How can supporting Operation Christmas Child and other Samaritan’s Purse projects link to Scout badges

and awards?

Contents BEAVER BADGES .............................................................................................................................. 2

Beavers - Global Issues Activity Badge ...................................................................... 3

Beavers - Collector Activity Badge ................................................................................ 4

Beavers - My World Challenge Award .......................................................................... 5

Beavers - Personal Challenge Award ........................................................................... 7

CUBS BADGES ................................................................................................................................... 8

Cubs - Global Issues Activity Badge ............................................................................. 9

Cubs - Our World Challenge Award ............................................................................. 10

Cubs - Personal Challenge Award ................................................................................ 12

SCOUTS BADGES .......................................................................................................................... 13

Scouts - Global Issues Activity Badge ....................................................................... 14

Scouts - Fundraising Activity Badge ........................................................................... 15

Scouts - World Challenge Award .................................................................................. 16

Scouts - Personal Challenge Award ............................................................................ 18

EXPLORERS BADGES .................................................................................................................... 19

Explorers - Fundraising Activity Badge..................................................................... 20

Explorers - Global Issues Activity Badge ................................................................. 21

Explorers - Leadership Activity Badge ...................................................................... 22

SCOUT NETWORK .......................................................................................................................... 23

Scout Network – ways to get involved ..................................................................... 24

BEAVER BADGES

Beavers - Global Issues Activity Badge

How to earn your badge 1. Keep a diary for a week, showing how you have recycled or saved energy at

home. 2. Try different kinds of Fairtrade products. Talk about the benefits of Fairtrade

in the world. 3. Create a ‘zoo’ of endangered animals. Find out why they are endangered. You

might include pandas, South China tigers, black rhinos, Sumatran orang-utans, Amur leopards, vaquitas or Hawksbill Turtles.

4. Use a soft drinks bottle to create a water filter using sand and pebbles. Talk about the problems some people have finding clean and safe drinking water.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Beavers can learn about SP’s Turn On The Tap Project which is providing safe water for children, families and communities in the world’s poorest nations through projects that provide wells, rainwater tanks, BioSand water filters and training in health and hygiene practices.

Beavers - Collector Activity Badge

How to earn your badge 1. Spend at least six weeks making a collection. 2. Show your Colony or Lodge a sample of things from your collection. 3. Tell others in your Colony or Lodge about your collection. What is your

collection? Why do you collect these things? What is your favourite thing from your collection?

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Beavers can spend 6 weeks collecting items for a shoebox. • Beavers can explain to their group why they have collected these items and the effect they will

have on the child who receives them.

Beavers - My World Challenge Award

How to earn your award 1. Meet someone who serves the community. It could be a police officer, lifeboat

crew, a coastguard, fire fighter, youth worker or nurse. 2. Work with people or an organisation from a community. Take the chance to

find an issue that your Colony could help with. It should be something that helps people and also helps you grow as a person. Plan and carry out the project with your Colony and others in the community. Then share what you learned from the activity with other people. Talk about how it helped other people and what you will do with the skills and experiences you have gained.

3. Take part in three activities that reflect England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or your part of the UK. They could be:

• dance and music • craft • festivals • sports and activities

4. Find out about and take part in an act of worship, reflection or celebration. 5. Do your best and show you have kept your Beaver Promise. Share or talk about what you have done with

your Colony or a Leader. 6. Do at least three of these things:

• junk modelling • pond dipping • mini-beast hunting • growing something from seeds • leaf printing • something similar agreed with your leader

7. Take part in activities from another country. You could learn the Promise in another language or make a dish from another country or culture.

Every individual who undertakes an activity badge should face a similar degree of challenge and as a result some requirements may need to be adapted. It is completely acceptable to change some of the requirements of the badges to allow individuals to access the badge (for example where there are special needs, cultural issues, or religious considerations to take into account) and the requirements outlined for activity badges do allow for some flexibility in order to obtain the badge. If you would like help or advice when considering adapting the requirements of a badge please contact UK Headquarters.

