Perception of Scouting Survey “Answers”
Thank you for completing the survey, it will help us in understanding the perception of scouting and how we can promote scouting to both young people and adults not currently involved in scouting.
In the survey we ask you to guess a number of question about scouting; here are the “correct” answers.
Scouting opened to girls in all age ranges in 1992
32% of our youth members are girls
Scouting in the UK is open to all religions and those who have no religion
Scouting was founded by Robert Baden-Powell
The current Chief Scout is Bear Grylls
The scout motto is Be Prepared
Cost of Activities
The cost of these activities comes from What do parents spend on their children I GKP Report (gkandpartners.com)
Sports/clubs/training/lessons – £260
Dance/Ballet/clubs/lessons – £208
Drama/clubs/lessons – £156
Extra tuition/maths/English – £468
Musical instruments/lessons – £208
Swimming/lessons/clubs/admission – £312
Gymnastics/self-defence/Judo/Karate – £416
Arts/Painting/lessons/clubs – £156
On average scouting membership and the cost of additional activities (camps etc.) is ~£200 per year
Number of Volunteers and Paid Staff in Organisations
The Scouts is the biggest volunteer organisation in the UK, along with the Girl Guiding who have over 100,000 volunteers.
| Organisation | Volunteers | Staff | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Scout Association | 141,695 | ~650 | 217:1 |
| Age UK | 75,000 | 1,500 | 50:1 |
| Cancer Research UK | 30,000 | 4,385 | 7:1 |
| National Trust | 53,000 | 14,000 | 4:1 |
| Oxfam GB | 23,000 | 5,000 | 5:1 |
| Royal British Legion | 50,000 | 1,700 | 30:1 |
| St. John Ambulance | 20,000 | 1,763 | 11:1 |
The average scout group has no paid staff, and a small number of groups with a building employ a part-time cleaner, but they are not employed to deliver scouting activity.