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We’ve found 238 activities:
Emergency loop chase game
Learn what to do in an emergency situation involving key utilities: electricity, gas or water.
30 mins
Indoors
Intruder alert
Work as a team to protect your meeting place from a ‘burglar’ while learning about motion sensors.
30 mins
Indoors
Who you gonna call?
Learn different emergency and non-emergency numbers and where you could go when you need to make an emergency call.
30 mins
Indoors
Try a checkpoint challenge
Test your understanding of grid references by tackling this treasure hunt with a twist.
1 hr
Outdoors
Get your head in the game
Create a treacherous track and ping pong ball ‘heads’, then work together to get your heads safely along the track.
30 mins
Indoors
Learn the dos and don’ts of camping
Understand what you should do when you’re camping by playing this group game.
10 mins
Indoors
Funny floating
Try not to laugh in this funny swimming game.
10 mins
In water
Cook macaroni slosh
Add a dash of team work and a splash of something new to cook a tasty meal with your group.
1 hr
Indoors
Think or sink
Use this rhyme to think about swimming safely.
10 mins
On water
Snow go zones
Prepare for an icy adventure and decide where it’s safe to ski.
15 mins
Indoors
Safety scenario sorting
Work with a friend to figure out how to stay safe in these scenarios. What would you do?
30 mins
Indoors
Codemakers
Check out a safety code, then design your own to stay safe while having fun.
1 hr
Outdoors
Online safety summit
Put yourself in others’ shoes and learn how to stay safe online.
20 mins
Indoors
Phone number bingo and home address lingo
Do you know your address and phone number? Learn them both with these fun games.
10 mins
Indoors
Get your scoot on
Give scooting a go in this fun taster session.
40 mins
Indoors
Cook sausage smash
Try backwoods cooking, then work as a team to dish up a smashing meal in the great outdoors.
1 hr
Outdoors
Kitchen risk bingo
Learn how to be safe and clean in the kitchen with this fast and fun bingo game.
20 mins
Indoors
Hazard maps
It’s time to be a safety inspector. Can you explore the basics of camp safety, and make sure everyone’s looked after?
1 hr
At camp
Hack attack
Can you crack the hacker's code to save technology, and use your own code to communicate with others on the mission?
25 mins
Indoors
Sing some campfire songs
Create a campfire and then sing some fun songs around it.
45 mins
Outdoors
Chariots of water
Practice knots and lashings, then test your skills by building chariots and racing them outdoors.
1 hr
Outdoors
Learn about different types of wood
Can your pair make sure that five customers get the right type of wood for their DIY project?
15 mins
Indoors
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