Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On your welcome page: 

1. Click ‘My membership’.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):  

2. Click ‘Programme support’.

3. Click ‘Permits’.

4. Click ‘Permit search’.

On the ‘Permit search’ page: 

5. Type the permit and click ‘Search permit activity’, or browse the all permit activities list.

6. Click the permit name.

On the ‘Activity details’ page

7. Click ‘Apply’.

If the ‘Apply’ button is grey and you’re not able to click it, please read the guide on how to renew my permit.

Under ‘Add permit details’:

8. Select ‘Category’, ‘Type’ and ‘Location’ from the dropdown menus.

Under ‘Add health factors and restrictions’:  

9. Type any health factors relevant to the activity and any restrictions wanted into the text boxes.

Under ‘Assessor’: 

10. Select internal or external assessor.

If you’ve selected internal assessor: Select the assessor’s name from the list.

If you’ve selected external assessor: Under ‘Add external assessor detail’, add their details to the fields. Then, tick the box to confirm the assessor meets the requirements.

Under ‘Add qualification’: 

11. If you have any relevant activity specific qualifications, click ‘Add qualification’ and type the name of the qualification, the awarding body and date gained in the text boxes. You’ll be able to upload any supporting documents under the section ‘Supporting documents’.

If you have clicked on add qualification in error, click ‘Delete this qualification’ to continue.

Under ‘Add experience’:  

12. Type a summary of your experience into the text box.

Under ‘Supporting documents’:  

13. If you have supporting documents, click ‘Add document’, type the attachment document description into the box and click ‘Browse’ to upload the document.

If you have clicked on add document in error, click ‘Delete document’ to continue.

At the bottom of the page: 

14. Click ‘Submit’, or ‘Save’ to return to your application within 6 months.

If you’ve saved the application to finish it later, you’ll find your permit application by clicking ‘My in progress permits’, under ‘My permits’.