September 2023

This month, people are encouraged to buy only secondhand clothes. A great time to get creative and rescue some pre-loved items.  

Activities to try:

• Give upcycling a go in Patch it up 
• Use secondhand fabrics in Quilts for a cause
• Repair your books with The hospital for badly treated books

Keep in touch with Scout friends around the world, or inspire change in your community. 

Activities to try:

• Write to your MP and make a difference 
• Contact your local newspaper in with a letter for better
• Write to a pen pal in Challenge in the post 

Find out more about a charity focusing on a cause you’re passionate about.

Activities to try:

• Learn about local charities in Chatty charities  
• Map kindness in your community with Who helps who? 

International Literacy Day is about the importance of literacy and inclusive education for all.  

Activities to try:

• Tell everyone your favourite story
• Share a story to tell your community about the lives of refugees and displaced children
• Create a community library

Celebrate our emergency services and brush up on your lifesaving skills. 

Activities to try:

• Practise an emergency call with Emergency superheroes
• Play bingo in Kindness in emergencies 
• Explore the bystander effect in Be kind, respond

Don’t want to wait until next Easter for those tasty spiced sweet buns?

Perhaps whoever came up with this day felt the same! 

Activities to try:

• Cook Campfire hot cross buns
• Make Hot cross buns in a mug

Take part in the Great British Beach Clean. What strange litter will you find? 

Activities to try:

• Discover your local coastline with Explore the shore
• Play Plastic or prey
• Explore how litter affects wildlife in Banding together
• Complete a Coastal alphabet hunt 

A fun occasion to treasure. Why not dress up with your mates too?  

Activities to try:

• Play Don’t wake the pirate 
• Transform your meeting place with Cardboard captains 
• Play Captain’s coming
• Try the water-based game Don’t wake the Kraken 

Show your thanks and appreciation on World Gratitude Day. 

Activities to try:

• Say thank you with Cards that care 
• Find things to be grateful for in nature in Gratitude scavenger hunt 
• Share thank you notes

International Day of Peace (or World Peace Day), is dedicated to peace around the world.

Activities to try:

• Learn how to create safe spaces
• Play a game from a country that’s been affected by conflict in Hunt the ring
• Think about the experience of displaced people in Displaced cook off

Celebrate our amazing bi young people and volunteers, challenge biphobia, and build a society where everyone is free to be themselves.

Activities to try:

• Learn about the rainbow flag in Prints for Pride
• Celebrate how we're all unique with Open your (rainbow) hearts
• Write a poem about inclusivity with Be a blackout poet 

Learn more about British Sign Language (BSL) and try finger spelling, on the International Day of Sign Languages.

Activities to try:

• Introduce yourselves with Sign with me
• Practise finger spelling Silent sprint
• Sign the Islamic call to prayer
• Sing-along and sign with Encanto

Yom Kippur, which means the Day of Atonement, is a time where Jews reflect and ask God for forgiveness.  

Activities to try:

• Plan a visit to a synagogue with Sacred sites
• Go on a Place of worship pilgrimage   
• Explore how someone puts their faith into practise with Faith feathers

Explore the importance of forests to our planet and help build a sustainable future on FSC Forest Week.

Activities to try:

• Create a sustainable time capsule
• Explore climate change by playing Double trouble
• Discover woodland wildlife in Life under trees
• Connect with nature in Meet a tree

Take action to fight against food waste. 

Activities to try: 

• Learn simple ways to save food from the rubbish bin in Track your food footprint 
• Plan healthy meals with Don't be faced with food waste 
• Make something tasty with Make food matter