Scout Leaders Face Backlash Over Massive Woke Recruitment Drive
Wilderness skills are taking a backseat to woke activism at the Scouts, with the announcement of eight new equity, diversity and inclusion roles as part of an extensive race equity and EDI drive. The Mail has the story.
Scout leaders have come under fire after launching a massive woke recruitment drive. …
Announcing the jobs on LinkedIn, Joanna Gregson, the Scouts’ Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, wrote: “I’m so excited to say that we’re recruiting no less than eight new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion roles to support our race equity work and our ambitious new EDI programme.
“This represents a massive investment by the Scouts, demonstrating its commitment to long-term, meaningful change – and I’m so proud to be a part of it.”
She went on to list the positions saying the movement is looking for an EDI Programme Manager, EDI Project Manager, EDI Design Manager, two EDI executives, EDI Learning and Development Executive, EDI Resolutions Manager and Senior Researcher.
And Ms. Gregson pledged that there was more to come, adding: “For all you HR EDI specialists out there – we’ve also one of those in the works too, so keep your eyes peeled!”
The post was greeted excitedly by Rosemary Ellingham – a full time Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Executive at the Scouts who was appointed in April 2022.
She wrote: “Such an exciting move for the Scouts to be making. Can’t wait to see our new team grow!! Thanks Joanna for all your hard work to get us to this point.”
But not everybody was so impressed.
One angry parent said: “I wonder if any of these people know anything about teaching wilderness survival skills, abseiling or canoeing – they don’t seem to be on the Scouts’ list of priorities any more.
“They’ve lost their sense of adventure and literally tied themselves up in knots with all this nonsense.”
Another contacted MailOnline saying: “I’m all for inclusion and treating people fairly, but do they really need so many equity, diversity and inclusion roles at Scouts HQ?
“Note that these are new roles, so I figure they’re on top of the ones they have already. Plus they seem to be very excited about this.
“It all seems very woke to me. Is this how your average parent wants their membership subscriptions being spent?”
Ms. Gregson began working for the Scouts in November 2021 after previously being Head of Enforcement at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
The Scouts employ around 300 people and roles currently being advertised range from annual salaries of between £21,674 and £62,000.
Many are based at the Scouts headquarters in Gilwell Park, Chingford, East London while some recruits are being offered home based or hybrid working.
Last year the Scouts came under fire after issuing a new woke style guide banning children from using the terms “falling on deaf ears”, “man made” and “dinner ladies”.
Children are now prohibited from using “maiden name” and “Christian name” in a move to avoid causing offence to people of “all genders, religions, races and to those who live with a disability”.
Instead, Scouts are told to use “first name” or “given name” while “previous name” is preferred to “maiden name” as it is an “outdated term”.
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Seems it’s a female trait to be keen to promote this nonsense.
The fannification of large swathes of public and private work (and ‘voluntary’ organisations) has been a disaster.
Fannification; awesome.
Please don’t include me in the general fannification of society- but having had a mastectomy for breast cancer I’m probably no longer 100% woman!
Funny I never thought a mastectomy made me less of a woman, nor more of a man, but obviously I haven’t been indoctrinated with the current version of “right think”!
Morning Beanie
My rant was not about women in the workplace per se; over the years I’ve worked with plenty of woman better in their roles, than I’ve been in mine.
But the fairly recent cancer of promoting and rewarding touchy-feely, don’t work too hard, spend plenty of time volunteering on company time, reveal your inner-most feelings and neuroses, express sympathy and support for the latest identified group of victims . . . seems a trait common to a lot of women in the workplace.
The idea that we must work hard to provide goods and services to customers, and therefore income to the business for the benefit of society, employees and shareholders is largely absent. With the consequent ‘nothing works in this country’ result.
I am sure the picture at the top is of Matt Hancock and David Cameron as boys. That could explain a lot of things if they were plotting all this at an early stage.
It looks like Hancock has already outlined in red on the map one of the areas to be placed in tier 3.
Three articles today about the damages being done to children. Is that a purposeful theme or are there so many examples of child harm that it’s just a coincidence?
You’d think that after this disastrous trip they’d been looking to spend their money more wisely ……https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12375173/South-Koreas-World-Scout-Jamboree-compared-Squid-Game-100F-heatwave-plunges-Bear-Grylls-led-event-panic-4-500-British-kids-evacuated-hotels-600-fall-sick-amid-searing-temperatures.html
“Joanna Gregson, the Scouts’ Head of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” – there’s the problem, encapsulated on a single sentance.
Meanwhile 43,000 scouts are sweltering in the absolutely usual 35degree heat at a jamboree in South Korea. The campsite on mosquito infested mudflats is prone to flooding after normal August monsoon rains. Obviously nobody at scout headquarters thought to consider the possibility that with inadequate sanitation, washing and food hygiene facilities this was a disaster waiting to happen!
They were probably far too busy ensuring that no transgender scouts were upset if the wrong pronouns were used inadvertently!
“Be prepared” obviously now means something very different in the new DEI compliant scouting movement!
Well, I suppose it adds a certain diversity to the invitation to go back to Akela’s tent for the night