Volunteer Development

Find out about our volunteer learning and how you can access it

Volunteering with the Scouts is changing!

Volunteering with the scouts is changing, making being a volunteer even easier, with the introduction of a team-based approach to volunteering and a brand new membership system. 

New to Scouting? Experienced Volunteer? There's lots of ways to learn and develop skills!

Scouts Learning Growing Roots

Whether you are a brand new volunteer or have volunteered for a while, Scouts have a wide range of online and in-person learning and development opportunities available. From learning how to keep young people safe each week, how to plan a camp, or help young people with additional needs, you're bound to learn something new!

As Scouts, our priority is keeping our members safe, that's why some of our learning modules need to be renewed every few years. You can find out more about this using the links below, or by signing into your scouts.org.uk account.

​Keeping people safe.

​Keeping people safe.

All adults participating in scouting activity must follow our 'yellow card' this card sets out the code of conduct adults must follow. You can find out more information or raise a safeguarding concern on the scouts website.

We want all our volunteers to have the skills and knowledge they need to feel confident to keep young people safe and help them gain skills for life. 

We organise learning at Scouts in what we call the Learning Tree. It's made up of:

Growing Roots

Growing Roots

The learning all new volunteers need to do within their first six months.

Branching Out

Branching Out

The learning you can choose to do to develop your knowledge further and get accreditations. Learn more about Branching Out

How do I keep track of my progress and access learning?

From our new membership system! Head to the 'My learning' section to access all of your learning records. 

From here you will be able to explore new modules that you can complete, request an assessment and keep track of your progress. 

If you manage a team then you will be able to see how they are getting on, enabling you to help them with their journey. 

Are there any face-to-face courses?

Yes! Both Beverley and Hornsea District and Humberside County have a range of courses available to all volunteers going on throughout the year. This include first aid, young leader training as well as skills days. You can find out all about these and any upcoming events on our websites. 

​We are here to help!

​We are here to help!

Both Beverley and Hornsea Scouts and Humberside Scouts have people and resources on hand to help you throughout your Scouting journey, from growing roots to branching out we are here to help.

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