Durham Scouts is growing and going from strength to strength, but with more young people wanting to join every week we need more adult volunteers to help us develop and deliver fun, exciting and challenging programmes that help us deliver Skills for Life.
We want to provide all young people (girls and boys) in Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland, County Durham and Darlington with the best possible opportunities in life and we’d love you to help us achieve that.
We have opportunities for you to work directly with young people, but there are also plenty of other jobs you can do to support our section leaders. Whatever your skills or experience, however much time you have to give, we can help you put your skills and time to good use and we can guarantee that you’ll have a great time enjoying ‘the game of Scouting’
Current Opportunities
As well as opportunities in local sections and Scout Groups, we have some key opportunities volunteering with Durham Scouts. No Scouting experience is necessary for these roles and support will be provided from our experienced volunteers.
Scouts Team Member - 10th Sunderland
By becoming a Scouts Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Scouts Team Member - 21st Sunderland (St Andrew's) Sea Scouts
By becoming a Scouts Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Scouts Team Member - 39th Sunderland (St John's)
By becoming a Scouts Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Scouts Team Member - 86th Sunderland
By becoming a Scouts Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Squirrels Team Member - 10th Sunderland
Bringing the ‘Wow!’ to our youngest Scouts, in a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment, the Section Teams make it happen for our Squirrels.
Squirrels Team Member - 86th Sunderland
Bringing the ‘Wow!’ to our youngest Scouts, in a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment, the Section Teams make it happen for our Squirrels.
Explorer Team Member
By becoming a Explorer Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Cubs Team Member
If you’ve got a smile on your face, you love getting stuck in, and you're proud to include everyone, then being a Cubs Team Member is perfect for you.
Events Coordinator
Help find and organise events for Brew Buggy, an Explorer Scout-led mobile coffee business. Coordinate bookings and logistics so young people can gain real-world skills in teamwork, customer service, and enterprise while serving great coffee.
Scouts Team Member
By becoming a Scouts Team Member, you’ll join our amazing and strong-minded young people and help them have fun and learn new skills. Most importantly, you’ll have fun too!
Benefits
Recent research has shown that the majority of people who volunteer report having improved life satisfaction and improved self-esteem and also have reduced feelings of loneliness and stress. Nearly two thirds also said that since starting volunteering they have developed useful employability skills; with a majority saying they feel more confident and more motivated in their jobs.
As a volunteer with Durham Scouts you’ll not only help our young people develop Skills for Life, but you’ll also develop your own transferable skills which you can take into education and employment. You’ll also get to take part in new adventures, experience the great outdoors (if that’s your thing), make lots of new friends and have a lot of enjoyment.
Put simply, volunteering with Durham Scouts is good for you, good for your CV, good for our young people and is great fun!
