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Our new digital system and ways of volunteering are live

Our new digital system and ways of volunteering are live

Our new digital system is now live. Read more

Discover what this means

Staying safe and safeguarding

Looking after each other

Incidents and illness

Check out our guidance on what to do in case of an incident, including first aid and reporting.

Read the guidance on incidents, illness and reporting >
Safety

Doing things safely is fundamental to everything we do at Scouts. 

All you need to know about safety >
Risk assessments

A risk assessment's important to help you minimise risks, both before and during an activity or event. 

Discover more about risk assessments >
Safe Scouting cards

As adults in Scouts, the safety of young people is our priority. You can take a look at our Safe Scouting cards.

Read and download all our Safe Scouting cards >
Safer Recruitment

The safeguarding of young people in our care is our priority. At Scouts, we have various processes in place to make sure only appropriate adults can volunteer with us.

Find out how we do criminal record checks >
Reporting a concern to safeguarding

Our policy at Scouts is to safeguard the welfare of all members. We do this by protecting them from neglect and from physical, sexual and emotional harm.

Find out how to report a safeguarding concern >
Supporting young people

Although families or schools may usually be the first port of call for many of the issues young people face, a Scouts volunteer may find themselves needing to offer support.

Read the guidance to support young people >
What is safeguarding?

Find out more about safeguarding in Scouts and how we keep young people safe.

Read more about Safeguarding >