I briefly joined the scouts for 2 years to take part in a DOFE program and almost as soon as i joine…
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Emotional Abuse
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Sexual Abuse
I wasn’t in scouts but I was in girl guides. However we did go to camps where we would be sharing …
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Sexual Abuse
This is a hard story to tell, from when I was an Explorer between 2006 and 2008.
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Post 2014
I have been a leader for 30 years. I have seen attitudes change, and practices considered normal 30 …
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Sexual Abuse
In cubs in the mid-70s there was a regular outing by train to a seaside resort on the south coast. I…
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Sexual Abuse
I went from cubs to scouts and aged about 11 enrolled for my first aid badge. Me and another scout a…
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Sexual Abuse
I remember several of us Scouts being invited into the kit storeroom by an Assistant Scout Leader (i…
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Post 2014
I was a scout between 2010 and 2014, in 2011 I went on a scout trip to Europe, on that trip if we go…
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Sexual Abuse
I joined the scouts at 11 years old, quickly I developed a friendship with one of the group leaders….
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Post 2014
There is no legal duty of care for volunteer leaders who chose to ignore the escalating bullying by …