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Welcoming messages
Send a welcoming message to young refugees and displaced children from around the world, to show them they are welcome in the UK.
1 hr
Indoors
Featured
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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Game stop location
Learn more about your local area and share it through our partnership with Niantic.
Supported by
Niantic
30 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
70 things
Set yourself a 70 things challenge to represent the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
1 hr
Indoors
Platinum drawing
Can you complete these platinum drawing challenges?
20 mins
Indoors
Brilliant bunting
Use your creative skills to make this brilliant bunting and use it to decorate your meeting place.
30 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Treasure hunt
Improve your local knowledge and map reading skills while hunting for treasure.
Supported by
Niantic
1 hr 25
Socially distanced outdoors
Incident Hike
Add a twist to a planned hike with surprise games and encounters along the way.
Supported by
Niantic
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Be the change
Plan how your group can make a positive change in your community.
Supported by
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
30 mins
Online
Trashing the landscape
Turn trash into treasure by using recycled materials to create green spaces in your local area.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Plastic bottle greenhouse
Put your DIY skills to the test and build a greenhouse from plastic bottles, then experiment with growing different flowers or vegetables.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Grow big or grow home
Turn tired tyres into blooming marvellous garden beds to add colour and encourage wildlife into even the smallest outdoor spaces.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Bins in bloom
Rescue rubbish from the bin and use it creatively to make your garden green in more than one way.
Supported by
Generation Green
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Evaluation postcards
Make postcards to reflect on what you’ve learned, what you’ve achieved, and what your next steps could be.
Supported by
Generation Green
25 mins
Indoors
Good thymes in the garden
Play plant protectors and learn about native and invasive plant species in your area.
Supported by
Generation Green
45 mins
Outdoors
Litter splitter
Explore how the items we use in everyday life can affect the world around us and hunt out the litter around you.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Outdoors
Tool it right
Use the right tools to keep invasive species in check and maintain wildlife habitats.
Supported by
Generation Green
50 mins
Outdoors
Think outside the trash
Rubbish doesn’t disappear when it’s thrown away. Can you work out how long different things take to break down?
Supported by
Generation Green
20 mins
Indoors
Community birdhouses
Choose your birdhouse and build a new home for our feathered friends.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Dream camp
Work together to come up with the best – and worst – ideas for your dream camp.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Bug-ingham Palace
Make a bug hotel fit for royalty for your neighbourhood minibeasts.
Supported by
Generation Green
3 hrs
Outdoors
Web of life
Play a fun game to explore how the natural world is connected like a beautiful spider’s web.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Indoors
Natural treasure hunt
Head outdoors and explore the beautiful biodiversity on offer. What will you discover?
Supported by
Generation Green
1 hr
Outdoors
Go green
Find out about becoming a Green Champion and choose your theme.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Indoors
The marshmallow experiment
Is a marshmallow in your hand worth two in the future?
10 mins
Indoors
Plan, do, review
Plan how you’ll tackle a game or activity, then put it into action and reflect with your team.
10 mins
Socially distanced indoors
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