Summit25
Our National Scout Conference is taking place in Birmingham on 25 and 26 January 2025
A chance to reflect, refocus, renew
Summit25 will provide an opportunity for us all to come together to reflect on what we’ve achieved through our Skills for Life for strategy, as well as help us refocus and renew as we shape our next strategy, which will start in 2026.
What's on
There will be a mix of engaging and thought-provoking sessions to inspire and motivate us, as well as networking opportunities and useful workshops. Members of the UK Leadership Team, Trustee Board and Staff from UK and Nations Headquarters will be in attendance
What to think about
Every County/Area/Region (Scotland) has now selected their delegation, and registration of new delegates is now closed. If you have any changes you need to make to your named delegates, please contact Summit@scouts.org.uk.
Event attendance is for those aged 18 and above. The Strategy Working Group is leading on consultation and engagement with the Movement. There will be opportunities before and after Summit25 for our members to feed in to the process. Specifically, the Programme Team are developing activities for young people to undertake, and the UK Youth Team are exploring further ways to ensure youth voice feeds into our strategy development during Spring 2025.
FAQs
We encourage you to arrive by 7pm on Friday 24 January. We have dinner booked for you, dinner times TBC.
The event closes with lunch on Sunday 26 January. Lunch is currently scheduled for 13:15, but there might be some small changes made to the time depending on how the agenda develops. The final agenda including start and finish times will be advertised on the event app once it is released.
If you have been allocated a delegate place by your County/Area/Region (or equivalent), you will receive an email from us in early November, asking you to fill in your basic details, along with your dietary and accessibility needs. You will receive another request in December to select your workshops for the event. If you think you should have an invitation but haven’t received it yet, please contact us on summit@scouts.org.uk.
In January we will launch our event app. This will include your full delegate joining instructions. Before then we may be in touch to ask you to select workshop sessions.
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Two nights accommodation at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from Friday 24 – Sunday 26 January 2025.
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Inclusive catering from Friday dinner through to Sunday lunch.
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Participation in the full programme for the weekend.
You will need to book your own accommodation if you wish to stay for any longer than the two nights provided which is booked for arrival on Friday 24 January, and departure on Sunday 26 January 2025.
Ideally 50% of your delegation should be between 18-30 years old, with a balance of genders, and be representative of the demographics of your County/Area/Region.
The following roles are expected to attend:
- County/Area/Region (Scotland) Lead Volunteer
- County/Area/Region (Scotland) Youth Lead
- County/Area/Region (Scotland) Chair
Other roles recommended for your delegation (in priority order):
- District Lead Volunteers (preferably those likely to be in post beyond 2025)
- District Team Members
- County/Area/Region (Scotland) Trustees
- County/Area/Region (Scotland) Team Leaders
How much it costs
Delegate rate is a flat rate of £250 per person.
This includes:
- Two nights accommodation at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from Friday 24 – Sunday 26 January 2025.
- Inclusive catering from Friday dinner through to Sunday lunch.
- Participation in the full programme for the weekend.