Surrey Scouts and the Armed Forces Covenant
The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise by the nation ensuring that those who serve, or have served, and their families, are treated fairly.
Surrey Scouts signed the Armed Forces Covenant on 29 June 2024 (Armed Forces Day) in the presence of His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mr Michael More-Molyneux.
Our County Commissioner, Joe Rogerson said, “Surrey Scouts is committed to honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and supporting the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our country and to Scouting”.
Colonel (Retd) Patrick Crowley MBE DL, Chief Executive of the South East Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association (SERFCA) commented, “I am delighted that Surrey Scouts have signed the Armed Forces’ Covenant. By doing this they have shown their support to Regular and Reserve personnel of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, their families and veterans. Thank you for this important commitment.”
Our Covenant commitments
We are committed to upholding Scouting’s Values and Standards in our interactions with members of the Armed Forces Community; and in promoting the fact that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation
We enable young people from the Armed Forces Community to join Scouting and support their parents and families to integrate into their local communities.
We support the recruitment of adults from the Armed Forces Community. recognising and valuing military skills and qualifications. We offer flexible volunteering opportunities to fit with training, mobilisation and deployment of both the volunteer and their partner. We support volunteers to enjoy our outdoors and adventurous activities; and to integrate into their local communities.
We support our members who are volunteer leaders in military cadet organisations; and encourage joint activities and resource sharing between Surrey Scouts and the Cadet organisations to the benefit of young people from the Armed Forces Community.
We encourage our members to support Armed Forces Day, Reserves Day, and the Poppy Appeal. We encourage participation in Remembrance.
See the Surrey Scouts Armed Forces Covenant
Surrey Scouts is aware that Service members and families have little or no say in where they are posted or for how long. We know that this can lead to challenges such as having to regularly start new friendships and can create obstacles to spouse employment and outside interests. It may mean a lack of available family support. Added to this are spouse and parental absences due to training, deployments and operations.
We value your skills whether you’re currently serving, transferring back to civilian life, or a veteran. We offer flexible volunteering opportunities that fit with your Service commitments. We actively support our volunteers to enjoy our outdoors and adventurous activities.