On 23 March 2020 the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced that England would begin a period of lockdown, during which people were not to leave their houses for anything except for essential trips. Offices, schools, churches, and other establishments all closed their doors to await the passing of the COVID-19 virus.
Since Adventurer and Pathfinder club meetings were not deemed ‘essential’, children in the clubs were no longer allowed to meet in person. This presented a very real problem…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-07-22/british-union-conference-weekly-e-club-ends-after-fifteen-months/