Managing your team

Guidance on how to build and lead your team including recognising their achievements and handling problems with behaviour and conduct

Guiding is all about working together

Get the most from volunteers in your team by getting to know our processes for managing members. This information covers the journey from including young members on your team to supporting members who are considering retiring from guiding.

Working with young volunteers

Support and guidance for including young volunteers as part of your unit team

Thanking your volunteers

Thanking our volunteers is all about recognising the great work they do, and letting them know how much we value them

Awards and recognition

Discover our awards that celebrate members

Managing concerns about adult volunteers policy

The circumstances in which Girlguiding will proactively intervene if we have concerns about an adult volunteer

Local support groups

Make the most of support available in your community

Flexible volunteering

Volunteers don't always have loads of time. By making guiding work for them, you can maximise their hours and skills

Leaving or changing role

What to do if a member wants to move to a new volunteer role, stop volunteering completely, or if a member dies.

Holding planning meetings in private homes and gardens

This guidance is to help leaders and commissioners run effective planning meetings in private homes and gardens

More on managing volunteers in guiding

Adult members policy

Read our policy on who can be a member of Girlguiding and the benefits and expectations of membership.

Recruiting new volunteers

Increasing volunteer numbers is about flexibility, communication and ongoing support

Volunteer roles in guiding

Your opportunities as a volunteer - from working directly with girls to keeping things running in the office

Becoming a Girlguiding leader

Take advantage of our great leadership learning opportunities to help you become a leader