Easter bunnies urged to check if a PVG is required before hopping into their new role
Organisations hosting Easter events are encouraged to check if their Easter bunny needs to be part of the PVG scheme.
12 February 2026 – The PVG scheme helps ensure that people who are unsuitable to work with children or protected adults cannot undertake regulated roles.
With Easter approaching, Disclosure Scotland is reminding event organisers and performers to use the free online checker tool and guidance to determine whether their role requires scheme membership, based on the specific activities involved.
If you are a self-employed professional Easter bunny or children’s party entertainer in a regulated role with people below the age of 18, you must join the PVG scheme membership for children.
It’s a legal requirement in Scotland for anyone in a regulated role with children and protected adults (paid or voluntary) to have a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership. Applications for PVG scheme membership can be made online through Disclosure Scotland.
Disclosure Scotland provide free training events on regulated roles. More information can be found online.
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About Disclosure Scotland
Disclosure Scotland are an executive agency of the Scottish Government. They help organisations make safer decisions when they are recruiting people. They manage the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme, which helps to ensure that people who are unsuitable to work with children and protected adults cannot carry out a regulated role with these vulnerable groups. The Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 will make the PVG scheme a legal requirement in Scotland from 1 April 2025, for those individuals who are to carry out a regulated role.