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Volunteering at Scouts is changing to help us reach more young people

Volunteering is changing to help us reach more young people

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Achieving Results

Achieving Results is one of the six core skills for Managers and Supporters in Scouting.

Objectives

  • Manage projects and development plans appropriately: 
    • Satisfactorily complete projects for which they are responsible.
    • Ensure that all the initiatives in local Scouting are managed appropriately.
    • Monitor and review the progress that people who report to them are making against their targets and development plans.
  • Promote Scouting: 
    • With the local Trustee Board and others ensure that Scouting is promoted locally.
    • Build up an understanding of the young people in your local area and ensure that Scouting is promoted effectively to them, including focusing on their needs and expectations.
  • Satisfactorily resolve problems and issues raised by adult members, youth members and by parents or carers of youth members.  
  • Continually improve the performance of all elements of local Scouting.  

Learning Opportunities

There are a number of learning opportunities available to enable you to gain the required knowledge and skills to validate this area of the training scheme.

Check out the Leadership and Management Training pages to find out more about how these learning opportunities fit into the training for Managers and Supporters.

Independent Learning

  • Building Effective Teams
  • Project Management
  • Getting the Word Out

Skills Courses

  • Skills of Management
  • Achieving Growth
  • Meeting the Challenges

Validation Criteria

Details of the validation criteria for this training can be found in the Adult's Personal File for Managers and Supporters.