# Student Scout and Guide Organisation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218302 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218302)
- Website: https://www.ssago.org
- What it funds: Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Acts as an umbrella or resource body
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Scotland
- Other names: Ssago (working)
- Trustees: 11
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/student-scout-and-guide-organisation

SSAGO provides administrative and financial support for affiliated clubs at Students' Unions. SSAGO runs events for it's members to meet up and gain experience of running large events. SSAGO supports events run by Scouts and Girlguiding by providing volunteers and planning support for their programme. SSAGO facilitates volunteering with local scout or guide units.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> 3.1 to promote the education and development of students in higher education in achieving their full physical, intellectual, and social potentials as individuals and as responsible citizens and members of their local, national and international communities, in particular by: 3.1.1 acting as an umbrella and resource body for member Student Scout and Guide clubs at higher education institutions; 3.1.2 delivering social, cultural, and recreational activities, and forums for discussion and debate, directly for students regionally, nationally, and internationally; and 3.1.3 enriching and enhancing the educational and social experience of students and to provide opportunities for members to develop their personal maturity, leadership, and communication and other skills.3.2 to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of charities, and to promote the effective use of resources for charitable purposes by charities and non-charitable bodies, with a particular focus on Student Scout and Guide clubs and affiliated Scout and Guide bodies, by: 3.2.1 providing administrative support, guidance, financial assistance and other resources; 3.2.2 working with and supporting the Scout association, the Guide association, the Scout and Guide graduate association, students’ unions, organisations with similar objectives and affiliated bodies; and 3.2.3 facilitating volunteering opportunities within scouting and guiding groups.

## What it funds

Student Scout and Guide Organisation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes economic / community development / employment for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides services, provides advocacy / advice / information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales and Scotland.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Student Scout and Guide Organisation in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (ssago.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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