Your Vote Week!

This week is Welcome to Your Vote Week!

We’re taking part in the Electoral Commission’s Welcome to Your Vote Week to kickstart conversations about democracy and politics with students. Throughout the week, we want students to see that democracy impacts everything around them, and we want to help them have their say.

Learn more about your vote, check out www.electoralcommission.org.uk/learning

Already 14? Why not take five minutes to register to vote at www.gov.uk/registertovote

Democracy challenge

This challenge helps young people explore the democratic processes of their section, local communities, national communities and the UK making them better placed to take part in those processes.

The Challenge has five areas including the requirement of taking part in an appropriate forum. This supports leaders running sectional forums. ADC’s/AAC’s should ensure provision of District and Area forums for Scouts and Explorer Scouts, allowing young people the opportunity to take part.