Meet the Volunteer Experience Team
Bronach is the Lead Volunteer for Volunteer Experience. The team aims to make volunteering as easy as possible by keeping you all well informed and aware of the many opportunities Guiding provides
Morven Hinson
Email: countyarchivist@girlguidingdunbartonshire.org.uk
Morven oversees the archive of materials relevant to Dunbartonshire. If you have materials you would like to put into the archive, or if you want to know what is in the archive and perhaps borrow items, do get in touch with her.
Bronach Hughes
Email: volunteers@girlguidingdunbartonshire.org.uk
If f you have suggestions or ideas for future learning opportunities, please get in touch. If you need info on any mandatory trainings happy to guide you in the right direction too.
Alison Prout
Email: inclusion@girlguidingdunbartonshire.org.uk
I can support you with issues regarding girls or adults who have additional needs if they are to enjoy the full guiding experience. That might be a physical or medical need, a learning difficulty, a neurodiversity, a mental health issue, or an issue to do with religion or family/social circumstances. I am also supported in my role by Molly McCready.
If you have any questions around ensuring your girls, volunteers and any other member of your team have their additional support needs met, then I’m happy to chat with you to help you come up with a plan to make adjustments
Norma Choat
Mail: leadership@girlguidingdunbartonshire.org.uk
If you have any new volunteers that are working on the Leadership Qualification, I will assign that leader a Mentor and can support you and your volunteer through the training
Helen Rankin
Email: safeguarding@girlguidingdunbartonshire.org.uk
If you have any questions around safe space training please get in touch, if you have any safe space concerns you can get in touch for a chat, but if it is an emergency please follow HQ policy and procedures
Training Opportunities
For local 1st response trainings and other opportunities within our county visit our County Calendar.
As well as trainings on the learning platform, please visit the Girlguiding Scotland pages for further opportunities
All volunteers have access to the Learning Platform that contains a wide range of modules and training sessions to support your volunteering with Girlguiding. There are self-led module units and links to face to face sessions.
- Visit this page to understand how you get on to the learning platform
As a new volunteer you will need to complete Safer Guiding. (Available via the learning platform)
Safety is at the heart of everything we do. Because we know that when girls feel safe, they feel brave enough to do things they never thought they could.
The training will help you:
- Understand your role in safeguarding and what to do
- Recognise potential safeguarding issues
- Understand our safety and safeguarding policies
- Learn about our approach to risk management and your responsibilities
- Discuss with other volunteers what to do
- Answer your questions