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We’ve found 828 activities:
Testing timeline
Work together to work out what happens when you take a COVID-19 test.
25 mins
Online
COVID-19 catchphrase
Work together to look at the whole picture and discover why it’s important to have all the facts about coronavirus.
20 mins
Online
Figure out the facts
Get quizzical and test your coronavirus knowledge with your friends.
10 mins
Online
Keep apart, but do it with heart
Coronavirus means we have to stay further apart than normal. Find out why, and come up with new ways to live your values.
1 hr
Online
Press play and go: Chinese window flowers
Follow the video and liven up the place with some Chinese paper cut artwork – chop chop!
30 mins
Online
Dancing in the dark
Work together and use glow sticks to create a dance routine in the dark then show it to your friends.
30 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Moonlit Morse
Learn how to send Morse code at night using just a torch and a trusty cheat sheet.
45 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Spread the word with a community talk
Inspire your local community to take action by talking to them about everything your group’s achieved.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Indoors
Spread the word with an eco camp
Share what you’ve learned about saving the planet by hosting an environmentally friendly camp.
Supported by
WWF
4 hrs
Outdoors
Multimedia scrapbook
Explore different ways of documenting your A Million Hands project then share your creations with your local community.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Indoors
Spread the word with a short film
Edit your own video to tell the story of how you protected our environment, show others, and inspire them to do the same.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Indoors
Kindness cache
Inspire others to take action by planting a kindness geocache.
Supported by
The British Red Cross
1 hr 30
Indoors
Spread kindness through local media
Boost the power of kindness by shouting about it in local media.
Supported by
The British Red Cross
1 hr
Indoors
Make a kindness community display
Create a community display to shout about the power of kindness.
Supported by
The British Red Cross
1 hr
Indoors
Trummies treasure hunt
Make your own characters to help other people to learn about autism and the action you’ve taken.
Supported by
National Autistic Society
2 hrs
Indoors
Make a house pledge
Look back at what you’ve done and make a pledge that’ll help end homelessness for good.
Supported by
Crisis
2 hrs
Indoors
Food for thought
Learn how to eat more sustainably and create a book of recipes to save the planet.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Indoors
Caring map
Put yourself in someone else’s shoes and make a visitor guide to your community.
Supported by
Save the Children
2 hrs
Indoors
Invite a Scout speaker and pledge kindness
Find out more about the power of kindness, hear from an expert, and pledge to do something kind for others.
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The British Red Cross
1 hr 30
Indoors
Wild walk
Plan a walk to highlight the work you’ve done to improve nature in your local area, then get exploring.
Supported by
WWF
2 hrs
Outdoors
Map your autism-friendly community
Create a map of the autism-friendly spaces in your community and help others see what more needs to change.
Supported by
National Autistic Society
2 hrs
Indoors
Better mental health for all leaflets or posters
Share everything you’ve learned and suggest wellbeing tips with an eye-catching poster or leaflet.
Supported by
Mind, SAMH, Inspire NI
2 hrs
Indoors
Make wellbeing connections
Get in touch with your local mental health charity to learn and make more change.
Supported by
Mind, SAMH, Inspire NI
2 hrs
Indoors
Sustainable development time capsule
Create a time capsule with a message for the present and the future.
Supported by
Save the Children
1 hr
Indoors
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