Nights Away Permit
W% know th!t camping and similar residential events are among the most popular activities that we can offer in Scouting. The Nights Away Permit Scheme has been introduced to promote quality nights away experiences for young people. Any adult wishing to take young people under 18 years old away on a camping or residential experience must hold an appropriate Nights Away Permit.Nights Away Adviser
Each District should have a Nights Away Adviser. They have two key roles:
Meet with adults and assess them as required and to help them to gain an appropriate Permit.
Advise on camping and residential issues and to generally promote nights away opportunities within the District
Practical Assessment
Where an applicant’s knowledge and ability is not known, an assessment is required. This is likely to take place across three stages:
STAGE ONE: During planning of the event
STAGE TWO: During the event itself
STAGE THREE: After the event, at the evaluation session
At each of these stages, the Nights Away Adviser will assess the applicant’s knowledge and ability following the assessment check list in Factsheet AC120990
Recommending a Nights Away Permit
Having met with the applicant then visited for a more detailed assessment, Nights Away Advisers should use the form with the assessment check list to make a recommendation to their District Commissioner.
The Nights Away Notification (NAN) form can be downloaded from here in either Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) or Microsoft Word (.DOC) format.
Further information is available from your Nights Away Adviser, your District Commissioner or from:
Dave
Saunders
County Nights Away Adviser