About
#SkillsForLife
As Scouts, we believe in preparing young people with #skillsforlife. We encourage young people to do more, learn more and be more.
Each week, we help young people aged 6-25 enjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they need to succeed, now and in the future.
We’re talking about teamwork, leadership and resilience – skills that have helped Scouts become everything from teachers and social workers to astronauts and Olympians. We help young people develop and improve key life skills.
We believe in bringing people together. We celebrate diversity and stand against intolerance, always. We’re part of a worldwide movement, creating stronger communities and inspiring positive futures.
9th Orpington Air Scouts is part of a huge organisation spanning the entire globe. In the UK alone over 400,000 young people benefit from Scouting.
To find out more please visit the main Scouting website:
Safeguarding
We take great responsibility in ensuring the Welfare and safety of all our members. All of our leaders are interviewed locally and asked to provide references. They undergo the mandatory training they need to be the best they can be, including basic first aid and child protection. Special training is provided for those taking young people away on residential events like camps and sleepovers.
Everyone who works with young people also has to undertake a disclosure check (also known as a ‘police check’)
More information about our safeguarding policy's may be found here:
