Youth Club

[geoffrey]

A village youth club has 9 boy and 8 girl members and two male leaders. One of the girls parents have stated that the law requires a female adult to be present when girls are present and a male if boys are present. Is this correct and if so can they use the word 'female' in any advertising for this missing female leader? They have been informed that if they state that a female leader is essential for girls then a male leader must be essential for boys as otherwise it would break the gender equality laws although neither are required by law, but there seems to be much uncertainty about this.

[teaboy2]

Re: Youth Club

Utter rubbish - There's no such statutory requirement (LAW) to have a female supervisor present when girls are present! Supervising children can be done by either sex. Though granted it is best to have a female present to supervise girls getting changed or in other situations where common sense would suggest its best to have a female supervise the girls! Though older teenage girls can supervise the younger ones anyway!

If what the parent said were true, which it isn't, then you'd have boys in one classroom at school being taught by a male teacher and girls in another being taught by a female teacher! - This is just a classic case of a parent being over protective of their child, through fear of the risk of abuse, and as a result stating something is the law that is not actually the law at all!

Here's a leaflet from the Boy Brigade (pay attention to the second paragraph) - Click Here

[Amethyst]

Re: Youth Club

Here's a leaflet from the Boy Brigade (pay attention to the second paragraph) - Click Here

Just quoting the paragraph Teaboy has indicated:

Q: If we decide to set up a Girls’ Association will we need to have female leaders?
A: There is no policy or legal requirement to have female leaders. An ordinary BB night
in a church hall or other appropriate premises would not necessitate or preclude
leaders of either sex being present. The most important factor is having the right
number of leaders with the appropriate skills present to supervise the activities you
have planned.
There would be situations where common sense and good practice would mean you
must have leaders of both sexes present, for example camps, holidays or sleepovers.
Also if you have children or young people who because of a disability or impairment
need a level of personal care or help with changing etc, then it is necessary to have
a leader of the same sex helping them.