full details of the nights away permit scheme in the factsheets below. These include factsheets for specific roles such as commissioner and applicant.
- FS120800 Nights Away Permit Scheme
- FS120801 Nights Away Permit Scheme - Applicants' guide
- FS120802 Nights Away Permit Scheme - Assessment guide
- FS120803 Nights Away Permit Scheme - Commissioners' guide
- FS120804 Nights Away Permit Scheme - Nights Away Advisers' guide
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. Below is an application form that you can attach to emails or print out and fill in by hand.
- Nights away application form (Word document)
- Second sheet (if required) (Word document)
The nights away notification form (Form NAN) can also be attached to emails, or printed out and filled in by hand.
- 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.
- Nights away passport (PDF)
Technical manual
An adults' guide to camping, holidays, expeditions and sleepovers
'Nights Away' is a print publication containing 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.
You can order it from the information centre catalogue.