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Geek Out as a Scout Leader – Rolling a NAT 20

14 Thursday Jan 2021

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What a great time to volunteer as a leader for Scouting and for young people to be in the scouting movement. The partnerships that the Scouting Association have created with third parties to help deliver programmes is at a great level with so many opportunities for both leaders and scouts to learn new activities. Each of the partners provide information, resources and packs to help the delivery of the badges.

Just announced is the Scouts partnership with Dungeons and Dragons which takes me back to my teen years rolling for that Nat 20!. This and with the Raspberry Pi, Electronic and Hackathons is a geek out for me. Its great to pass on the skills and knowledge to the next generation.

Here are an example of some of the partnerships and badges

  • Army – Mechanics Badge
  • Dungeons and Dragons – Entertainers Badge
  • Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) – Electronics Badge
  • Manchester United Foundation – Leadership Challenge Badge
  • Plusnet – Hackathons
  • Raspberry Pi – Digital Maker (Staged Activity Badge)
  • Rolls Royce – Scientist Badge
  • Royal Marines – Snow Sports Badge
  • Royal Navy – Time on Water (Staged Badge)
  • UK Power Networks – Local Knowledge Badge
  • UK Space Agency – Astronautics Badge
  • Victorinox – Survival Badge
  • Warhammer – Scouts Model Maker Badge

So how can you volunteer to help and join in?

The below is from https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteer

Scouts is needed now more than ever. The pandemic has hit our young people hard – with two thirds saying is impacted on their mental health. Having people positive role models to guide the way, and give that extra bit of encouragement is so important in times like these. We help young people step up, speak and find their place in the world. We help them gain skills for life.

Three great reasons to volunteer: 

  • You’ll share your skills and experience with young people, while developing yourself
  • You’ll have fun and meet new people in your area
  • You’ll inspire a generation (and they’ll never forget it)

 What to expect:

  • A warm welcome
  • Flexibility to get involved in a way that works for you
  • Easy access to training and resources online
  • Plenty of support and a great team

Whether you join us to directly support young people, or behind the scenes, as a volunteer manager, treasurer or fundraiser, we’ll match you with a role that suits the skills you have to share and those you’d like to gain.

No two weeks are the same, but the impact you make is always great.

You can start your journey here https://www.scouts.org.uk/groups/

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Taking Scouting OnLine – 1st YouTube Scout Group

03 Friday Apr 2020

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ScoutsWith all that is going on in the world a the moment everyone is thinking outside the box to work differently and interact virtually. As some of you may have seen from some of my posts I spend some of my free time as a Scout Leader providing experiences and opportunities to young people.

Now that regular Scouting nights have rightly been stopped to help with the stay at home directives Scouting is rethinking itself and moving on line. As such initatives such as The Great Indoors have been created.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/

With the current situation in mind I was asked by a friend to help him set up and co-host an online Scouters meeting for all the sections (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers). From our discussions, 1st YouTube Scout Group was created.

We have now run three sessions online and also had some guests on. The engagement of these sessions has helped young people earn badges towards their Chief Scouts and Queens Scouts awards which for each section are top awards they can achieve.

We will continue to stream each week and help keep your people engage and provide activities for them to do whilst at home. Parents are also joining in to help.

Stream each Thursday at: https://www.youtube.com/bigmaninthewoodsuk

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This session was effected by some internet issues at the time

 

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Six Lessons on Bouncing Back

07 Saturday Dec 2019

Posted by Max Hemingway in 21st Century Human, Scouts

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Occasionally I have written about supporting STEM and Scouting in my blog around computing and science, however this piece from Bear Grylls in the Times newspaper in response to a Young Peoples survey has swayed me to write about it.

At a recent Scout meeting the context of this survey was explained to the Scouts, then I read out the article.

Bounce-Backers

We then went on to explain how we were meeting each of the six points at our group.

The response was amazing from the Scouts as they all reflected on what they had done in Scouting that related to each of these points.

I wanted to share this incase you havent read it.

Encouraging Young People to join youth organisations is a great way for them to gain experiences and learn new things.

Its not just Young People, Adults can join as leaders or helpers. Youth organisations need adult volunteers in order to run. Don’t worry if you feel you don’t have the skills that are needed. You learn these on your journey as a volunteer.

These are Six great lessons for anyone – not just Young People.

Yes even spending a night under the stars. A great time for reflections.


 

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