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Volunteering at Scouts is changing to help us reach more young people

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Accreditations

Video guide on how to check, give and remove accreditations

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Tasks for all volunteers

Check my accreditations

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):

1. Click 'My Profile'.

2. Click 'Roles and accreditations'.

3. Click 'My accreditations'.

Under 'My accreditations':

4. View your accreditations. 


Tasks for Team Leaders and Lead Volunteers

Give an accreditation

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):

1. Click 'Teams'.

2. Click 'My team(s)'.

Under 'My Teams':

3. Click a team name. 

Under 'Active members':

4. Find the member who you want to give an accreditation. 

Under 'Actions':

5. Click 'Select' and then click 'Assign accreditation' from the dropdown list (if you're using a phone, click the arrow next to Actions: Select)'

Under 'New accreditation':

6. Complete the blank text boxes. 

7. Under 'Accreditation', click the arrow and select an accreditation from the dropdown menu.

8. Under 'Team', click the arrow and select the team from the dropdown menu.

9. Under 'Prerequisite', tick the box to confirm the prerequisites for this accreditation have been met and the member is aware that this accreditation is being added to their role.

10. Click 'Assign accreditation'.

If you no longer want to add an accreditation to this person, click 'Discard'.

If the accreditation criteria have not been met, the accreditation status will show as pending. Once this has been met, the status will show as active and the member will be notified.


Check my team's accreditations

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):

1. Click 'Teams'.

2. Click 'View my team(s)'.

Under 'My Teams':

3. Click a team name.

Scroll to the bottom of the page to 'Accreditations':

4. All Accreditations associated with that team will be listed.


Remove a team member's accreditation

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):

1. Click 'Teams'.

2. Click 'My team(s)'.

Under 'My Teams':

3. Click a team name.

Under 'Accreditations':

4. Select the accreditation to be removed.

5. Click 'End accreditation'.

6. Click 'Confirm'.

The member will receive a notification to inform them that the accreditation has been removed from their role.

If you do not want to remove the accreditation from this member’s role, click 'Cancel'.