Girlguiding Scotland

Charity registered in Scotland SC005548

Girlguiding Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity for girls and young women. Every year we empower 50,000 girls to be their best and face the challenges of growing up today. We’ve been doing this through adventure, friendship and fun for over 100 years. We inspire girls. We give them space to grow, and strive to ensure that each one of them can get involved – no matter what their background or ability.

We have more than 12,000 amazing volunteers who, along with our fantastic supporters, make that happen. We’re dedicated to creating a better world for girls and young women. What we do makes a positive difference to the lives of all girls and young women across Scotland – not just our members.


Current opportunities

Why Girlguiding? Become an inspiring role model for our members - and help empower girls to be their best. Join the 100,000 amazing volunteers and supporters who make a real difference to nearly half a million girls and young women. Our weekly unit meetings are at the heart of Girlguiding. When you volunteer at them you’ll have fun, get messy, meet new people and run activities that help our members discover their potential. You can choose to work with girls in Rainbows, Brownies, Guides or Rangers, and you’ll be volunteering directly with them. Unit meetings are usually an hour to an hour and a half once a week. As a unit leader, assistant leader or leader-in-training you’ll join a team of volunteers to run the unit, plan meetings, and deliver awesome activities. If you’d like to become a leader, we’ll support you to complete our leadership qualification. Some of what you’ll do Each unit leadership team does things a little differently. Here are some of the activities that are part of being in the team:  Help plan and deliver activities which are based on our Girlguiding programme - These are accessible and inclusive. Often they’re planned by volunteers and girls at the beginning of term.  You’ll go to your unit meeting each week and run activities with the girls and other volunteers.  Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do at Girlguiding, so you’ll help provide a safe space where every girl and young woman can take part.  You’ll also be keeping up the Doing Our Best standards for your unit.  You’ll complete training for the role and follow Girlguiding policies.  You might communicate with parents, carers and other Girlguiding volunteers.  Leaders usually spend two to five hours a week outside of the unit time on the role (depending on how the unit responsibilities are shared and what activities are planned). This might include contacting new members or going to district meetings.  Leaders share issues and concerns with local commissioners.

Would you like to go on fun adventures, explore and laugh with friends? At Girlguiding we do everything from camping to campaigning! We’re all about girls and young women laughing, learning and having adventures. Why not join the fun? Meetings usually run on weekday evenings for about an hour and you can choose how much or how little you can help out! Our different sections cover ages 4-18, so there’s something for everyone. Youth volunteering with Girlguiding Scotland looks great on a CV and can improve skills like teamwork, leadership, communication, creativity and IT. It’s great experience if you want a career in youthwork or education. You can get extra training like first aid, the disclosure check for working with children is paid for by us and we’ll help you every step of the way. There are loads of meetings happening all over East Renfrewshire, so you can join one close to you. Our volunteers are what makes Girlguiding amazing and we welcome people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Come have a chat with us, you won’t regret it!

Do you have a passion you love sharing with others? Do you want to support girls and young women to have fun and be empowered? At Girlguiding we do everything from camping to campaigning! We’re all about girls and young women laughing, learning and having adventures. Why not join the fun? Meetings usually run on weekday evenings for about an hour and our different sections cover ages 4-18, so there’s something for everyone. You could run a woodland walk, a kite making session or a ukulele lesson. We could visit your stables, get muddy in your allotment or have a bake off in your community centre kitchen. Whatever your passions or hobbies are, we’d love to share them with you! Youth volunteering with Girlguiding Scotland looks great on a CV and can improve skills like teamwork, leadership and communication. There are loads of meetings happening all over East Renfrewshire, so you can get in touch with one close to you. Our volunteers are what makes Girlguiding amazing and we welcome people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Come have a chat with us, you won’t regret it! https://www.girlguidingscotland.org.uk/become-a-volunteer/

Do you know your way around a database or spreadsheet? Do you want to support girls and young women to have fun and be empowered? At Girlguiding we do everything from camping to campaigning! We’re all about girls and young women laughing, learning and having adventures. Why not join the fun and be an admin support? We need volunteer admins to help add new members, contact parents/carers, keep records up to date, organise amazing trips or help us get funding and keep our finances ship shape. You can choose how much or how little you can help out and do it all from the comfort of your own home! Youth volunteering with Girlguiding Scotland looks great on a CV and can improve skills like teamwork, leadership, communication, events planning and IT. It’s great experience if you want a career in admin or IT. You can get extra training like first aid and the disclosure check for working with children is paid for by us and we’ll help you every step of the way. Our volunteers are what makes Girlguiding amazing and we welcome people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Come have a chat with us, you won’t regret it! https://www.girlguidingscotland.org.uk/become-a-volunteer/