November 5th 2020

The Scouts in England are now in "Red" status, in line with all other Youth Organisations and in parallel with the national lockdown imposed by HM Government.

The Scouts published this statement today, to clarify exactly what this means:

Following the announcement of a four-week lockdown in England from Thursday 5 November, the National Youth Agency (NYA) has now issued guidance about what this means for all youth sector activity. From 5 November, Scouts and all other youth activities will move to Red readiness level.

This decision by the Government means that there can be no face-to-face activity with young people or adult volunteers. Only online meetings can be delivered until further notice.

We expect these restrictions to last until 2 December, when the lockdown is currently scheduled to end in England."