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We’ve found 147 activities:
Caring map
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes and make a visitor guide to your community.
2 hrs
Indoors
Making connections
Build links with other Scout groups and learn about diversity in Scouts.
3 hrs
Indoors
Become an access champion
Use all you’ve learned and pledge to take actions to create a more autism-friendly world.
2 hrs
Indoors
Speak out for mental health
Invite your local decision maker to find out more about better mental health for all and share their plans of support.
3 hrs
Indoors
Make wellbeing connections
Get in touch with your local mental health charity to learn and make more change.
2 hrs
Indoors
Create the next chapter
Reflect on taking action, then storyboard what more you could do to help end homelessness.
2 hrs
Indoors
Storyboard your change
Decide how you’ll make more change and create a storyboard to show your plans.
2 hrs
Indoors
Le capitaine arrive
Learn some basic French while playing this adapted version of Captain’s coming.
10 mins
Indoors
Come dine online
Don’t whisk it – use these top tips to cook up a virtual storm with an online cook-along.
30 mins
Online
Local knowledge tour
Learn more about your local area and teach others by planning and running a tour.
1 hr
Online
Horse riding
Mount your steed and learn how to “ride like the wind cowboy” in this horse riding adventure.
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Pony trekking
Explore in a different way and enjoy the scenery from the back of a pony or horse.
2 hrs
Outdoors
Learn about the three different Norths
Learn about the three different types of north, where they come from, and how to use them to navigate.
25 mins
Indoors
Invite in a faith leader
Invite a faith leader to visit your group and find out about more about a chosen faith.
1 hr
Indoors
Cave painting
Create your own cave maps as you get familiar with the cave conservation code.
30 mins
Indoors
Quad biking
Switch to off-road mode and bring the mud as we hit the bumps and mounds of a quad bike course.
2 hrs
Outdoors
Explore the shore
You’re never further than 70 miles from the sea in the UK. Coastlines are teaming with wildlife, so what will you discover?
1 hr 5
Outdoors
Find your favourite flora or fauna
Find out more about your favourite flora or fauna, then host a display for your friends.
Supported by
Nattergal
1 hr
Indoors
Under new management
Find out more about conservation projects, then have your say. What would you do if you were in charge?
Supported by
Nattergal
25 mins
Indoors
Flying (powered aircraft)
Soar and see a bit more. Put everything you’ve learned into practice as you take off on an airborne adventure.
1 hr 5
Outdoors
Cone zone
You’ve got lots of dots to plot your way through in these small, indoor orienteering courses.
15 mins
Indoors
Hilly hazard perception
What’s that coming over the hill? Is it a hazard? Explore how seeing what might lie ahead of you on a hillwalk can help.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Signal and survive
Practise different ways to send messages and stay safe in a survival situation.
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Victorinox
1 hr
Indoors
Satellite insight
Discover more about satellites and how useful they are as we try to create our own orbital objects.
45 mins
Indoors
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