Events run by Senior Section
members
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Senior Section members may work towards and
gain permits to run, under certain conditions, holidays and camps
without an adult Leader.
Details of peer group residential events,
Senior Section Permits and the supporting roles can be found in
Senior Section publications and on the Senior Section web
pages.
Peer group residential
events
These are events run by a team of Senior
Section members working together, with no single participant in
charge.
A group of between four and seven Senior
Section members may run a residential event for themselves provided
that:
- they have approval from their Leader and
Commissioner for the event and the venue (by completing the
Residential
Event Notification form)
- an adult supervisor who is within 30 minutes’
travelling time and available at all times is appointed for the
event
- every member receives training for the event
as required
- written permission is obtained from an adult
with parental responsibility for each participant under the age of
18 for her to take part in the event, by completing a
Consent for Event/Activity form.
- every participant completes a Health Information form
- the group provides a home contact list for
the supervisor and themselves.
Note: At peer group events, recruitment checks
for those over the age of 16 are not required.
Senior Section Overnight
Permit and Senior Section Permit
Details of Senior Section Permits can be found
in Senior Section publications and on the Senior Section web
pages.
Qualifications to run an overnight
event
A Senior Section member who holds, or is
working to gain, a Senior Section Overnight Permit may run an
overnight event lasting up to 24 hours for up to eight Guides or
Senior Section members.
Qualification required to run a
holiday, camp or expedition
A Senior Section member who holds, or is
working to gain, a Senior Section Permit may run a camp, holiday or
expedition lasting two or more nights for up to eight Guides or
Senior Section members.
Regulations
The Senior Section member holding or working
towards the permit must ensure she has:
- approval from her Leader for the event and
the venue (and route plans if going on an expedition; see the
walking pages of the A to Z of
activities) - the Residential Notification
form is used to seek approval.
- written permission is obtained from an adult with parental
responsibility for each participant under the age of 18 for her to
take part in the event, by completing a Consent for Event/Activity form.
- ensured that every participant completes a
Health Information form.
- ensured that any adventurous activities are
carried out in accordance with the regulations in the A to Z of activities.
- an adult supervisor who is within 30 minutes’
travelling time and available at all times must be appointed for
the event. The adult must be contactable by the group throughout
the event.
- Two people may be assessed for this permit at
the same venue and may share activity sessions. However, in every
other respect the events must be planned and run separately, with
each candidate working with up to eight Guides or Senior Section
members.
Any Senior Section member over the age of 16
holding or working towards her permit and taking away girls under
the age of 16, must complete the Girlguiding UK recruitment checks
and be listed on Go! as a Unit Residential Occasional Helper.
Senior
Section International Module
This is an extention module to the Senior Section Permit where a
member is able to take a group of up to eight Senior Section
members abroad.
Before you can take this module, however, you need to hold a
permit with the relevant modules for the type of holiday planned
(ie module 7 for a camp and module 9 for an expedition. An
overnight permit is not sufficient).
If any group member is under the age of 16, the permit holder
must be aged at least 18.
Talk to your Senior Section
Leader/Advisor at the earliest module if you are planning on taking
this module and keep in touch with her and your mentor while you
are working on it.
If going overseas with The Scout Association
or another organisation, or participating in expeditions such
as the Explorer Belt, please read the guidance:
Page last updated: 5/9/2012