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Volunteering Opportunities

Would you like the chance to go camping, climbing, potholing, and lead community projects while helping prepare young people with skills for life? As a section team Member you can do all of this and more, using your skills and learning new ones.

As part of 1st Danbury Scout Group, you will help to plan and deliver a safe and exciting programme for young people. You’ll use your energy and creativity to help young people have fun, develop their potential and earn a wide range of badges and awards, including the prestigious Chief Scout Awards.

Of course you won’t have to do this alone – a team of supporters, parents and the young people themselves will help you plan and deliver the programme. But it’s your enthusiasm and sense of fun and adventure that will inspire them.

Who are Scouts?

Scouts are a go-getting group of young people aged 10 ½ to 14 who: 

  • Master new skills and try new things
  • Make new friends
  • Have fun and go on adventures, at home and abroad
  • Explore the world around them
  • Help others and make a difference, in their own communities and beyond

Week in and week out, they gather in groups called Scout Troops to conquer the small task of changing the world.

What does volunteering involve?

  • Welcome young people and families to sessions and events
  • Make sure everyone’s safe, supported, included and having fun 
  • Help to plan and lead activities
  • Get involved with days out, camps and expeditions 
  • Share and learn skills – from coding to cake decorating to canoeing 
  • Celebrate young people’s achievements big and small 

You don’t need to commit to every single week – you will be working alongside a team of volunteers who will support you along the way.

Do I need any experience?

No previous experience with young people? No problem. Whether you’d like to help out week-after-week or whenever-you-can, we provide training, learning opportunities and cups of tea – every step of the way.

What if this isn’t right for me?

You will be supported at every step of your journey and if you decide that this isn’t right for you, that ok. There are lots of other ways to volunteer.

How do I sign-up?

Email: LeadVolunteer @ danburyscouts.org.uk