{"id":1887,"date":"2020-09-19T09:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T08:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2020-10-30T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T13:14:07","slug":"plans-for-getting-our-scout-group-back-together-safely-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/plans-for-getting-our-scout-group-back-together-safely-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for getting our Scout Group back together safely &#8211; September Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although we are all looking forward to being able to return to face to face Scouting, unfortunately we are still not sure when this will be<a>. <\/a>At a recent meeting with all section leaders, it was agreed to reassess the situation at half-term in October but we wanted to provide an update on how we will approach a restart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our restart plans will follow all government rules and guidance from Scouts\u2019 UK HQ. As always, our priority is to keep all young people and adults safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning to Scouting will happen in phases and in small groups, the guidance at the moment says up to 15 young people with an additional 5 adults but everyone will have to follow the 2-metre social distancing and cleaning\/hygiene rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An outline of how we will operate, following the Scouts\u2019 \u2018COVID Code\u2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>New control measures will be in place for all activities<\/li><li>Additional hygiene measures will be put in place<\/li><li>Social distancing will be observed and Leaders, Scouts and Explorers will wear masks when inside<\/li><li>Adjustments will be made for vulnerable young people or others affected by COVID<\/li><li>Returning to face-to-face Scouts is voluntary for all young people, parents\/carers and volunteers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The section leaders and the Group Executive are working hard to make sure we have all the new COVID safety measures in place to enable us to offer safe scouting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a youth led organisation so we wanted to get the views from our members and their parents before making any final decisions. Below is a link to a questionnaire that we would be grateful if each family could fill out when they have a moment: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/LMGqwQhcE9NYWJGT8\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/LMGqwQhcE9NYWJGT8<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Wishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny Owens, Group Scout Leader<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although we are all looking forward to being able to return to face to face Scouting, unfortunately we are still not sure when this will be. At a recent meeting with all section leaders, it was agreed to reassess the situation at half-term in October but we wanted to provide an update on how we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/plans-for-getting-our-scout-group-back-together-safely-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plans for getting our Scout Group back together safely &#8211; September Update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1917,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/23rdbromleyscouts.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}