Meet someone who serves the community This clause provides an opportunity either to go on a visit, or invite someone to visit your Colony. Most local community organisations, such as the police, fire brigade, ambulance service or lifeboat station welcome visits from Scouts. Don’t forget to make sure you have the right number of adults for your outdoor trip. Take part in two activities to help people in your community To meet this requirement Beavers should take part in activities which are based in their local community, for example helping the elderly, painting a wall, clearing a flowerbed or raising money for a local charity. Ideally they should be able to visit people or places that will benefit from what they are doing. This requirement can’t be met by raising money for a national charity, unless that charity has a branch or similar local to you. Take part in three activities that reflect England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or your Region of the UK.

Each part of the UK has a variety of local traditional activities. They may be linked to festivals, or could be part of a party or celebration. Some examples include sheepdog trials, welly wanging, egg decorating, cheese rolling, tossing the caber, coconut shy, guy fawkes, morris dancing, maypole dancing, well dressing, bellringing and apple bobbing. Find out about and take part in an act of worship, reflection or celebration This could be by doing something with your Colony like attending a Scouts Own or a remembrance day service, or reading a prayer or reflection at the end of the Colony meeting. Remember to make this activity inclusive for young people of different faiths within the Colony, for example by using reflections or readings from children’s books rather than prayers or specific faith materials. Do your best, and show that you have kept your Beaver promise. Explain what you have done to your Colony or a Leader This requirement encourages Beavers to show that they have behaved in a way that meets the Beaver Promise. This is not a requirement that can be done during one Colony meeting, but should be demonstrated over a period of time appropriate to the individual. For some Beavers, this could be an opportunity to show that they can improve a specific aspect of their behaviour, for example being kind to other people. This requirement should be discussed with the Beaver, it should not be ticked off without them knowing they have completed it. You could do this through activities or discussions with the Colony about what the promise means and how they keep it, on a one to one basis, or you could ask Beavers to talk to a Young Leader about this element. Do at least three of these things... Other similar activities can be anything related to the environment. They should be practical, fun, and help Beavers to explore the world around them. Some activities could be started on a colony night and completed at home – for example planting seeds then looking after them at home. Take part in activities about another country There is a whole variety of activities that can be linked to life in other countries. The expectation of this requirement is that Beavers take part in around 4 different activities covering different topics, for example: national costume, language, food, currency, climate, musical instruments etc.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Beavers could meet a volunteer from an Operation Christmas Child warehouse and learn about how they are volunteering locally within their community to help bring a smile to children overseas.

• Beavers can learn about the issues facing children in other countries • Beavers can respond to this by filling their own shoebox or volunteering as a group to help

pack/check shoeboxes at a nearby warehouse.

Beavers - Personal Challenge Award

How to earn your award To earn this award, you need to complete two personal challenges that you agree with your Leader. You should choose one of the challenges and your leader will choose the other. Guidance for Leaders:

The challenges should be things that you find difficult but can complete with some effort and commitment. They can be to do with any part of your life, for example home, school or Beavers. Here are some example challenges to help you think about what you could do. You don’t have to pick a challenge from this list, you should choose to do something which is personal to you.

• Look after a new Beaver for half a term • Talk about a topic you are interested in with an adult you don’t know very well • Bring your scarf to Beavers every week for a term • Remember to brush your teeth twice a day for two weeks • Show good behaviour at Beavers for 3 weeks in a row • Try something new that you are a bit nervous about • Go to a District fun day and talk to some other Beavers you don’t know • Try all of the food on Beaver sleepover • Remember to feed your pet every morning for a week

To complete this award Beavers should discuss possible personal challenges with their Leader or a Young Leader. It may also be helpful to discuss them with the Beaver’s parents. The emphasis is on the young person having some ownership of this. One of the challenges should be primarily the Beaver’s choice, and one the Leader’s Choice. Challenges should be individual, part of ‘growing up’ and require some kind of personal commitment. For example a shy Beaver’s challenge could be to look after a new Beaver for half a term or to talk about a subject with a leader that they don’t know; or a forgetful Beaver’s challenge could be to remember to bring their scarf every week for a term or to brush their teeth at least twice a day. Beavers should agree their two challenges before they start working on them, and it is recommended that the Personal Challenge Award should be completed towards the end of their time in the section before moving onto Cubs.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Beavers can take responsibility for their shoebox e.g. choosing the age/gender, planning what to put in it (within the guidelines), finding and buying the items etc.

• Beavers can explain this project to a friend and encourage them to fill a shoebox too. • Beavers can volunteer at a warehouse, with a parent or as a Beaver group.

