Like all scout groups, 1st Weston Green is run entirely by volunteers. The most important adult volunteers are our teams of uniformed leaders, headed up by our Group Lead Volunteer. We are a registered charity and we have a board of trustees, which looks after the group's finances and equipment. Several parents and carers also help out in informal administrative roles. You can find out who we are below.
Nick Fisk is our Group Lead Volunteer, responsible for managing the scout group and its teams of adult volunteers. Nick has been involved with the group since he joined 1st Weston Green as a scout over 30 years ago. In over 20 years as a leader, he has held several key roles in the group, and currently leads our scout section team, as well as being our overall lead volunteer.
Nick works with the team leaders of each section to make sure the scout group as a whole runs smoothly, and to support our adult volunteers in gaining the skills they need.
Neil Beardmore, known to the Beavers as Badger, leads the volunteer team in our Beaver section. As well as leading the Beaver section, Neil participates in activities across all the sections, is brilliant at driving large vehicles and towing trailers, and is qualified to lead air rifle shooting activities.
Kirstie Wood joined Neil in the Beavers team in 2025, having previously led our Cubs team and run our Explorer Scout unit, spending several years in each role. Kirstie is also a trustee of the scout group, and remains involved in activities for our teenage members, helping to organise and run Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme expeditions.
Neil and Kirstie are helped at Beavers by John-Paul Szczepanik, a parent who joined the team in 2025. The team also includes some young people from our Explorers section, who are participating in the scouts Young Leaders scheme. We also operate a weekly rota of parent helpers. We need more leaders, and until we get them, we are limiting the size of the Beavers section to 18 young people.
Together, this team plans and delivers a great programme of activities and events for our 6 to 8-year-olds, creates a welcoming atmosphere for young people and adult volunteers alike, and ensures a safe environment with a high ratio of adults to young people.
Our Cubs section team leaders are Sam Holmes, Jessica Mason and Lisa Orfali. Sam has been leading the Cubs team since 2022, and is also a trustee of the scout group. Jess and Lisa are parents who joined the team in 2025. Together with some 14-18 year-old Young Leaders from our Explorer section, they develop and deliver our programme of exciting events and activities for 8 to 10-year-olds. We also ask parents to help out at our weekly meetings, particularly when the Cubs are engaged in off-site activities.
Nick Fisk leads our team of adult volunteers for the 10 to 14-year-olds in the Scout section. Having devoted over 20 years to scouting, he holds a Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service, and multiple awards for Merit. Working with Nick to plan and deliver our weekly meetings, events and excursions are Rob Williams and Malcolm Wood.
Many parents provide occasional extra help when needed on bike rides, hikes and camps.
Explorer Scout units are often operated at District level, but Esher District has several separate units. Ours is the Oxshott Weston Green (OWG) unit, operated jointly with 1st Oxshott. The Explorer Scouts themselves play a significant role in planning their own meetings and events. Anja Davidson of 1st Oxshott scout group is the Explorer team leader.
Many of our explorer scouts are enrolled in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, which is coordinated across multiple scout groups, with Kirstie Wood being one of the expedition organisers.
The Trustee Board is a team of volunteers who work together to make sure Scouts is run safely and legally.
Nigel Harris is our group chairman, and an explorer scout parent.
Paul Collyer is our group treasurer, and a former leader and parent in the group.
Nick Fisk (Group Lead Volunteer and Scout team leader), Kirstie Wood (Beavers team member), and Sam Holmes (Cubs team leader) are trustees of the charity and sit on the trustee board, in addition to their roles as uniformed leaders.
Emma Harris and Mariella O’Leary are trustees, who are also parents of young people in various sections.
Daniel Wood and Felix Doerfler are our youngest trustees, who joined the board not long after they left the Explorer Scout unit.
Hannah Yeomanson acts as secretary to the trustee board.
The group is extremely grateful to have several parents and other adult volunteers who kindly offer their time to help with administrative tasks such as maintaining our waiting list, badge record keeping, activity planning and camp organisation, looking after our equipment and vehicles. Other parents help by managing communication between parents, keeping everyone informed and arranging car sharing etc. through WhatsApp groups, or by compiling news reports for our website.
Beth Beardmore handles the administration of badges for the Beavers section.
Emma Harris is our membership secretary. She also manages parent communications and handles badge administration for the Scout section and badge procurement for the whole group.
Nigel Harris organises and runs our annual Christmas tree collection.
Lauren Manning-Brown coordinates parent involvement in our annual Christmas tree collection.
Laura Mathew handles the administration of badges for the Scouts section.
Lisa Orfali handles the administration of badges for the Cubs section.
Lisa Pugh helps to maintain our website, posting news stories from all sections.
Tom Pugh ensures our vehicles are taxed, insured, tested and serviced.
We’re always looking for more help, so if you want to help the group maximise its hugely positive impact on its young members, let us know.
An explorer, adventurer and TV presenter, Dwayne's been seen in BAFTA nominated Channel 5 series Race to the Pole, on BBC Springwatch, Countryfile, National Geographic and Disney+.
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