Ealing Scouts Attend Youth Forum at Oxford University
500 meet to help shape the future of the movement
Keira Patel. Picture: Scout Content-min
March 19, 2025
Young people from Ealing have recently attended a UK-wide Scout event to shape positive change for the movement.
Four scouts and two scout leaders from Greater London Middlesex West have helped shape the Scouts movement for the next decade, having an impact on hundreds of thousands of other young people in the UK.
This youth forum event at the University of Oxford on Saturday 15 March was one of the first of its kind ever to take place in the UK Scout Movement
15-year-old Keira Patel, 15 from Ealing, said, “I’m here to represent young leaders and to voice my opinion. Young people are the next generation and their opinion is really important to create a better world. I really care about human rights, animal rights and definitely the environment. All issues that Scouts can help with”
From every area of the UK, two Scouts aged 10 to 14 and two Explorer Scouts aged 14-18, supported by two adult volunteers, were invited to youth forums in Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester and Oxford to give as many young people as possible the chance to examine the Movement’s future plans, and suggest changes based on their own experiences.
Dwayne Fields, the recently appointed Chief Scout, said: “It’s important that the future plans of the Scouts are informed by young people, so that’s why it’s essential that young people from Ealing are able to contribute to the future of the Scout Movement in the next ten years by having their say on our future plans.”
Scouts at the meeting in Oxford. Picture: Scout Content-min
The day forum event in Oxford included workshops about the role of youth voice in the Movement’s strategy. Some specifically explored topics like advocacy, equity, diversity and inclusion, safety and safeguarding, sustainability and digital. Young people also considered what the world – and Scouts – will look like in 2035.
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