CUBS BADGES

Cubs - Global Issues Activity Badge

How to earn your badge

1. Draw the logos of three to five international charities. Find out about what they do and why.

2. Find out how much energy you use in your meeting place or home. Over two weeks, record what energy you use for things like lights, heating or cooking. Make a plan to reduce the amount of energy you use and put it into action.

3. Take part in an international awareness day or week. 4. Use pictures to show what you would need to survive if you became homeless

because of a disaster, like flooding or an earthquake. 5. Identify five belongings of yours that have come from other countries. Point out the countries on a map.

Talk to others about why your belongings have come from so far away. Top Tips For number 3, taking part in something like Worlds Aids Day, World Water Day, international Week of Science and Peace would be good. You can find more information on the United Nations website un.org/en/events/observances/days Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Cubs can draw the logos for Operation Christmas Child and Samaritan’s Purse. • Cubs can learn about Samaritan’s Purse as Charity, its aims, projects etc. • Cubs can learn about Natural Disasters, the impact they have and how SP responds to them.

i.e. sending Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) and resources e.g. to build shelters provide clean water, hygiene kits etc.

Cubs - Our World Challenge Award

How to earn your award 1. Make a list of the services for people in your local area. Find out a bit about

them, and visit one if possible. 2. Work with people or an organisation from a community. Take the chance to

find an issue that your Pack could help with. It should be something that helps people and also helps you grow as a person. Plan and carry out the project with your Pack and others in the community. Then share what you learned from the activity with other people. Talk about how it helped other people and what you will do with the skills and experiences you have gained.

3. Take part in an act of worship, reflection or celebration. 4. Find out about a faith or culture other than your own. You could visit places of worship or ceremony. 5. Talk about a time when you did your best. Explain how you have kept your Cub Promise and the Law. 6. Take part in an activity about the environment. 7. Try a game played by Cubs in a different country, and learn their Promise. 8. Celebrate a festival from another country. You might make (and eat!) some special food, make something

relating to the festival or visit somewhere special. As well as the guidance below, Programmes Online contains lots of activity ideas that you could use to deliver this badge. Make a list of the services in your local area. Find out a bit about them, and visit one if possible Try to find fun ways of creating a ‘list’ – for example using pictures, drama, going on a walk around town, making a map and marking the services, or playing a game. You could arrange a visit, or invite someone in to visit your Pack – many local services will be happy to do this. Services could include doctors, fire, police, shops, ambulance, council offices, churches, recycling centre, skate park etc. These services should be in your own town, village or local area – if you live in a place where everyone has to travel for these kinds of service it would be relevant to link this clause to a day trip to somewhere local. Take part in an activity to help your community When completing this requirement Cubs should be involved in choosing what is done. There are a variety of ways of getting ideas from Cubs, and evaluating things with them. For this requirement you could go for a walk around the community and talk about things Cubs think could be better. You may need to provide some ideas, and get them to choose between them. Some examples are: to picking up litter in your local park, raising money to help a local hospital, or taking part in a local community event. Take part in an act of worship, reflection or celebration This could be by doing something with your Pack like attending a Scouts Own or a remembrance day service, or reading a prayer or reflection at the end of the Pack meeting. Remember to make this activity inclusive for young people of different faiths within the Pack, for example by using reflections or readings from children’s books rather than prayers or specific faith materials. Find out about a faith or culture other than your own A whole variety of activities could be done to meet this clause, and they could be linked to a religious or cultural festival or red letter day. You could include a visit to a place or worship, food, clothes, craft (such as Chinese lanterns) or music.

Give an example of when you have done your best, and how you have kept your Cub Promise and Law This requirement encourages Cubs to show that they have behaved in a way that meets the Cub Promise and Law. This is not a requirement that can be done during one Pack meeting, but should be demonstrated over a period of time appropriate to the individual. For some Cubs, this could be an opportunity to show that they can improve a specific aspect of their behaviour, for example being kind to other people. Take part in an activity about the environment For example you could turn some rubbish into something useful, plant bulbs, build a bug hotel or make bird feeders. Whilst Cubs are doing the activity get them to think about how they are helping the environment, and why this is a good thing to do. Try a game played by Cubs in a different country, and learn their Promise Information about Scouting in other countries, including games and other activities, can be found on POL. Take part in celebrating a festival from another Country Why not theme a section night to complete this requirement. Festivals could include national celebrations, religious or cultural festivals. Some examples include Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Chinese New Year, Holi, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s Day, Passover Day, Victoria Day, African Liberation Day, Summer Solstice, Bastille Day.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Cubs can volunteer as a group to help pack/check OCC shoeboxes. • Cubs can learn about one of SP’s projects e.g. Turn On The Tap (water project) and organise a

fundraising event for it.

