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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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How current roles will migrate

Find out which current volunteer roles on Compass will or won't directly migrate to new teams on scouts.org.uk.

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During the transition process, we'll move our records for all volunteers from Compass to our new digital tools on scouts.org.uk. The list on this page shows which current roles will or won't directly migrate to a team during this process.

Around 85% of our current volunteer roles will directly migrate to our new teams, roles and accreditations. Around 15% won’t continue in the same way and they'll need an individual decision about which team they'll join, as they could match to various teams depending on their skills and interests.

It's important to have conversations with all volunteers to help them understand what's changing and what's staying the same, and to agree how they can best contribute as part of a team of volunteers. There are some useful resources to help you have these conversations on setting up and building your teams.

List of current roles and how they migrate to teams

This spreadsheet shows all roles that will or won't directly migrate to a team when records are moved from Compass to scouts.org.uk. You can filter it by role title, team or location.

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These current roles will directly migrate to our new teams, roles and accreditations when records are moved from Compass to scouts.org.uk.

It's important to speak to these volunteers individually and agree if they want to carry on doing their current tasks and take on their new team tasks, or if they want to use this as an opportunity to change and do something different.

Roles and teams: 

  • Assistant Group Scout Leader – Group Leadership Team Member
  • Assistant Section Leader – Section Team Member 
  • Chair - Chair  
  • Chaplain - Volunteering Development Team Member
  • County/Area/Region(Scotland) Commissioner – County/Area/Region(Scotland) Lead Volunteer  
  • Deputy Chair - Trustee
  • Deputy Group Scout Leader – Group Leadership Team Member 
  • District Commissioner – District Lead Volunteer  
  • District/County/Area/Region(Scotland) Communications Manager – Support Team Member 
  • District Explorer Scout Administrator - 14-24 Team Member 
  • District/County/Area/Region(Scotland) Skills Instructor – Programme Team Member 
  • Early Years Section Leader - Section Team Member (of the Squirrels Team)
  • Executive Committee Member - Trustee 
  • Explorer Scout Administrator – 14-24 Team Member 
  • Group Communications Manager - Group Leadership Team Member
  • Group Scout Leader – Group Lead Volunteer 
  • Group Skills Instructor - Group Leadership Team Member
  • Scout Network Member – Scout Network Member  
  • Secretary - Trustee
  • Section Assistant – Section Team Member
  • Section Leader – Section Team Leader 
  • Treasurer - Treasurer 
  • Youth Commissioner – Youth Lead 

Accreditations: 

  • Assessor - Adventurous Activity Assessor 
  • Award Certificate Recipient - Awards Parcel Recipient  
  • Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme - Manager of the Activity Permit Scheme 
  • Nights Away Adviser - Nights Away Assessor 
  • King's Scout Award Coordinator - King’s Scout Award Parcel Recipient
  • Safeguarding Adviser - Safeguarding Adviser
  • Safety Adviser – Safety Adviser

Roles that will be recorded but will not be part of a team: 

  • Non Member PVG only (Scotland) – Non Member - Needs Disclosure
  • Occasional Helper - Non Member - Needs Disclosure
  • President – President 
  • Vice President – Vice President 

These roles won’t continue in the same way, and they could match into various teams.

It's important to have conversations with these volunteers, focus on what interests them, and agree locally which teams they'll join.

  • Administrator
  • Adviser (other than Nights Away Adviser)
  • Appointments Advisory Committee Member
  • Appointments Chair
  • Appointments Secretary
  • Assistant Appointments Secretary
  • Assistant Camp Warden
  • Assistant Commissioner
  • Assistant Commissioner (International)
  • Assistant Commissioner (Section)
  • Awards Advisory Group Member
  • Badge Secretary
  • Camp Warden
  • Centre Manager
  • Committee Member
  • County Leader
  • Deputy Commissioner
  • Deputy Training Manager
  • Deputy Youth Commissioner
  • District Leader
  • Group Leader
  • Group Section Assistant
  • Local Development Officer
  • Local Training Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Scout Active Support Coordinator
  • Scout Active Support Manager
  • Scout Active Support Member
  • Scout Council Member
  • Scouter
  • Staff
  • Supporter
  • Trainer
  • Training Administrator
  • Training Adviser
  • Training Manager