It's a staggering figure yet it still isn't enough. The Scouts Association recently revealed that it has a waiting list of 33,000 potential Scouts due to a shortage of more than 6,000 leaders. Girlguiding UK is in a similar predicament.
The need is particularly acute among smaller youth clubs where a failure to attract even just one extra volunteer can lead to closure.
Sadly, too many people don't view volunteering to work with young people as an attractive option. Men worry their motives will be questioned if they volunteer to work with youth groups, and some women fear they will end up working with the violent teenagers they read about in the press. The public rarely hears about the many benefits.
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