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Yours in Scouting

Yours In Scouting want to amplify the voices of people with lived experience of child abuse in The Scout Association.

You can share as much or as little as you like.

Your story is important.

 

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  • Post 2014

    I joined as an assistant leader recently. The scout leader was of an older generation and didn’t h…

  • Post 2014

    When I was 15, I was a young leader at a cub group whilst also in explorers and on a district cub ca…

  • Post 2014

    My ex-husband started as a scout leader during our divorce proceedings after his solicitor told him …

  • Post 2014

    I started scouts when I was 12. I was a very shy and reserved child and one particular leader, man i…

  • Post 2014

    I’d been in Scouting since I was 8 years old. It had become such an important part of my life, that …

  • Post 2014

    I was a rainbow, a brownie and then a scout and onto explorers, and after a few years returning at 2…

  • Post 2014

    My husband was charged with physically assaulting my son, his stepson. I was a witness. A local Scou…

  • Post 2014

    My son was not sexually abused, he was bullied by one of the scout leaders and the membership secret…

  • Insufficient Training

    Speaking as a volunteer with the Scouts: These experiences are real, and I fully support the goals o…