Calling all tea makers, tidy-uppers, activity planners and helpers for as little or as much time as you can spare …….
It feels great to help others and brings our communities together too. That’s why we’d love to invite you to come along and try volunteering for yourself.
The Big Help Out is happening on Bank Holiday Monday 8 May. It’s a national day of volunteering to inspire the next generation of volunteers.
Come and meet members of Cheltenham Scouts and Guides at Imperial Gardens Cheltenham from 10 am to 4 pm on Monday 8 May and find out more. Have a go at some activities and discuss Youth facing and support roles or tasks that we need volunteers for.
You don’t even need to have been a Scout or Guide when you were younger – you just need a little time, a bit of enthusiasm and want to help give young people a brighter future. It feels great to help other people and, in Scouts and Guides, there’s a place for everyone.
If you would like to help or would like more information, please contact Sarah Hick on sarah.hick@cheltenham-scouts.org.uk or Caro Mcintosh on caro.mcintosh@cheltenham-scouts.org.uk
ABOUT SCOUTING AND GIRLGUIDING
Scouts and Guides help giving people the ability speak up, step up and gain skills for life and, if you don’t fancy leading activities, we’ve got plenty of behind the scenes roles and tasks too. There’s a place for everyone.
Scouting
Scouts is where young people make new friends, have amazing adventures, and learn new skills. Scouts are do-ers and give-it-a-go-ers. Yes, they go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling, cycling and canoeing. But, they also get to hang out with our friends every week – having fun, playing games, working in a team and taking on new challenges.
Every week Scouts give almost half a million 4-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills they need for life.
Everyone’s welcome in Scouts. All genders, races and backgrounds. Regardless of your young person’s physical ability – there’s a Scout adventure out there waiting for them. And we’ll help them find it.
Over 200 activities are offered to the half a million Scouts around the UK, made possible by the efforts of 100,000 voluntary adult leaders. This has helped make Scouting the largest co-educational youth Movement in the country.
One of the challenges that the Scout Movement faces is finding more volunteers to plug the current gap. At present there are nearly 38,000 young people on waiting lists as more and more young people want to experience the adventure of Scouting.
Adults working in Scouting contribute in excess of 364 million hours of voluntary work each year to their local communities. The number of volunteers working for Scouting is bigger than the combined workforces of the BBC (24,000) and McDonalds (67,000) put together.
If you would like to help, please let us know by emailing volunteer@cheltenham-scouts.org.uk
Find more information on this website or at www.scouts.org.uk
Guiding
With guiding, girls have fun, adventure and the space to discover their potential. They go to their first ever sleepover, canoe on rivers, learn about body confidence, and lead their own camp. Or sometimes they simply have fun and try new things with friends.
Girls take what they do in guiding with them as they grow up. Everything from working in a team, to taking the lead, to speaking out on issues they care about. It helps them develop the skills and confidence to become the young women they want to be. And to make a difference to the world around them.
Girlguiding has a long history of empowering girls and young women to be their best. From a small handful of girls who gatecrashed the first-ever Scout rally, demanding ‘something for the girls’, Girlguiding has grown into a vast and vibrant network of members across the UK.
The Guide Association was established in 1909 – thanks to the efforts of many intrepid girls who refused to accept that scouting was ‘just for boys’. Soon, these young women began completing badges in sailing, aviation and home electrics. Later still, Girlguiding members were making important contributions to the First World War effort – growing food, acting as messengers for government organisations and working in hospitals, factories and soup kitchens.
It’s been over 100 years since Girlguiding was established, and our members are still pushing boundaries and achieving great things. Girlguiding is still committed to listening to what girls need and delivering new and inspiring opportunities.
If you would like to help, please let us know by emailing volunteersupport@girlguiding.org.uk
Website for more information:
www.girlguiding.org.uk