Learning

We want all our volunteers to have the skills and knowledge they need to feel confident to keep young people safe and help them gain skills for life. 

We organise learning at Scouts in what we call the Learning Tree. It's made up of:

Safety, Safeguarding and First Response learning need to renewed every three years. 

Click through our interactive Learning Tree to find out more.

How to access learning and keep track of your progress

Sign in to scouts.org.uk and go to ‘My learning’ to access all our learning and to view your learning record.  

There you can see the learning you need to do, explore other learning you might be interested in, request to be assessed and keep track of your progress.

If you lead a team, you can also see your team’s learning records and create learning reports to check how your team is getting on.  

Read the My learning digital tool guide to learn how to do this.

Who can support you with learning 

If you’re joining Scouts for the first time or changing to a new team or role, your Team Leader or Lead Volunteer will help you understand what learning you need to do.   

District and County / Area / Region Volunteering Development Teams are there to support all volunteers with their learning. They manage the learning offer locally and can answer any questions you might have. They can also support you to access our digital learning and help you find an alternative if you don’t have any access to the internet.

Volunteers with the Learning Assessor accreditation are responsible for crediting learning on scouts.org.uk.