Matt Hyde is Chief Executive of the Scouts, the UK’s largest youth movement will be presenting and answering any questions around this years Big Help Out. 

Matt is co-Founder of The Big Help Out,https://thebighelpout.org.uk/ an initiative to dramatically increase volunteering

numbers across the UK as part of HM King Charles III’s Coronation which saw over 7.2m

volunteer. He is a trustee of Comic Relief, a Patron of UNLOCK (the charity for people with

convictions) and was previously Vice-Chair of the National Council for Voluntary

Organisations (NCVO).

Matt was awarded an OBE in the 2020 New Year Honours List, an Honorary Fellowship from

Queen Mary University of London in 2012 and an Honorary Degree from the University of

Hertfordshire in 2023.