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Volunteer with girlguiding to find your place in a team of inspirational women.
You can help to give girls in your local community more opportunities for fun, friendship, challenge and adventure.
Volunteer with Rainbows, Brownies, Guides or Rangers and find your place in a team of inspirational women, sharing their skills and passions with girls in a local unit – all while benefitting from the adventure and opportunities guiding has to offer. You don’t need to have been involved as a girl to be an adult volunteer or have loads of spare time to make a big difference. Whatever your skills and interests there’s a role to suit you.
Take a look at the ways you can get involved below
Volunteering’s never been so much fun!
Here’s how you can #InspireGirls.
There are currently many opportunities around Bedfordshire:
Rainbows is for girls aged five to seven. Rainbows is all about developing self-confidence, building friendships, learning new things and having fun. Girls get their hands dirty with arts and crafts, get in touch with nature and play games - it's all about learning by doing. The role is perfect if you want to support girls on a regular basis and see them grow, get stuck into adventurous (and often messy) activities and develop great relationships.
Volunteering at unit meetings means getting messy, meeting new people and running activities that help girls discover their potential and build their confidence. It's about empowering girls, giving them new experiences and being a role model whilst sharing and developing your skills. You don't need to have been involved in guiding before.
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Dunstable (16th)
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Kempston
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Linslade
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Oakley
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Wymington
- Rainbow Youth Leader in Sharnbrook
Brownies is about trying new things that teach girls aged seven to ten about themselves, their community and their world. This role is perfect if you want to support girls on a regular basis and see them grow whilst getting stuck in with activities.
Volunteering with us isn't just about campfires and helping girls to get their next badge - although those are special moments that we all share, it's about empowering girls, giving them new experiences and being a role model whilst sharing and developing your skills.
- Brownie Youth Leader Dunstable
- Brownie Youth Leader Dunstable (16)
- Brownie Youth Leader Houghton Regis
- Brownie Youth Leader Kempston
- Brownie Youth Leader Leighton Buzzard
- Brownie Youth Leader Sharnbrook
- Brownie Youth Leader Upper Dean
- Brownie Youth Leader Wootton
- Brownie Youth Leader Wymington
- Brownie Youth Leader Leighton Buzzard (9th)
Guide Youth Leader (10-14 yrs) Guides
Guides have an exciting and varied programme designed to inspire and challenge girls from 10-14, from taking part in lots of exciting activities at regular meetings to special events and trips away. At the heart of guiding are the unit meetings that girls go along to each week. Volunteering at unit meetings means getting messy, meeting new people and running activities that help girls discover their potential and build their confidence. You will get lots of support while you train to complete your Leadership Qualification.
Guide Youth Group Helper (10-14 yrs) Guides
At the heart of guiding are the unit meetings that girls go along to each week. Volunteering at unit meetings means getting messy, meeting new people and running activities that help girls discover their potential and build their confidence. Being a youth group helper is one of the roles that support girls and young women to experience how great Girlguiding can be.
- Guide Youth Leader in Cranfield
- Guide Youth Leader in Dunstable
Guide Youth Leader in Leighton Buzzard - Guide Youth Leader in Woburn Sands
- Guide Youth Leader in Guides Wootton
- Guide Youth Leader in Wymington
Girls aged 14-18 join Rangers. It's all about taking the lead and finding new challenges. Unit meetings are usually two hours either weekly, fortnightly or monthly, during term time. Volunteering at these meetings means getting messy, meeting new people and running activities that help girls discover their potential and build their confidence. Volunteering is flexible and can be arranged to fit around a busy lifestyle. The role would suit someone who has or would like to gain experience of volunteering with young people while developing their administrative skills.
Rangers meet up regularly, have fun doing activities together and being recognised for their achievements with badges and awards. You’ll work alongside other volunteers to give girls fun, friendship, challenge and adventure. There's no responsibility for planning in this role but you'll be the extra pair of hands needed to make unit meetings happen.
An administrator with Girlguiding will provide the administrative support that contributes to the smooth running of the Unit, District, Division or County Team. You will be working within a wider team and responsibilities may vary but you are likely to be acting as a point of contact for events, taking bookings and dealing with correspondence as well as helping with finance and record keeping.
As an Assistant leader you will work with others in the team to make the most of the skills and time you are able to give. It's being a role model and sharing and developing your skills. You will be taking an active role in creating and delivering an accessible and inclusive programme, based on the Girlguiding programme for your section.
Together with the youth group leaders you will be part of the team that is responsible for deciding how funds will be raised and spent. Your job is to keep accounts, report to back to the team on its financial position and prepare end-of-year accounts for independent examination. This role will involve two to three hours work per month and you will need to liaise with the unit time regarding collecting and banking monies.
As treasurer, you will need to keep accurate financial records for the area knows as a District or Division. Together with the youth group leaders who are part of the area you will be part of the team that is responsible for deciding how funds will be raised and spent.
If you are interested in any of the above positions, use the links in the headings to take you to Simply Connect where you can read a full description of the role and register your interest on the system. You should hear back from the contact person within a few days. If you need help with Simply Connect, or would like to talk more about the right volunteering position for you, contact our Volunteering Adviser - email volunteering@cvsbeds.org.uk or call us on 01234 354366.
