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Welcoming messages
Send a welcoming message to young refugees and displaced children to show them they are welcome in the UK.
1 hr
Indoors
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Make and play Yut Nori
Learn about a traditional Korean game, make the board and have a go at playing it with your friends.
45 mins
Outdoors
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70 things
Set yourself a 70 things challenge to represent the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
1 hr
Indoors
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Swedish Scout semlor
Celebrate a fettisdagen fika with this simple recipe for some Scouts semla buns.
30 mins
Online
The tag game
Use these quick games to introduce the idea of affinity bias and what we share in common, even when we’re different.
20 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Build your squad
Work together to guess your friends’ new identities and add them to your squad.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Local knowledge tour
Learn more about your local area and teach others by planning and running a tour.
Supported by
Niantic
1 hr
Online
Camp stove doughnuts
Set up your stoves and rustle up some delicious doughy delights.
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Tripod football
Make a tripod then set it on the pitch. Can you work together to score a goal without abandoning your creation?
Supported by
Walker Books
40 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Footgolf
Practise your aim as you kick a football across a course. Will you get a hole in one?
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Gridlocked people
Work together while you’re distanced to crack this life-size people puzzle.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Walking football
Take it slow in this twist on a classic team game.
Supported by
Walker Books
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Allotment to love
Find an allotment patch and use the VegPlotter tool to make planting patterns that are works of art from the heart.
1 hr
Socially distanced outdoors
I know yew
Identify a tree in this unbe-leaf-able nature knowledge game, then head outside to see how many trees everyone recognises.
Supported by
Generation Green
25 mins
Outdoors
Look before you lop
Treat some trees with a trip to the barbers, as we have a go at pruning some branches and promoting new growth.
Supported by
Generation Green
45 mins
Outdoors
Putting down roots
Build a bug hotel, a squirrel’s fridge, a bird’s perch, an air conditioner and a wonder of nature: plant a tree!
Supported by
Generation Green
1 hr
Outdoors
Life under leaves
Visit some woodland and discover what lives among the trees.
Supported by
Generation Green
1 hr 5
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Turkish delights
Discover the art of ebru painting and have a go with your friends.
45 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Photo mapping
Explore your local area and create a map to show what is important to you and your community.
Supported by
Niantic
1 hr 30
Socially distanced outdoors
Press play and go: get growing with recycled planters
You don’t need a garden to get growing – make some recycled planters to turn even the smallest space green.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Online
Get growing with recycled planters
You don’t need a garden to get growing – make some recycled planters to turn even the smallest space green.
Supported by
WWF
1 hr
Socially distanced outdoors
Forced to flee solidarity walk
Follow one family’s escape from conflict with this interactive walk.
Supported by
Save the Children
4 hrs
Socially distanced outdoors
Community autism pledge
Encourage local businesses to commit to being autism-friendly and create a more accessible and inclusive community.
Supported by
National Autistic Society
1 hr
Socially distanced indoors
Chair football
Play this classic sport while seated in chairs. Talk tactics and positions before you start and see which team wins!
Supported by
Walker Books
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Night watchers
Sneak to succeed and retrieve the keys in this escape game. But don’t get spotted by the Night Watch!
10 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Zip, zap, boing!
Test your memory and reactions in this game where you’re just a zip, zap or boing away from victory!
5 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Recycling binception
Where do you store your recycling? Try making a bin out of recycling to put it in.
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Indoors
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