scout camp - boys and girls sharing a room

[justcheese]

Just dropped my 10 year old DD at scout camp. The scouts are sharing a room, all boys aside from 4 girls. Scouts are aged from 10-14 years.

They have camped before but boys and girls have always slept seperately.

I'm not suggesting anything untoward will happen for a minute, but AIBU to be uncomfortable with this?

Am aware I might be.....

[Shapebandit]

I just did my nights away training.
It's ideal to have separate sleeping areas but only if it's possible. It's not a requirement. Would be a good idea to put a sheet up to separate the two sides of the hall though. Which they may be planning on doing later

[justcheese]

I've had a look for definitive guidance but can't find anything. There was no segregation at all as its just a large hut with bunk beds round it. I reserved the nearest beds for the other girls so they are all together at least but i'm not sure this would have happened otherwise.

DD didn't seem bothered and, as i've said, neither are the other mums but it still seems odd to me. One of the girls might have their period and equally the boys might be uncomfortable sharing with girls so i don't think i'm being precious about it. Thank you for reassuring me that i'm not being too bonkers!

[grumpysquash]

I am a Beavers leader. We separate boys and girls for sleeping and leaders are not allowed to sleep in with the children. Except that in some venues, there is nowhere else to sleep. So at one sleepover, the boys slept in the community room (like a church hall), the girls slept in the back of the church. I slept in the aisle of the church, within easy earshot of the girls in case of needing to help with toilet in the night etc. One of the male leaders slept in the hallway (a very small space, right by the toilet) to do the same job for the boys. The other two leaders ended up having to sleep in the church, but went far down the other end to give the girls privacy.
So in this case, the girls actually slept in the same room as three leaders, two of them male! Also there was only one toilet/sink, so not possible to separate boys/girls/leaders.
Anyway, the point I was making is that scouting guidelines are quite clear for ideal situations, but sometimes the circumstances dictate otherwise. I think in this case if the girls are all together, it would be ok???