Inspiring our young people to reach their potential
Do you enjoy having fun and using your imagination? Can you inspire young people aged between 6 and 8 years old to focus their energy and reach their full potential?
Who are Beavers?
Beavers are currently the youngest members in our Scout Group; girls and boys aged 6 to 8 years. They meet on Thursday evenings, 6-7pm, during Lincolnshire schools term time, as well as occasional trips, visits, sleepovers and camps. It’s the Beaver Leader, along with their team, who set the calendar of events, meaning it can work to your schedule.
The Vacancy
We will have a vacancy for a Beaver Scout Leader from September 2024, and are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to take on this role. Working as part of a team of adult volunteers, the Beaver Leader leads the planning and delivery of an exciting programme of indoor and outdoor activities including crafts, community projects, games, challenges and for many, their first night away from home at a Beaver sleepover or camp. In return for your time and commitment, you will gain new skills which you’ll be able to transfer to your everyday working life as well as boosting your CV.
Getting to Grips with the Role
We’ll organise a full handover, from whenever you are ready to join us, giving you the chance to learn everything you need to know from our current Beaver Leader. A tailored, free, learning programme is provided by The Scouts, and you will never be out-of-pocket for any Scouting activities that you lead or help out with. We also provide your uniform top, necker and all badges.
What is 1st Caythorpe Scout Group looking for?
You don't need to know anything about Scouting to get involved, nor do you need experience of working with children, but you do need enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and get involved to help provide great activities to the young people in Beavers. You also need to be able to attend the majority of our Thursday evening meetings, 6-7pm during term time in Caythorpe, and give advance notice when you can’t attend so that other volunteers can step in and help out.
What’s in it for you?
Change lives of young people
There’s no better feeling than making a difference to communities and transforming the lives of young people. Whether you help a child tie their shoe lace, toast a marshmallow on a campfire, attempt a climbing wall or stay on a Beaver sleepover for their first time away from home and family, you’re making memories and giving skills for life to our young members.
Gain Skills
The Scouts run a comprehensive training programme, covering everything from safety and safeguarding, first aid and leadership skills to programme planning and running a residential experience. You’ll learn via a mix of online self-learning, online webinars and face-to-face meetings, taking into account skills you already hold from work, other volunteering etc. A tailored plan will be developed to support your learning needs.
Flexible Volunteering
The only prerequisites to volunteer with us, apart from enthusiasm, are being over 18 and completing a mandatory DBS enquiry. We know that our volunteers lead busy lives and will work around your availability to run our Beaver Scout Colony.
Make new friends
We’re a friendly bunch, all living locally, and offer a warm welcome to any new members on the volunteering team.
In the meantime….
We’ll be putting in place a parent rota so that we can continue to run Beavers safely, in line with The Scouts’ Policy, Organisation and Rules. Parents, please do sign up – the more we have sign up, the fewer sessions you need to help at 😉
Interested? Find out more!
Contact us on 1stcaythorpe@granthamscouts.org.uk or call our lead volunteer, Marie, on 07921 213474 for a chat to find out more. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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