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Girl Guides policies on girls consent and safeguarding

31 replies

Winewinewinegin · 06/04/2018 20:48

A couple of questions. Latest response says the below:

"We’ve been asked why we don’t simply use exemptions under the law...we welcome all guidance that helps us navigate this complex area. However, as a girl-only organisation Girlguiding does not have the right to exclude trans young people from guiding and nor would we wish to. "

  • I would assume as a single sex organisation, guides would remain open to girls identifying as boys. But could legally exclude boys identifying as girls. Is this correct?
  • What is the policy for adult leaders regarding sleeping, changing, toilets, especially with the girls?
  • How do DBS checks work with trans volunteers?
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jedenfalls · 06/04/2018 21:12

Isn’t this the organisation that wants to exclude trans identitying girls?

Winewinewinegin · 06/04/2018 21:04

Hope I was wondering if they automatically check prior name too.

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HopeAndJoy16 · 06/04/2018 20:57

Surely DBS checks work exactly the same for trans volunteers as non-trans volunteers eg any unspent convictions would be noted on it?!

SirVixofVixHall · 06/04/2018 20:53

By adults I mean supervising adults.

SirVixofVixHall · 06/04/2018 20:52

I’m also interested in the policy re adults, I may have misread it but I thought they had stated that they don’t need to tell parents the sex of either other children on residential trips, or adults ? Have I misunderstood that ?

SirVixofVixHall · 06/04/2018 20:51

Yes, legally they have the right to remain single sex. Also what is that “ as a girl only organisation” ???!???! Surely they don’t think a child can actually become the other sex?

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