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How to check ID on the Membership System
Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk
Please note that you can request a disclosure only after the volunteer signs in to scouts.org.uk and provides their personal details. If you’re requesting a disclosure for a member who’s under 18, their role’s start date must be before their 18th birthday to allow you to request their disclosure.
On your welcome page:
1. Click ‘My membership’.
On the top right (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):
2. Click ‘Search member’.
On the ‘Member search’ page:
3. Type the member’s name into the text box and click ‘Search’.
4. Click the member’s name on the list.
On the left-hand side menu, under the member’s name (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right, then click the member’s name):
5. Click ‘Disclosures’.
6. Click ‘Request disclosure’ under the column ‘Action’ (you might need to scroll along using the bar at the bottom of the list).
On the member’s disclosure page:
7. Check the member’s details match their ID and click on the ID that you have seen.
If you need to correct the member’s details, on the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right) click the member’s name. Click ‘Edit’ where you need to make any changes, click ‘Save changes’ and then return to step 4.
8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the declaration.
9. Click ‘Submit’
Regulated activity is work that a barred person must not do. This note provides information on the scope of Regulated Activity in relation to children, defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (SVG) Act 2006 and the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007, both as amended (in particular by, respectively, section 64 and Schedule 7, Protection of Freedoms Act 2012). This note is about the law in England and Wales, and in Northern Ireland. Download a copy here: Appendix Ci – Regulated-activity-children
Barred list checks
People on barred lists are barred from regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults. It is a criminal offence for someone on these lists to work or apply to work in regulated activity.
The Disclosure and Barring Service keeps two barred lists:
Read more information on the AccessNI applications process, and general information on AccessNI.
AccessNI’s Code of Practice is also available through their website.
A copy of our policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request from the Scouts Support Centre.
We’ll keep certain types of information for different periods of time in line with our Data Retention Policy.
Read our Data Protection Policy.
If you would like more information or support around Access NI or our Disclosure process, please contact our team at NI:
(Last update: Sept 2025)
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