Our members
Contents
- Welcome from our Chair
- Resurging, innovating, and bringing people together
- Better volunteering for a stronger movement
- Our purpose and method
- Vision and strategic objectives
- Skills for Life: Our plan to prepare better futures 2018-2025
- Growth
- Inclusivity
- Youth Shaped
- Community Impact
- Three pillars of work
- Programme
- People
- Perception
- Theory of Change
- The impact of Scouts on young people
- Our finances
- Trustees’ responsibilities
- Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of The Scout Association
- Consolidated statement of financial activities
- Balance sheet
- Statements of cash flows
- Our members
- How we operate
- Governance structure and Board membership – 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
- Our advisers
- Our thanks
- Investors in People
Our members
1. As well as the 8,854 Network members, 5,676 also have another ‘adult’ role (in a section, governance or support role). This means the total number of persons who are Network members is 14,530.
2. Young Leaders (aged 14-18) are included in the Explorer Scout numbers above. However, they’re also members of their Section Leadership Team, so the total membership of Section Leadership Teams is 92,489.
3. Manager roles have the responsibility and authority to ensure effective operation of their charity (the Scout Group, the Scout District, etc.), so our charitable objectives are met. They are Group Scout Leaders, District and County Commissioners and others.
4. Governance roles form the membership of each charity's Board of Trustees or Executive Committee, together with any sub-committees. Each Board of Trustees is responsible for making sure the strategic direction of the charity is achieved. The 30,236 Governance roles don’t include the volunteers who have an Ex Officio Trustee role (for example Lead Managers, Youth Commissioners and others).
5. Support roles are vital for supporting the line managers in the effective operation of Scouts, and contribute to the effective operation of each Colony, Pack, Troop, Unit and Network.