Every week, up and down the UK, over 400,000 young people aged 4+ gain the skills they need for life, supported by over 100,000 volunteers. From learning to take a deep breath, ignoring the butterflies and jump in, to speaking up and not standing for indifference, these are just some things that have made former scouts the leaders of today.

But speaking up about the impact we make every week isn’t always one of our skills. That’s why the local communications team at Scouts HQ is making a diffrence. Helping local volunteers shout about the benefits of Scouts.

To aid local volunteers with this, we provide each scout area with a bespoke dashboard filled with information on what local people are seeing in their area.

My role is responsible for the design, development and deployment of this digital insight tool, helping enable more volunteers to deliver more skills for life.

The current application utilises Google’s Looker platform to provide accessible data dashboards and usage monitoring.