Yours In Scouting is run by those with lived experience of child abuse in The Scout Association, supported by The Good Law Project. Yours In Scouting believe that The Scout Association is not doing as much as it could to protect children, based on evidence in The Guardian, the BBC and the Manchester Evening News.

Their aim is to hold The Scout Association to account for its past failings and ensure they take action to prevent the abuse of young people in the future.

They publish their Goals as follows:

1. Be heard

Create space for people to share their experiences of abuse in The Scout Association, and what they want to see change to protect young people in the future

Build a community of people who have experienced abuse in the Scouts to provide peer support for each other

2. Take Action

Campaign for adult staff and volunteers in uniformed youth organisations to be included in the Position of Trust definition, making it illegal for them to have relationships with 16-17 year olds in their care

Create a paid Safeguarding Lead position in each Scout county in the United Kingdom to be responsible for monitoring the conduct of volunteers and ensuring that the safeguarding escalation pathway doesn’t go via the District or County Commissioners as these are voluntary roles

3. Create Accountability

Ensure The Scout Association set up a Lived Experience board as part of their governance, who they are accountable to for following through on safeguarding actions

Require that The Scout Association and Girl Guiding are subject to an inspection regime similar to that of OFSTED inspections for educational institutions

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