All volunteers will be expected to complete the new mandatory safety learning by 14 July 2025.
If a volunteer’s mandatory learning is due to expire earlier, they will still need to complete the learning by their current expiry date.
Assured by RoSPA Qualifications, it’s not a change of the current Safety training, it’s brand new and more comprehensive learning on safety in Scouts, that focuses more on practical, relevant, and engaging scenarios to help people understand and put into practice what safety is meant to look like at Scouts.
All volunteers will have access to complete the new learning when they access ‘My Learning’ If the learning is not completed by 14 July 2025, Lead Volunteers will automatically be sent the requests from the new digital systems to manage non-compliant volunteers.
Lead Volunteers will also need to complete a one-off safety course for Lead Volunteers which focuses on their role in supporting volunteers and safety approval processes. This will also need to be completed by 14 July 2025.
Attached is an FAQ document which will answer some of the most common questions relating to this learning.