Activity Permit Scheme
This internal assessment scheme is designed to ensure that all those leading adventurous activities for young people within Scouting have the skills, experience and personal suitability to do so.
Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme
The Adventurous Activity Permit Scheme is an internal assessment scheme designed to ensure that all those leading adventurous activities for young people within Scouting have the skills, experience and personal suitability to do so.
Discover the schemeAdventurous Activity Permit Scheme - Approved Assessors
This page provides a guide to those wishing to become an assessor to assess applicants for adventurous activity permits.
Find out about approved assessorsA Clear Process
A Clear Process is a resource that aims to explain how to access adventurous activities within Scouting and how you could work towards providing more experiences.
Discover the processManager of the activity permit scheme (MAPS)
The manager of the activity permit scheme (MAPS) in each county (or area or region (Scotland)) is a way of identifying who is responsible for the management of the activity permit scheme locally.
Discover the roleModeration
This guidance is designed to help MAPS (Managers of the Activity Permit Scheme) and County / Area / Region (Scotland) (from now on referred to as County) Commissioners with the self moderation of the adventurous activity permit scheme within their County.
Learn more about moderationActivity Permit Scheme FAQ's
Frequently asked questions for the Activity Permit Scheme.
Read the FAQ'sUseful resources
- Find the application forms for an Adventurous Activity Permit
- Take a look at the Permit assessment courses
- If you're running an assessment course, please feel free to send us details of your permit assessment course to have it added online.
We've joined forces with Dacia to make adventure affordable and accessible to young people throughout the UK.
We want to help young people take part in adventurous activities. This grant can be put towards the cost of young people and volunteers gaining adventurous activity permits.