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Our perception to do list...

To ensure scouting across South London is understood in our communities we will:

  1. Work with our districts to raise the profile of scouting across Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham and the Royal Borough of Greenwich

  2. Provide a communications and media workshop for our adults to attend

  3. Develop an online perception toolkit to help groups and units easily develop their own internal and external communications

  4. Ensure that all of our groups and units are represented on google places (google maps)

  5. Promote the opportunities young people have (as a scout), to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme

  6. Recruit and train more young spokespeople who reflect the make up of our county

  7. Develop tools for our districts, groups and units to use during a targeted ‘scout week’ campaign aimed at local communities including a wear your scarf to work / school / college etc day

  8. Strengthen relationships with public, private and voluntary / third sector organisations and promote opportunities for employer supported volunteering

  9. Encourage and facilitate quality communications with local media

  10. Develop a recruitment campaign that shows that scouting and our programme fits everyone and is available to all

  11. Work with our districts to promote the work we do and emphasise the benefits of scouting to local businesses, the borough council, schools and other organisations within their district

  12. Deliver positive media work focusing on the impact of scouting on individuals and communities

  13. Invite our MPs, Mayors and Local Councillors to AGMs and other events of interest

  14. Promote scouting as different or an alternative to technology/virtual interaction highlighting that scouting is a ‘safe’ activity because its “real” and doesn’t have the dangers of cyber- space

  15. Develop an annual external communication plan to communicate with the local press across the county and stick to it

  16. Continue to develop our web site for our external and internal audiences

  17. Further develop the ‘volunteer with us’ and ‘become a scout’ sections of our website

  18. Continue to develop our social media presence

  19. Continue to develop and produce South Circular magazine and distribute it internally and externally

  20. Ensure borough councils include us on its website