{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"fullWidth","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEvery young person should shape their Scouts experience, and develop the skills they need to be great leaders. Creating opportunities for young people to use their voices is an important part of this. If young people shape Scouts, they\u2019ll improve our movement, and become more likely to achieve their top awards.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3 class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOur Youth Shaped goals\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy 2025:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E66% of young people aged 6- 18 will be influencing what happens locally in Scouting\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E57% of young people will be using their skills to run Scouting activities for other young people\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E40% of young people aged 4- 14 will be achieving the top awards and 10% of those 14\u002B will be achieving top awards\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18046/ollie-wood-copy.png","width":1369,"height":1356,"altText":"UK Youth Commissioner Ollie Wood is outside wearing Scouts uniform in front of a hedge and is smiling at the camera","caption":"Ollie Wood, our current UK Youth Commissioner, is stepping down in September 2022.","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProgress on Youth Shaped\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EIn 2020/21, we asked young people and section leaders how much they thought young people were shaping their Scouts experience.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe results were a mixed bag, which isn\u2019t a surprise, considering the impact COVID-19 had on Scouts.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E73% of young people thought they came together at least once a term to decide what activities to take part in. This has stayed roughly the same since 2018. However, 87% of section leaders thought the same, which is up from 60% in 2018.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EOnly 54% of young people thought they used their skills to help run activities for other young people. This is down from 95% in 2018. 49% of section leaders thought the same thing, which is the same percentage as 2018.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EOnly 38% of young people thought their opinions influenced local decisions in Scouts, which is down from 50% in 2018. 40% of section leaders thought the same thing, decreasing from 53% in 2018.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EYouth Commissioners across the country designed a new Scouts badge for the YouShape Award. The award is designed to help young people to Plan, Represent and Lead Scouting, and lets them decide what they want to change or shape in their Scouts experience. The award then encourages young people to make their changes happen, through requirements related to Planning, Representing and Leading. Young people decide themselves when they\u2019ve met the requirements of the Award. To date, Scout Stores have sold 80,000 YouShape Awards.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAs well as shaping the programme, another Youth Shaped objective is to increase the number of young people in leadership positions. We now have 580 inspiring local Youth Commissioners, growing from 400 in 2018.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EOur focus is still on supporting young people to take up leadership positions and achieve their top awards. As part of our focus on this, we now have youth representation on every national programme of work.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWe\u2019ve got an active Community of Practice group that brings young people together to coordinate and inspire change.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWe\u2019ve added new resources to support adult volunteers in delivering our youth shaped goals. This includes resources for young people turning 18, new programme resources, case studies to support the YouShape Award, and updates to existing resources on our new website.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe National Role Pool is a group of young adults from across the UK who\u2019d like to get involved in Scouts nationally, and it now has 40 members. They\u2019re taking on various roles, from youth trustees on the UK Board, to members of subcommittees and project boards.\u003Cspan class=\u0022Apple-converted-space\u0022\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/18043/ayesha-karim-copy.png","width":1376,"height":1345,"altText":"UK Youth Commissioner Ayesha Karim is wearing Scouts uniform and a necker, and is smiling outside in front of a hedge","caption":"Ayesha Karim will be taking over from Ollie Wood as UK Youth Commissioner in September","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3 class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s next\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EYouth Commissioners will work with our Early Years team to understand the effectiveness of Youth Shaped Scouting in our new Squirrels section, and how we can support Dreys to go even further.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ELocal Youth Commissioners will focus on embedding the YouShape Award in programmes across the UK. This\u2019ll work towards our goal for 250,000 young people to be shaping Scouts by 2025.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EWe want the recovery of our membership numbers to include a boost in Young Leaders. This has fallen behind the growth of other sections.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThis year, we\u2019ve appointed our third UK Youth Commissioner since we created the role in 2014. Ayesha Karim takes over from Ollie Wood in September 2022. We\u2019d like to thank Ollie for his dedication and hard work since he took the role in 2018. He\u2019s achieved brilliant things, and we know Ayesha will do the same.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EInfluencing at the highest levels of the movement, Ayesha will work towards our goal to have 50% of all young people shaping their Scouts experience by 2025. 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