Join our volunteer team

If you’re an existing Scout leader moving overseas and want to volunteer or start a new Group – Get in touch - we’d love to hear from you.


At Scouts we celebrate difference and welcome everyone.


Whatever your background, identity or ability, there’s a volunteer spot with your name on it

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.


Current Vacancies

Vacancy: BSO Heritage Team (Technical Specialist)

By Chris Wanley • January 6, 2026
About the role We’re looking for someone with technical skills to support our project to preserve British Scouting Overseas ( and its predecessors) History, so that the content we collect and curate can be online and accessible with the minimal need for updating and software upgrades. Ideally you will have skills and knowledge in creating websites for historical content, creating secure websites and able to work with none tecnical colleagues to put these concepts across.

Vacancy: BSO Website Team

By Chris Wanley • January 4, 2026
About the role We’re looking for a volunteers to join our British Scouting Overseas (BSO) Website team. The team will focus on design and management of the BSO website as we look to relaunch our website over the next few months as a valuable resource tool for our members and for those wanting to join British Scouting Overseas.

Vacancy: BSO Young Leader Lead

By Jan Waite • January 3, 2026
About the role We’re looking for a volunteer to lead and develop the Young Leader Scheme across British Scouting Overseas. The role will focus on supporting our Young Leaders and those engaged in delivering the Young Leader programme, including delivery of YL Training Modules.

Vacancy: BSO Nights Away Assessor Lead

By Jan Waite • January 3, 2026
About the role We’re looking for a volunteer to support learning and the development of our volunteers across the Area. The role will focus on supporting our team of Nights Away Assessors across British Scouting Overseas (BSO), ensuring quality assurance across the team in supporting members to earn Nights Away permits.

Vacancy: BSO First Aid Lead

December 21, 2025
About the role We’re looking for a volunteer to support learning and the development of our volunteers across the Area. The role will focus on supporting our adult volunteers with accessing First Aid courses which meet the First Aid Course requirement in The Scouts. This will include reviewing syllabus for 3rd party led courses and providing comfort and confirmation that these courses meet our requirements and/or sign posting access to additional First Aid learning through the Hampshire model or online learning to top up learning.

Volunteer with BSO

Get inspired

800 volunteers like you, helping more than

2,200 young people across 28 countries each year to build #SkillsForLife.


Volunteering with young people

Team player? Love supporting young people? Great at planning? 


Each week, our volunteers help young people gain skills for life through activities and adventures.

Most of our volunteers work directly with young people aged 4 to 18 through our groups, known as Sections


Working in teams, they might:

  • 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 


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.


Want to make a big impact behind the scenes?

Your time and skills can make a difference in so many ways. 


Not all volunteers work directly with young people. Locally, regionally and nationally, many help out in other ways.