Keeping safe

 Although no one wishes to bring such topics as we'd soon all just get along, for a variety of reasons Scouts, like most organizations has rules for people decide to join it and there very clear cut procedures for Adults who help in any way if their questions regarding their conduct not least directly in connexion with children and young people.

It goes without saying anyone with regular unsupervised contact with children and young people are DBS checked and is the responsibility of each Scout Group to cause that to happen before appointing them. 

This is an example of such a policy and how it ties into The Scout Promise and Scout law.

There always was a discipline policy within Scouting for Children and Young people even it it and society may have changed over time not just for being disrespectful of Scouts, Leaders and Helpers, spoiling the session but for such matters as bullying and messing around.

Messing around it needs to be remembered can easily lead into serious accidents although Level Two matters are the most serious such as those that may put at risk your or other members safety by defying clear instructions, violence, bullying and the like.

No one likes to be a killjoy but ultimately the Group is responsible if anything happens and so anyone departing from careful consideration of how to protect everyone's welfare and safety must be dealt with.