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Been delivering some bike training with our local scouts in Deptford. Not one of them turned up with a helmet. We were mostly doing the mechanics bit, so it wasn’t a huge issue, although we had planned to cover correct fitting. You can do that with any old helmet. The whole set of badge requirements for scouts is pretty extensive and will take ages to get through. If a youngster gets through all of it, I’d be very unhappy if they were refused their badge just because they didn’t have a helmet. But once the badge is awarded, surely it couldn’t be taken away if they were spotted riding without one. Think of all those stitches you’d have to unpick!