Young people from Gloucestershire joined other Scouts from across the UK at the University of Oxford to help shape the future of Scouting.

The landmark forum will help the UK's largest youth organisation plan for its next decade of sustainable growth.

Ryan Stennett, 16, from Dursley, said: "It's important for young people's views to be heard because Scouting is about the young people, about their enjoyment, their experiences within Scouts.

"And I feel like it's very important to hear their opinions on how things are run, their opinions on what they believe could and should happen, and what are the issues we care about, and how we can get everyone involved."

Zuzanna Kula, 17, from Tewkesbury has been a Scout since the age of 6 and said the forum is a chance to hear about the issues that matter to young people, so leaders can support them to make an impact in their community.

She said: "Planting those seeds to the young people, and then the young people building on them and growing those ideas and making the impact that they want is what Scouts is about."

From every area of the UK, two Scouts aged 10 to 14 and two Explorer Scouts aged 14 to 18, supported by two adult volunteers, were invited to a youth forum in Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester or Oxford, to give as many young people as possible the chance to examine the movement's future plans, and suggest changes based on their own experiences.

Dwayne Fields, the recently appointed Chief Scout, said: "It's important that the future plans of the Scouts are informed by young people, so that's why it's essential that young people from Gloucestershire are able to contribute to the future of the Scout movement in the next 10 years by having their say on our future plans."

The event in Oxford included workshops about the role of youth voice in the movement's strategy, with topics lincluding advocacy, equity, diversity and inclusion, safety and safeguarding, sustainability and digital. Young people also considered what the world - and Scouts - will look like in 2035.