We’re working to update our website in line with recent changes. Thank you for your patience! For support, please visit our Support page.
Support
- Support with our new ways of volunteering
- Watch on-demand training
- Digital tool guides
- Digital Skills tool
Learn more about available support
First steps checklists
- All members checklist
- Group Leadership Teams checklist
- District Leadership Teams checklist
- County Leadership Teams checklist
Get ready to use the new system
Changes to teams and roles
- Our local teams
- Changes to roles
- Structure of our volunteer teams
- How teams share tasks
- Setting up and building teams
- Teams that won’t continue
Discover the changes to teams and roles
Welcoming volunteers
- Steps in the volunteer joining journey
- How to run a Welcome Conversation
- New volunteer induction
- Buddies and supporting new volunteers
Learn more about welcoming volunteers
Learning
- Learning you need to do: Growing Roots
- Further learning opportunities: Branching Out
- The future of the Wood Badge
Our Volunteering Culture
- Activity for volunteers: Opportunities to improve our culture
- Activity for volunteers: Reflecting on our strengths
- Activity for volunteers: Our Volunteering Culture and me
Discover more about our Culture
Who the changes affect
We’ve transformed volunteering at Scouts to make it easier, more enjoyable and rewarding. The recent changes will help us:
- Give a warmer welcome for everyone
- Deliver better learning
- Simplify how we volunteer together
With the support of easy-to-use digital tools.
Early Adopter Counties
Early Adopter Counties are: Berkshire, Coventry, Dorset, Greater London Middlesex West, Guernsey, Clwyd, Humberside, South East Scotland and West Yorkshire.
Early Adopter Counties now have access to our new digital system and should be using the new ways of volunteering.
All other Counties
If you’re not in one of the listed Early Adopter Counties, you’ll be in the all other Counties group.
All other Counties now have access to our new digital system and should be using the new ways of volunteering.