You don’t need to be Bear Grylls to volunteer. We’re looking for people to help in all sorts of ways both in our meetings and behind the scenes. Whatever you're comfortable with and have time for, we’ve got a role for you.
Here are some of the things you could help us with, that would make all the difference.
Any help you could offer would be amazing. If you think you could help with any of the tasks listed above, let us know. Contact Nigel Harris: chair@westongreenscouts.org.uk
If you could devote time regularly to the group, you can read here about the roles that we have open.
We need adult volunteers who can commit some time to support young people, helping run games and activities as part of weekly meetings. As part of a small team, you will help plan and deliver a safe and exciting programme for young people, helping them achieve badges and awards. Enthusiasm, an empathy with young people, and a sense of humour would help! But we can teach you what you need to know. We’ll support you all the way and ensure you get the training and support you need.
As a team member, once you’ve settled in, you will wear a uniform and be given training about how scouting works, how to work safely with young people and the basic skills needed for your role. If you find you enjoy the fun, challenge and adventure of helping young people in this way, you can continue your scouting journey and training, to add skills and become a fully qualified leader.
Why not try our four week challenge to find out if this is a role you could fill?
1st Weston Green Scout Group is a registered charity. Our trustees share responsibility as a team for governing the charity and directing how it is managed and run. The trustees meet about six times a year, to help oversee the administration of the Group. We have a Chair, a Treasurer, and up to nine other trustees. These can include parents of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, young people who were recently Explorers themselves, leaders and former leaders, or members of the local community who want to contribute to society in a volunteer role.
Trustees are formally appointed at our Annual General Meeting each summer, but can be coopted onto the board at any time. We are always on the lookout for trustees from among the parent group, and we would also welcome independent trustees from the local community.
The chair shares the same responsibilities as all the trustees, but also arranges and chairs their regular meetings and the Annual General Meeting, and leads the trustees team, ensuring they have the training needed. Our current chair is stepping down from the role in summer 2026. The new chair could be an existing trustee, a parent, or they could come from outside the group entirely.
Our membership secretary keeps track of enquiries to join the group and maintains our waiting list. They work with the section teams to manage the transition of young people between sections. They also keep track of termly subscription payments, and help to maintain our Online Scout Manager (OSM) records up to date. We will need a new membership secretary from summer 2026. It’s a relatively light admin task, that can be tackled on an occasional basis.
We need equipment to run an exciting programme for our young people. At the moment, our leaders do most of the work to look after everything from tents and camp kitchens to games equipment. It would be great to relieve them of some of this effort (they devote lots of their time to meetings and camps anyway, without this added work). You would work as part of a team with our Section Leaders and with the Treasurer, who is responsible for purchasing and insurance of our equipment. You would help with the issuing and return of equipment from our off-site storage location, check its condition, maintain it, and advise the Treasurer on the need for repairs or replacement.
The group needs to be able to communicate effectively with parents, young people, and members of our local community. Could you help maintain and develop our website, ensuring it remains informative, useful and up to date? You would need to be proactive in obtaining news stories, images, and information about events from our leaders, trustees, and parents, to keep the website up to date. Do you think the group should have an Instagram account? If so, would you take on the task of running it (perhaps roping in a friend or two to help)?
If you think you can help us in any of these roles, or just spare a little time every now and then to help out somehow, or if you have skills and experience that you think we could benefit from, please let us know.
Contact Nigel Harris: chair@westongreenscouts.org.uk
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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