Guides - brought to you by Volunteers

At Guides we value all kinds of time commitments from our volunteers. Contribute what you can, when you can.

We will help you find the volunteer role which best suits your availability and skills. You might volunteer to work directly with girls or use your skills in Guide Unit roles such as HR (Human Resources), organizational development, finance, PR and marketing, sponsorship, training, community liaison, or any number of other functions which support Guides.

We aim to provide great experiences for our Guides AND our Volunteers

Women join Guiding to invest in the lives of girls in their communities. It’s also a chance to make new friends, be active and learn new skills. Guides provides training and mentors for adult volunteers. Volunteers have a choice of positions in a support role or Leadership role, in a face-to-face or behind the scenes role. As volunteers, women can get involved to a level which feels right, and can enjoy alll sorts of activities, from arts to camping, from community liaison to promotion, from communications to finance. Volunteers don't need to have a daughter in Guiding.

Volunteering for Guides

At Guides, volunteering means choice. There is a great choice of roles. Some take on more than one role. Some move from one role to another. Volunteering is a learning experience.

If you are short of time or are unsure that Guiding is for you, consider a 'donation' of six hours of your time to your local Guide Unit as a temporary volunteer. At the other end of the scale, becoming a Guide Leader is a regular and long-term commitment AND enormous fun and incredibly rewarding.

Listed here are some of the volunteer roles available within Guides. To consider which might suit you, read through the role descriptions which follow.

	Uniform?	Age?	Female/Male?
Activities and Program Specialist	Yes	18 +	Female
Unit Leader	Yes	18 +	Female
Unit Helper	No	18 +	Female
Administration Assistant	No	18+
Camp/event/activity helper	No	18+	Either
Occasional helper - maintenance	No	18+	Either
Cork Supporter - driver	No	21+	Either
Unit Helper- Day	Yes	18+	Female
Auditor	No	18+	Either
Financial Assistant	No	18+	Either
Events Coordinator	No	18+	Either
Newsletter Editor	No	18+	Female
Catering	Yes	18+	Either
Fundraising	No	18+	Either
Cork Coordinator	Yes	18+	Female
Cork Supporter	No	18+	Either
Facilitator/Presenter	No	18+	Either
Shopping Assistant	Yes	18+	Female

If you can see yourself in a role, then Guides would love to hear from you.

Call 08 8418 0900 or email us for more information about how you can get involved!