East Lothian Scouts only needs new adult volunteers

28 Apr

Demand for Scouting by young people has grown across the whole of East Lothian with a 7.4% increase yoy in young people taking part in Scouting.

East Lothian Scouts has a youth waiting list of 323. We need only 57 new adult volunteers to clear this.
Example roles which need support by local communities - Section Leaders and Assistant Section leaders. These are the most accessible roles available in Scouting. We have seen the biggest drop in adult volunteers in these – collectively -38% yoy.
The total number of young people in the East Lothian Scout District is 766 and the total number of adult volunteers is only 172. 
17% of young people in Scouting are female which is up on the 2022 Census figures.

83 Top Awards have been issued to young people aged 4-25 including the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Queen’s Scout Award (now King’s Scout Award) and Chief Scout Awards – all these build their confidence, and resilience and develop essential employability skills.
East Lothian Scouts has 20 Young Leaders (male and female) enabling those aged 14-18 to develop leadership and the skills they need in life if that be as part of their CV, at university, in future employment or simply to improve the quality of their lives.
We have 12 active Scout groups in East Lothian – Aberlady, Cockenzie, Dunbar, East Linton, Gifford, Gullane, Haddington, Longniddry, Musselburgh, North Berwick, Pencaitland and Tranent.

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