How the adults in your Scout Group work together in teams
The Section Team…
consists of a team for each section in your Scout Group (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs & Scouts), they work together to run high-quality programmes safely.
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The Group Leadership Team…
looks after the overall operation of your Scout Group and helps all the adults in your group work together to plan and run high-quality programmes. The team is led by the Group Lead Volunteer in most cases this will be your current Group Scout Leader.
The Group Leadership Team will include each of the Section Team Leaders and any other people that want to focus on supporting the whole Group.
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The Group Board of Trustees…
Together, your Group’s Trustees make sure that your Scout Group is well managed, risks are assessed and mitigated, equipment is in good working order, and everyone follows legal requirements and our policies, organisation, and rules. Their support helps your group’s section teams run a fantastic programme that gives young people experiences that help them learn and will remember forever!
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The way we volunteer is structured around these key principles:
The way we volunteer is structured around these key principles:
- everyone can volunteer as part of a flexible team structure
- each team has a clear purpose, team description and set of team tasks
- we describe our teams and roles in plain english to ensure they are easily
understood by everyone
All teams in Scouts help young people enjoy their scouting and take part in safe, fun, high-quality programmes. Each team has a team description. Team descriptions have two types of tasks listed:
- tasks for the whole team – All team members take part in these tasks
for example, the safety and the wellbeing of young people - allocated tasks – these are task that one or more team members agrees to carry out
Here’s an example:
Hannah is the Team Leader. They do whole team tasks 1-3 and allocated task 1
Arnold is a Team Member. He does whole team tasks 1-3 and allocated tasks 2 and 5
Jess is a Team Member (she was previously a Section Assistant), and she does whole team tasks 1-3 and allocated task 6 which she can easily carry out at home
Jamel is a Team Member (he was previously a Section Assistant too), and he does whole team tasks 1-3. He hasn’t taken on any allocated tasks, at the moment, but will see what he may be able to help out with when he has more time available.
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