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144th Glasgow 1st Baillieston Scout Group – WhatsApp Community Guidelines
144th Glasgow 1st Baillieston Scout Group – WhatsApp Community Guidelines
We’ve created a WhatsApp Community for our Scout Group to help parents, carers, and leaders stay connected, share important updates, and make communication quick and easy.
The community is organised into separate section groups (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts) so you’ll only receive updates relevant to your child’s section.
WhatsApp is for quick updates only — please continue to check your email for detailed or official communications.
Our WhatsApp Community is for:
Quick updates (eg, meeting changes, reminders, running late)
Sharing group news
Answering common questions
Helping parents support each other with non-personal queries
We'll create temporary sub chats for specific events like camps etc. which will be deleted once the event is completed.
It's not for:
Sharing personal contact information with other parents.
Discussing sensitive matters about children or leaders.
Lengthy debates of off-topic conversations.
Chasing up leaders at all hours during the working week.
To keep the groups safe, respectful, and useful:
Keep it Scout-related – Only post messages relevant to group activities and events.
No personal details – Please do not share your own or anyone else’s personal contact information.
Respect everyone’s privacy – Do not post photos or names of children without prior permission.
Be respectful – Treat all members with kindness and courtesy.
Updates come from leaders – Please wait for official confirmation from leaders before acting on information.
To get access:
Contact your section leader - We'll send you invite links to your sections chats and any relevant chats.
We may remove you - Section leaders will routinely check members of chats. If there is unusual activity or an unrecognised name or number. We will err on the side of caution and remove that person.
Rejoin if removed by mistake - If you are removed by mistake simply let us know and we'll re-add you.
Protecting each other - If you feel someone should be removed from a chat please reach out to your section leader by email.
Take a break - If you choose to leave the chat temporarily, simply contact your leader to get re-added when you’re ready.
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