Scouts is an inclusive, values based movement. Membership is open to all those who share our fundamental values.

Leaders, volunteers, members, and the general public that our members interact with may be short or tall, fat or skinny, old or young, of any physical or intellectual abiity, race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status – or any other characteristic for that matter; and we celebrate that.

Most of these are legally protected characteristics in the UK, where our association is based. The rest are because we don’t discriminate against anyone.

We know we aren’t physically based in the UK, but we follow the UK guidance for two key reasons:

1) We firmly believe that the protection and enforcement of these values is core to our being Scouts – and this is non-negotiable.

2) When there is a gold standard of how to be a considerate and respectful person, why would we accept less? After all, Scouting is largely about character and confidence building.