{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"fullWidth","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EAlong with safeguarding, safety is a golden thread throughout Scouts. It\u2019s our number one priority to keep young people in our care safe from harm.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EProgress a year on\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe have made considerable enhancements to safety management in Scouts throughout the past year. We have:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWelcomed new staff into our Safety Team: \u003C/strong\u003Ehelping us increase our support across the movement, so we can keep developing our safety culture.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFocused on core safety training for all members and line managers:\u003C/strong\u003E by introducing new safety inductions specific to key roles.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELaunched a local support pilot: \u003C/strong\u003Eto check the quality of our safety support and learn more about the way we deliver and embed risk assessments.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReviewed our Policy, Organisation and Rules:\u003C/strong\u003E including guidance and supporting templates. We then delivered briefings and training sessions in line with our updates. Specifically, we looked into air activities, climbing, cycling, sailing, and technology (particularly the use of radios).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECreated a three-year safety road map from 2023-2025:\u003C/strong\u003E to support the approach of continuous improvement.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe key pillars of our three-year road map are:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESafety training and education\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EUsing safety data to create an insights dashboard\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinuing to develop the safety assurance framework\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EImproving how we capture and share best practice, as well as lessons learned\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EKeeping our activities and programme safe, by continuing to work closely with National Governing Bodies and other partnership organisations\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIntroducing specialist external advice and scrutiny.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Safety Committee has procedures in place for gathering data about incidents. They consider the data carefully, so we can improve. It\u2019s important to learn from experience and make sure we\u2019re appropriately responding to incidents, so this approach is embedded in our culture and systems throughout our movement. What we learn is fed into reviews of our rules and guidance, and shared widely through our frequent webinars and member emails.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EWhat\u2019s next\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn our three-year road map, we have a few key focus areas for 2023 under each pillar. We\u2019ll:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003ETraining and education\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinue working on the safety core learning for volunteers, as part of the transformation programme.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAchieve and maintain our agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for compliance training.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EParticularly focus on first aid training compliance.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESupport the implementation of the staff Learning Management System and effective utilisation of safety e-learning for key training requirements against roles.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003ELesson learning and sharing best practices\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEnhance leading and lagging indicators to be more proactive about our current safety performance.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDevelop the volunteer safety advisor network to use knowledge and experience, and better share good practice.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003EThird party scrutiny and external review\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEstablish a direct primary and co-ordinated authority partnership that\u2019ll make sure our policy and procedures are checked and assured.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECreate a programme to review the policies, procedures and forms based on primary authority input and achieve assured status.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EAudit our current health and safety arrangements to find opportunities to improve.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003ESafety assurance\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinue to support volunteers in specific locations where a need\u2019s been identified through the use of our heat map data.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEstablish learnings and embed local assurance as a continuous programme.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinue to embed our continuous improvement culture.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003EActivities and programme\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EComplete all planned activity reviews in 2023 and make sure they return to a normal schedule following the impact of COVID-19.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinue to support programme teams to deliver safe programmes.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003EDigital tools\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EContinue supporting the digital team to make sure the new membership system launches with key safety requirements, such as permits.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWorking towards providing relevant safety compliance and performance information to volunteer line managers and local trustees, to make sure this data is readily available and integrated within our digital tools.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EFind out what tools we can use from the new membership system in relation to safety.\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003ESafe Scouting programme\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019ve started our Safe Scouting programme of work. As part of this, we\u2019ll begin a discovery phase to look at how we quality assure key safety tasks in our movement and digitalise some of our processes and resources. We\u2019re doing this to respond to a growing need to show evidence of our compliance, as well as make our processes and resources as simple and easy to access as possible.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019re aiming to help volunteers prioritise, being even clearer on which tasks matter the most and helping everyone feel confident about how to keep others and themselves safe.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019ll continue working to drive and embed a culture of safety across the organisation \u2013 a culture where safety tasks enable exciting adventures and become a natural part of what we do in our planning and delivery processes (and where learning is shared).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003ESafety governance\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe have a range of measures in place to keep everyone safe. These include:\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOur Safety Policy:\u003C/strong\u003E As part of our key policies, our Safety Policy clearly outlines the commitment to safety we expect from everyone in Scouts. It helps make sure everyone plays their part in keeping young people safe. We review the Safety Policy each year, and it\u2019s informed by wider sector best practice.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESafety Committee:\u003C/strong\u003E We have a Safety Committee that reports directly to the Board of Trustees. An external appointee chairs the Committee, and the appointee is a Trustee with working professional experience in health and safety management. The Safety Committee includes independent members, with experience in health and safety across several sectors. The Committee links to people responsible for providing leadership, and oversees the safety policies, procedures, and rules we give to our volunteers.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEach quarter, we update the Board of Trustees on safety matters, including incident statistics, training, and compliance reports.\u003Cbr\u003EEach year, the Board gets a full report of Safety Committee activities. 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