On Saturday 9th March, we welcomed more than 100 Group Lead Volunteers, District Lead Volunteers, and members of County Teams together for the day.
The agenda included:
- Transformation in Scout Groups
- Recruiting more volunteers
- Opening new Sections
- Making our Scout Groups more youth shaped
- Great Orme inquest
- Safeguarding
- Top Awards
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- Valuing our volunteers
Plus short ‘info breaks’ on:
- Census and mandatory training
- International
- Group Lead Volunteer induction
- Websites
- Dealing with complaints
Our slide deck from the day
Links to various resources mentioned during the day
Transformation in Scout Groups
- Scout HQ: Volunteer Experience Transformation
- New Teams and How we talk about teams and titles
- Moving to Trustee Boards and Trustee Board Resources including template AGM agenda and script
- Learning Transformation
- A Warmer Welcome
Recruiting more volunteers
Opening new Sections
Making our Scout Groups more youth shaped
Safeguarding
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
- Supporting young people with mental health on camp
- Berkshire ethnicity statistics
- Support for volunteers with additional needs
- Parent/Carer conversation framework
Valuing our volunteers
- Help using the assistant tools (including links to the Awards Report and Awards Assistant)