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We’ve found 238 activities:
Learn about online safety issues
Work together to discover and try to solve some of the current issues faced by young people online.
30 mins
Indoors
Explore the impact of online content
Discover the different ways that online content can positively and negatively influence people’s ideas, emotions and behaviours.
30 mins
Indoors
Mo and Jaz's tech tales
Find out what to do when you see something online that makes you feel unhappy, worried or scared.
20 mins
Indoors
Design an app to help others
Think about how you'd make a quick and easy app to help your local community.
40 mins
Indoors
Try our five pillars of Islam quiz
Work together to answer questions about Islam in this quiz challenge. Can you collect all five pillars?
30 mins
Indoors
Try a railway safety quiz
Test your train and railway safety knowledge with this fun quiz, which is sure to get you train-travel ready.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
30 mins
Indoors
Play Trains and Ladders
Try this twist on human snakes and ladders, as you make right and wrong choices along the train tracks.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
1 hr
Outdoors
Train safety obstacle course
Learn all about electricity at the railway as you move your way through this quick obstacle course.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
45 mins
Outdoors
Try to whittle a tent peg
Whittle your own tent peg and learn knife skills in this traditional scout activity.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Make your own marshmallow stick
Create your own marshmallow roasting stick while learning how to use a knife.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Try to carve a spoon
Carve your own spoon and learn how to use a knife.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Outdoors
Make your own cork prints
Carve some cork print blocks and learn knife skills in this creative activity.
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Victorinox
45 mins
Indoors
Broken telephone
Try to pass the message on without getting crossed wires!
10 mins
Indoors
Play Gimme 5!
Learn everyone’s names in this fun icebreaker as your race to give high fives!
10 mins
Outdoors
Learn to build an altar fire
Try out a new fire building technique, then cook up a survival-style feast.
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Victorinox
2 hrs
Outdoors
Number five, skills for life
Learn the survival essentials needed on an outdoor adventure with a game of bingo.
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Victorinox
10 mins
Indoors
Distracted! You’ve crossed the line
In a crowded train station, you can easily be distracted which can be dangerous. Adjust your focus and take in what’s happening around you
Supported by
The Rail Industry
45 mins
Indoors
Tune in when you switch on
Talking online has become a big part of our lives. When you switch on, do you really listen to what people say?
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The Rail Industry
45 mins
Online
Hygiene hijinks
Explore survival hygiene, filter your own water, and create an ancient toothbrush.
Supported by
Victorinox
1 hr
Indoors
Running a campfire event
Learn how to build and light a campfire, then sing campfire songs, to give everyone a warm welcome to a Scouts tradition.
45 mins
Outdoors
Play Flapping Fish
Race your team's paper fish in a relay and see who comes out the winner!
10 mins
Indoors
Virtual Taskmaster
Get online and start problem-solving as you try to impress the Taskmaster with silly, exciting challenges.
1 hr
Online
Play Escape The Jail
Get active and use teamwork and tactics to win in this wide game.
15 mins
Outdoors
Scrumptious s’mores
Make this gorgeously gooey campfire treat, that’ll leave you wanting ’s’more‘.
30 mins
Outdoors
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