Cubs - Personal Challenge Award

How to earn your award You need to complete two personal challenges that you agree with your leader. You should choose one of the challenges. Your leader will choose the other. The challenges must be different to the ones that you did for your Beaver Personal Challenge Award.

Guidance for leaders

The challenges should be things that you find difficult but can complete with some effort and commitment. They can be to do with any part of your life, for example home, school or Cubs. Here are some example challenges to help you think about what you could do. You don’t have to pick a challenge from this list, you should choose to do something which is personal to you.

• Look after a new Cub for half a term

• Talk about a topic you are interested in with an adult you don’t know very well

• Bring the right equipment to Cubs every week for a term

• Remember to brush your teeth twice a day for two weeks

• Show good behaviour at Cubs for three weeks in a row

• Try something new that you are a bit nervous about

• Go to a District fun day and talk to some other Cubs you don’t know

• Try all of the food on Cub camp

• Remember to feed your pet every morning for a week

• Help to look after a sick or disabled friend or relative To complete this award Cubs should discuss possible personal challenges with their Leader or a Young Leader. It may also be helpful to discuss them with the Cub’s parents. The emphasis is on the young person having some ownership of this. One of the challenges should be primarily the Cub’s choice, and one the Leader’s Choice. Challenges should be individual, part of ‘growing up’ and require some kind of personal commitment. For example a shy Cub’s challenge could be to look after a new Cub for half a term or to talk about a subject with a leader that they don’t know; or a forgetful Cub’s challenge could be to remember to bring the right equipment for activities every week for a term or to brush their teeth at least twice a day. Cubs should agree their two challenges before they start working on them, and it is recommended that the Personal Challenge Award should be completed towards the end of their time in the section before moving onto Scouts.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Cubs can take responsibility for their own shoebox/shoeboxes, they can choose the gender, age group and what to put in it (within the guidelines.)

• Cubs can volunteer at an OCC warehouse (with a parent or their Cub group.)

SCOUTS BADGES

Scouts - Global Issues Activity Badge

How to earn your badge

1. Identify where your clothing has been made. With other Scouts, talk about why companies might choose to have the items made there. What are the advantages and disadvantages of overseas clothing production?

2. Investigate a recent natural disaster. Explain what the people needed to survive. Rank the items in order of priority and explain your order.

3. Create your own Commonwealth Games. Explore why we have them and who is involved.

4. Use a creative method to educate people on the causes and effects of HIV and AIDS. 5. List the rights that we have in the UK (like the right to vote, to go to school and equal gender rights).

Compare this list with a Scout in a sub-Sahara African country. Top tips: For number 4, Young people creative method could be video, audio, a presentation, a poster or a sketch.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Scouts can learn about Natural Disasters, the impact they have and how SP responds to them i.e. sending Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) and resources e.g. to build shelters, provide clean water, hygiene kits etc.

Scouts - Fundraising Activity Badge

How to earn your badge

1. Identify and organise a fundraising initiative for either: • The Scout Association, to promote and grow Scouting nationally, or

your local group to pay for something like new equipment or a new roof. You could even fundraise for both.

• Another UK registered charity. 2. Think of a short reason that tells potential donors about your chosen cause. It

must be inspiring and clear to raise the most money. 3. Set a target and a date by which you’ll have raised the money. We suggest a minimum of £100. 4. Write a short report about your fundraising challenge and submit it to your leader, Troop Forum or Patrol

Leaders’ Council. Detail the cost versus the amount raised and give three top tips that could help other fundraisers.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Scouts can learn about Samaritan’s Purse (UK registered Charity) and SP projects e.g. Turn On The Tap (clean water project.)

• Scouts can organise a fundraising event for one of SP’s projects. • Scouts can set themselves a goal and a target date. • Scouts can get excited about helping others and inspire those around them to donate or help

with their fundraiser. • After achieving their goal, they can submit a report to their Scout Leader.

