Coeducation

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Co-education

• Promoting Co-education In Scouting

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How Long...?

• ...has Scouting been mixed?

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How Many...?

• ...Groups were mixed in 2004?

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Is It True That...?

• ...you have to have female leaders in a mixed
  Section?

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Do You...?

• ...have to make changes to your Nights Away
  arrangements?

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If You...?

• want to go mixed before 2007, do you still need
  to consult with all interested parties?

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Who Said...?

• Girls ask me if they may share the delights of
  a Scouting life with the boys. But of course they
  may! I am always glad to hear of girls patrols
  being formed.

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We Believe

• that young people grow into more effective
  citizens when they live and work together,
  learning and understanding more about each other.

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The Timetable For Change

• All young people accepted into all Sections from
  1 January 2007
• Can be rolled out at local level

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Co-education and Mixed Scouting

• Co-education
• Opportunity to understand everybody as
  individuals, regardless of gender
• Mixed Scouting
• Males and females taking part in Scouting
  activities

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Benefits of Co-education

• Enables young people to fulfil their potential
  and...
• Become confident, responsible citizens.
• Best way to achieve this is through mixed
  Sections.

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Julie From London

• As a Scout Leader, my then DC was totally
  against girls in Scouting, I invited him on camp
  several times and after a while he admitted to me
  that the positive effect and competitive edge had
  improved dramatically with the girls being there
  I grinned like a Cheshire cat all day long

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Youth Membership
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The National Picture

• Percentage of girls and young women per
  county/area
• 0 5
• 6 10
• 11 15
• 16

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Facts and Figures
Mixed Sections
Female Members
2003 Census 2004 Census
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Liz From The North West

• In Scout Groups, the female/male Leadership
  tends to be pretty even, but in District/County
  teams they are still male-dominated. I was the
  only female at most of my meetings and felt like
  a token gesture

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Selling the Message

• Promote benefits to local community
• Members, Leaders, parents, friends
• An opportunity for a recruitment campaign?

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Peter From The Midlands

• Girls are as good at Scouting as boys are, if
  not better at most things that must be kind of
  shocking to the diehards in the Movement

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Support and Resources

• One Movement Working Together
• Living and Working Together Update
• On-going learning module
• Articles, programme ideas, and more...!

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Kevin From Bristol

• Everyone can offer something. My advice is to
  treat all young people as Scouts first and
  foremost. They have joined Scouting because they
  want to do Scouting activities its not rocket
  science

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Any Questions?