Camp Northumbria 2025 - Adult Volunteering Opportunities

We’re looking for adult volunteers to help support our Camp Northumbria team to deliver an exciting weekend camp for our young people from Friday 23rd- Monday 26th May 2025.

We have opportunities for volunteers to help support with:

• Programme delivery
• First Aid
• Staff Catering
• Site infrastructure

We welcome adult volunteers from The Scout Association and Girlguiding UK. Opportunities are flexible and we’ve given an indication of the time commitment involved in each opportunity below.

You may be a section leader who is bringing young people to camp who is able to spare 1-2 hours whilst your young people are taking part in activities, or you may be interested in volunteering for a full day or the full weekend.

Our programme team are looking for extra volunteers to help deliver activities during the camp. Opportunities are flexible and we’re looking for adults who can give as little as 1-2 hours or as much as a full day to help run an activity or activities. Activities will run on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May (9.00am – 12.30pm and 1.30 – 5.00pm) and Monday 26th May (9.00am – 12.30pm). We also need help to supervise the evening activities (7.00 – 10.30pm). We’ll plan the activities for you and ensure you have the equipment you need – BUT if you ‘d like to get involved with the planning then please let us know on the form below.

Please note, volunteers with adventurous activities permits (such as archery, climbing or shooting) are being contacted directly about opportunities to support with the delivery of adventurous activities on site.

Our First Aid team are looking for some extra volunteers to support them during them the camp. Flexible volunteering, any time is valuable from 2 hrs to a full day.

You must have First Response as a minimum, ideally a higher qualification would be ideal, external qualifications will be considered.

The First Aid team are also looking for assistance with administrative tasks, including casualty notes, contacting emergency contacts, and assisting in providing treatment where needed and where you feel comfortable. 

We’re looking to recruit a small team of volunteers to help cater for our camp staff. The team will be required to plan menus in advance of the camp, and provide catering for a small staff team throughout the weekend.

We’re looking for some extra volunteers to help our site infrastructure team with constructing and taking down the site. We mainly need volunteers who can be available on the days leading up to and after the camp, either for a half a day or a full day.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form and for volunteering to help our team. Please complete your details below and we will be in touch very soon with more information.