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 Learning Lead

October 6, 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, coordinate and implement learning opportunities for those leaders across the area who wish to work towards their wood badge ( Branching Out) . Ensuring that we provide quality Scouting for our young people.

Vacancy: BSO Camp Team (Sweden)

By Steven Hartley • September 22, 2025
About the role We're looking for a our leadership team for the 2026 BSO Summer Camp to the Swedish National Jamboree . We are recruiting now for a Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader for this camp, with those wishing to attend as a Team member able to register an expression of interest. A further round of team member recruitment may take place at a later date. When? 25 July – 1 August, 2026. Where? Norra Åsum, just outside the city of Kristianstad in Skåne, the most southern region of Sweden. The camp site is close to where the World Scout Jamboree was held in 2011.

Vacancy: BSO Team Member (Microsoft 365 Administrator)

By Sarah Lightfoot • September 20, 2025
About the role We're looking for a BSO Team Member to play a key role in supporting with the management of our Microsoft 365 tenant, managing users, supporting users and helping team members to utilise the suite of tolls to their potential. The role will focus on responding to support tickets and being part of our first line support for our 300+ users.

Join our team: Middle East District Programme Lead

By Shelly Burrows • August 22, 2024
As Middle East District Programme Team Lead you will take the lead in making sure we support the delivery of a quality programme to our adult volunteers who deliver effective programmes to our youth members across BSO, You will lead a team of programme supporters, Nights Away advisors and in supporting, our 14-24 programme and Top Awards team

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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.