Member Update

Dear Member After a lengthy conversation with Headquarters and the National Youth Agency, I am pleased to inform you that the additional restrictions (outdoors only) put in place for Greater Manchester have now been removed. This means that if your…
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Dear Member, Following the announcement last week that Greater Manchester West will move to the AMBER readiness level for all metros, there has been some concern that the decision is not reflective of the UK Scouts website. The UK Scouts website will be updated in…
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Dear Member, I am writing to update you on the readiness level for our three metros following the changes to the government guidance and subsequent updates from The Scouts and the National Youth Agency. Following discussions with the government, the National Youth…
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Dear Member, I am writing to update you on the readiness level for our three metros following the changes to the government guidance and subsequent updates from The Scouts and the National Youth Agency. The National Youth Agency have advised that the…
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Dear Member, I am writing to update you on the readiness level for our three metros and the changes communicated by UK Scouts to the AMBER readiness level. Following the government’s decision to remove Wigan (local authority) from the Greater Manchester local restrictions, we made…
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Dear Member, We are continuing discussions with UK Scouts, National Youth Agency (NYA) and Public Health England (PHE) regarding the possibility of moving back to Amber readiness level in the next couple of weeks. You may have noticed that NYA website states that…
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Dear Member, We are continuing discussions with UK Scouts, National Youth Agency (NYA) and Public Health England (PHE) regarding the possibility of moving back to Amber readiness level in the next couple of weeks. You may have noticed that NYA website states that…
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Dear Member, You will probably be aware of the local lockdown restrictions the government have announced for Greater Manchester effective today. Following consultation with the National Youth Agency (NYA) and UK Scouts, we have taken the decision to move back to RED readiness level. What does…
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There have been a number of changes to POR around mandatory ongoing learning (training). From September 2020, any volunteer that does not have their Safety and Safeguarding training up-to-date on Compass will not be able to attend Scout meetings with…
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