Volunteering can be a brilliant way to boost your mental wellbeing. It’s a great feeling knowing you’re helping young people get skills for life, and you might even learn a lot about yourself along the way. 

Scouts can make you feel good in other ways too. We’ll guide you to an opportunity where you’ll:

  • Make friends and meet people 
  • Try new things and challenge yourself 
  • Get outdoors and get stuck in 
  • Positively impact your community 
  • Create vital opportunities for young people 
  • Make memories that’ll last a lifetime 

If you can only occasionally help, that’s OK. Whether you’d like to be an activity planner, tea-maker or craft creator, we appreciate any time you can spare.

You don’t need to be Bear Grylls to join us. Our door is open to people of all ages, genders, races and backgrounds, and we’re only able to change lives because people like you lend a hand. We’re talking about students who want to boost their CV, and parents who volunteer so they can spend more time together as a family.

We provide the training. You show up, get stuck in, and make memories for life. Sounds fun? Worthwhile? It is…

Section Vacancies

Our sections: Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers need a team of uniformed leaders and assistants to run them, helping our young people be amazing.

We have the following vacancies:

  • Beavers
    • 3 x Team Members for Amazon Beavers on Mondays
    • 2 x Team Members for Redwood Beavers on Thursdays
  • Cubs
    • 1 x Team Leader for Kaa Cubs on Tuesdays
    • 2 x Team Members for Kaa Cubs on Tuesdays
    • 2 x Team Members for Shere Khan Cubs on Wednesdays
  • Scouts
    • 1 x Team Leader for Keir Scouts on Wednesdays
    • 1 x Team Member for Keir Scouts on Wednesdays

No previous experience with young people? No problem.

Whether you’d like to help out week-after-week or whenever-you-can, we provide learning opportunities and cups of tea – every step of the way.

If you’re interested in finding out more, please contact our volunteering team at volunteer@1stwesthillscouts.co.uk

Support Team Vacancies

Behind the scenes, we have teams of people running the Group and helping our sections. But we always need more!

We have the following vacancies in our support teams:

  • Support Team
    • Quartermaster
    • Hall maintenance
    • Gardening
  • Fundraising
    • Fundraising Team Members
  • Administration
    • IT Manager
    • Data Privacy Lead
    • Data Lead

If volunteering in any of these roles with Westhill Scout Group is of interest, please contact our volunteering team at volunteer@1stwesthillscouts.co.uk for an informal discussion.

Event Volunteering

We often need volunteers to help with our regular and one-off events, such as around Christmas time and our AGM.

If you can’t give up time more regularly, maybe you can help out once in a while.

What’s in it for you?

Helping others feels amazing – and volunteering with Scouts is a proven boost for your mental wellbeing, confidence, and sense of purpose. You might even discover hidden talents or find a whole new direction in life!

Volunteering with us means:

  • Being part of a positive, passionate, and supportive team
  • Taking on exciting challenges and growing your skills
  • Making lifelong friends and feeling connected to a national community
  • Seeing your efforts directly impact thousands of young people
  • Being supported to develop and progress in your experience
  • Feeling proud, inspired, and energised by what you achieve

We offer lots of training and development opportunities to support you along the way.

Ready to Volunteer?

Contact our volunteering team at volunteer@1stwesthillscouts.co.uk (even if you just want to know more)

Note that nearly all of our volunteers will need to pass background checks with Disclosure Scotland