Skip to main content
Join Scouts
Squirrels (4-6 years)
Play, learn and get outdoors
Beavers (6-8 years)
Try new things, make friends
Cubs (8-10½ years)
Master new skills, have adventures
Scouts (10½-14 years)
Explore the world, challenge yourself
Explorers (14-18 years)
Take the lead, embrace change
Network (18-25 years)
Be the best you can be
Volunteer
Share your skills, gain new ones
Donate
Help us reach more young people
Info for parents
What do Scouts do?
Gain skills for life
Keeping young people safe
Safety and safeguarding
All about badges
Earn them and show them off
Uniform and costs
Feel part of the group
Scouts with additional needs
Accessibility for all
Scout Store
Info for volunteers
Volunteer experience
Find out how to use the digital system
Running your section
Get practical advice and guidance
Running things locally
Discover resources for completing tasks and running teams
Discover POR
Policy, Organisation and Rules and other key policies
Staying safe and safeguarding
Look after each other
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
How to make Scouts more inclusive and accessible
Criminal record checks
Cost of living
Find out what support is available
Growing Scouts
Get more people involved
Learning, development and awards
Develop yourself and others
Digital Skills
Brand Centre
Scout Adventures
Our activity centres
Unity Insurance Services
About us
Our vision and strategy
Place to belong
Our impact and reports
How we're doing
Our people
Meet the team
Contact us
Get in touch with Scouts' head office
News
Stay up to date
Events
Upcoming local and national events
Our campaigns
Changing our world
Job vacancies
Work with us
Our partners
Organisations supporting Scouts
Support Scouts
UK fundraising projects
Our history
Remembering the past, embracing the future
Policy
Data and website policies
Our adventure centres
Book a group activity
Learn more about Scouts Adventures
Shop
Sign in
Donate
Search
Home
Activities
Share
this page
Activities
Sort by newest
Sort by newest
Sort by most popular
Sort by A to Z
Sort by Z to A
Sort by cost — high to low
Sort by cost — low to high
Sort by time — long to short
Sort by time — short to long
Filter
Type
All
Activity
Adventure
Ceremony
Game
Skill
All
Practical skills
Outdoor skills
Physical activity
Community engagement
Social action
International activities
Creative skills
Spiritual activities
Outcome
All
Adventure
Be active
Be courageous
Live healthily
Try new things
Value the outdoors
Citizenship
Help your community
Be a citizen
Connectedness
Care
Respect others
Build friendships
Leadership
Be responsible
Be a team player
Be a great leader
Skills for Life
Problem solve
Be independent
Communicate
Develop skills
Wellbeing
Be happier
Improve wellbeing
Persevere more
Raise self-esteem
Develop your beliefs
Location
All
At a centre
At camp
At home
Indoors
In water
Online
On water
Outdoors
Section
All
Squirrels
Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
Explorers
Network
Refine
Sort by newest
Sort by newest
Sort by most popular
Sort by A to Z
Sort by Z to A
Sort by cost — high to low
Sort by cost — low to high
Sort by time — long to short
Sort by time — short to long
Timeframe
Custom
up to 10 mins
30 mins
60 mins
day+
Group Size
Individuals
Pairs
Teams
Whole section
Multiple sections
Cost
Free
£
££
£££
We’ve found 110 activities:
Easy earth ovens
Boost your backwoods cooking repertoire (and impress your friends) with this ancient cooking technique.
2 hrs
At camp
Interactive map
Create a custom map using Google Earth and the programming language KML. Which locations will you share?
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
2 hrs
Indoors
Night riders
Organise some night rides with your group to fit into the programme and see the benefits of sundown cycling.
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Create a community garden
Create a new garden or area for your local community.
4 hrs
Indoors
Plastic is not fantastic
Plastic isn’t fantastic! Work together to get your meeting place and local community to go single use plastic free.
4 hrs
Indoors
Carbon conscious
Find out how lifestyle choices impact our planet and raise awareness in your local community.
4 hrs
Indoors
Give out seed packets to your local community
Design and make some super seed packs to make your local community greener!
1 hr
Indoors
Make upcycled planters
You don’t need a garden to get growing – make some upcycled planters to turn even the smallest space green.
1 hr
Outdoors
From grey to green
Encourage your community to grow their own herbs or wild flowers, provide wildlife-friendly spaces and spread happy messages.
1 hr
Indoors
Willow wall
Use your green fingers to build this sustainable, eco-friendly willow fence somewhere at your meeting place or in your local community.
3 hrs
Outdoors
Hunger hunt
Find out what you need to eat to have a balanced diet as you forage for the supplies your tribe needs to thrive.
30 mins
Indoors
Night watchers
Sneak to succeed and retrieve the keys in this escape game. But don’t get spotted by the Night Watch!
10 mins
Indoors
Build a sustainable future
Create a positive vision of your community, as we learn about how to make where we live sustainable.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Nurture nature
Come up with ways to give something back to nature in return for all it gives us, by encouraging local biodiversity.
30 mins
Outdoors
Make a nature rainbow wheel
Capture the colours of the rainbow in the local area with this scavenger hunt.
30 mins
Outdoors
Plan for change
Saving the planet? Sit down and plan it, as we look at the local and global challenges and how to address them.
1 hr
Indoors
Make a journey stick
Go on a walk and create a journey stick to remember all the things you see along the way.
1 hr
Outdoors
Double trouble
Pair up to prosper in this climate change challenge as we explore the effects on planet Earth.
10 mins
Indoors
Seek out nature
Get outdoors and find out more about the creatures living on your doorstep.
1 hr
Outdoors
Fly your flag for the planet
Flag up issues and share your promise to help improve the natural environment in your local area.
30 mins
Indoors
Plastic or prey?
It’s dinnertime at sea, but someone has put plastic on the menu! Can you pick the plankton from the pollution?
30 mins
Indoors
Go stargazing
Wrap up warm then head outside to explore the night sky. What can you spot high above you?
45 mins
Outdoors
Grow some salad leaves
Use your newfound gardening expertise to grow salad, then taste nature’s reward.
30 mins
Indoors
Mud mugs
Connect with the earth and get stuck into the mud as you make a fantastic face sculpture.
30 mins
Outdoors
«
Prev
‹
Prev
2
3
4
5
›
Next
»
Next