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# What is a gateway, and should my group make one?

- [![Christopher Smith](https://blog.poacher.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Christopher%20Smith.jpg?width=80&height=80&name=Christopher%20Smith.jpg) Christopher Smith](https://blog.poacher.org.uk/listing/author/christopher-smith)
- 22 March 2022

There's a long tradition of group gateways at Jamborees, and especially at Poacher.

Gateways are completely optional, but a great way to ensure your Scouts and Guides find their way home at the end of a busy day of activities - and also signal to other groups who you are.

There are no prizes for the best gateway - except the kudos, admiration and respect of your fellow groups!

To build a gateway, it's essential you comply with our safety requests. The Showground has a lot of low-lying utilities just below the ground. When securing your gateway to terra firma, don't use any stakes or pegs longer than 30cm.

![SDW-20170802-6637](https://blog.poacher.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/SDW-20170802-6637.jpeg?width=4252&name=SDW-20170802-6637.jpeg)

In accordance with the Working at Height Regulations 2005, wherever possible working at height should be eliminated, and Poacher and the Lincolnshire Showground actively encourages this. The majority of pioneering gateways can be built without Scouts, Guides and Leaders needing to leave the ground.

However, if the construction of your gateway requires the use of ladders, or people climbing on the structure, the maximum permitted height for such work is 1.8m - and any work involving people above ground will need a risk assessment and method statement signed off by your subcamp.

![Christopher Smith](https://blog.poacher.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Christopher%20Smith.jpg?width=200&height=200&name=Christopher%20Smith.jpg)

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