Additional Questions

Top Awards

The next question collects information on the number of top awards gained by the young people in your section in the last year.  This information covers all of the Chief Scout’s Awards, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Queen’s Scout Award, Explorer Belt and Young Leader Award.  Please note that the Duke of Edinburgh Certificate of Achievement, introduced in 2020, should not be declared on your census return.

Records of under 18s

By using the buttons, please tell us how you primarily record the details of the under 18s in your section. Please select one option; it should go grey when you have clicked on it.

Partnership Agreements (Explorer Units Only)

Please tell us if your Explorer unit as of the census date has a partnership agreement in place with a group. If you click yes a list of  groups in your district will appear, aloowing you to select the appropriate group that your unit has a partnership agreement with.

Type of Troop, Unit or Network (Scouts, Explorers and Network Only)

Please tell us if your troop, unit or network are land, air or sea scouts. Please also tell us if, as of the census date, your section is Royal Navy, or Royal Air Force recognised.

The Cost of Scouts

We also use census to try and understand the cost of Scouts across different sections, areas and communities. Please tell us the annual cost of membership for one young person in your section for a full year, including any district, county or HQ levies. Please don’t include the fees for any trips, events and camps etc.

You will be asked to provide a figure for the total cost charged for the previous year, and you can also let us know the cost for the coming year if it has already been decided.

Meetings

This question is about whether you own, lease or rent your meeting place, and which day of the week you normally meet.

Schools

We’re keen to understand how many sections work with schools.. If you click yes, you’ll be presented with 2 additional questions.

The first question tries to understand what the nature of the relationship with the school is, whether you meet there, or if you have an informal connection with them. When we say ‘work with a school’ this could be any type of informal relationship with a school, such as an agreement to put up posters or give our flyers about your section or attending events like school fairs and assemblies.

The second question is about whether your section is delivered with or in collaboration with the school, whether this is during lesson time, or immediately adjacent to lesson time.