{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch4\u003EMembers \u2013 Age and Gender\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease type in the number of youth members you have for each age group by gender. Since 2020, we\u2019ve provided options for young people who self-identify other than male or female, or who prefer not to state their gender. These columns should be used where you know this information because it\u2019s been voluntarily supplied to you, or it\u2019s been collected anonymously, such as \u003Ca href=\u0022https://prod-cms.scouts.org.uk//media/jkyjrsbt/census-information-for-parents-26.pdf\u0022 title=\u0022Census Information For Parents 26\u0022\u003Eusing our collection form\u003C/a\u003E or through the OSM census aggregator. Leaders and line managers should not ask members directly or make assumptions about gender.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe have added these categories because The Scouts positively recognises all genders and is aiming to better understand and serve our diverse membership. We are committed to consulting, reviewing and improving data collection across demographic categories in the future.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/eudftxma/age-and-gender.jpg","width":556,"height":183,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch4\u003EMembers \u2013 Ethnicity\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease type in the number of members you have for each of the given ethnic groups. The gender columns remain as above, and we\u2019ve also provided options for young people who prefer to self-identify or prefer not to state their ethnicity. Again, these columns should be used where you already know this information because it\u2019s been volunteered to you, or it\u2019s been asked in an anonymous way.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe ethnicity categories match those used in the 2021 UK national census. Information about ethnicity is anonymous, and the young person form available in the \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/running-things-locally/census/census-downloads/\u0022 title=\u0022Census Downloads\u0022\u003Ecensus download area\u003C/a\u003E has been produced to help collect this information.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/smzjlb3j/young-people-ethnicity-2025.png","width":903,"height":303,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch4\u003EMembers \u2013 Religion\u003C/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPlease type in the number of adult members you have for each of the given religions. The gender columns remain as above, and we\u2019ve also provided options for young people who prefer to self-identify or prefer not to state their religion.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThese columns should be used where you already know this information because it\u2019s been volunteered to you, or it\u2019s been collected anonymously as above. We added this information in 2022 because we know many religions form our Scouting, and we\u0027re keen to know the religious makeup of our membership. The categories match those in the 2021 UK national census. 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