Scouts - World Challenge Award

How to earn your award 1. Choose an aspect of local community life and find out as much as you can

about it. You could learn about: • local government • local history • different faiths • types of farming found locally

2. Work with people or an organisation from a community. Take the chance to find an issue that your Troop could help with. It should be something that helps people and also helps you grow as a person. Plan and carry out the project with your Troop and others in the community. Then share what you learned from the activity with other people. Talk about how it helped other people and what you will do with the skills and experiences you have gained.

3. Plan, take an active part in and evaluate a local community service. Doing the service should take you at least six hours (not including planning and evaluating).

4. Take part in an activity that shows you understand your own faith or beliefs. 5. Take part in an activity that explores different beliefs and attitudes. You could look at fashion, music, sport

or disability. 6. Give several examples of how you have kept your Scout Promise and Scout Laws. 7. Take an active part in an environmental project. 8. Investigate and try to make contact with Scouts in another country. 9. Take part in an activity that explores an international issue.

As well as the guidance below, Programmes Online contains lots of activity ideas that you could use to deliver this badge. Identify an aspect of local community life and find out what you can about it When finding out about the local community the project should include some fact finding, a visit to or from the project and some sort of report back. You could be creative in the way that you do this, for example: theme a couple of evenings around a local visit including some follow-up activities; invite someone in to run an evening based around a community theme; get Patrols to make short videos or sketches about what they have learned; or complete a community action project (see below) which links to the community theme learned about for this requirement. What issues affect you? Find out who you could talk to who can make a difference Scouts should be encouraged to think about issues which affect them within their local community, and which they may have an opportunity to influence. One way of completing this could be to invite a local councillor or other community figure in. Most towns and counties now have youth councils who express young people’s views to local decision making bodies. Remember that not every young person will be interested in campaigning to make a difference on an issue. Provided they know who they could talk to if they wanted to, they do not have to raise the issue to meet this requirement. Plan, take an active part in, and evaluate, a local community service Make sure that Scouts are engaged in choosing what kind of community service they would like to do, and planning to do it. Activities within the Youth Involvement Toolkit can help you to engage Scouts with this element. The time may be spent doing a number of different projects or by showing commitment to a single project over

a longer period of time. Examples of community service could be running a fund-raising stall or game, delivering leaflets, gardening, helping with activities for younger children. Where possible the community service should link in with the local community life project. Take part in an activity that demonstrates your understanding of your own faith or beliefs This could be an event or celebration, or it could be a Troop activity. Scouts may be able to explain an aspect of their faith or beliefs to other Scouts from different faiths, or could participate in an activity together with other Scouts from the same faith community. Scouting is inclusive of young people and adults of all faiths, humanists, atheists and those without an affirmed faith. It is important that all young people feel included and valued in Scouting and that their beliefs are respected. This requirement is about the young person's own faith or beliefs, rather than learning about other people’s. Take part in an activity that explores different beliefs and attitudes When getting a Scout to explore how others may have different attitudes to their own any topic can be used. The topics can be as diverse as local cultures, different types of music, football teams, political parties, fashion etc. Give several examples of how you have kept your Scout Promise and Scout Laws When asking Scouts to give examples of how they have kept their Scout Promise and Scout Laws, ask them how they think they have done their best, and how they have kept different elements. This doesn’t need to be an in depth analysis of every element of the Promise and Law – a few different examples are fine. You could use activities that explore the meaning of the Promise to complete this requirement, Scouts could explain their understanding to new members in preparation for investitures, they could keep a diary or photo diary, or could do a speed dating style event where they have three minutes to tell someone else how they have kept their Promise and Laws. Take an active part in an environmental project This project should be something that helps the environment, and could be based around the Scout meeting place or activity centre, in the community, or a private area. You could link with a local environmental organisation to complete this. This environmental project could be linked to your community action project for requirement 3, but does not have to be. Investigate and try to make contact with Scouts in another Country Making contact with Scouts in another country can be done a number of ways, for example through Nights Away in the UK or overseas, the internet, pen pals, Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA), Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI), programmes run by WOSM, or linking with groups that are part of British Scouting Overseas or Branches of The Scout Association. Take part in an activity that explores an international issue Examples of international issues which could be explored include: trade, health, water and sanitation, environment, conflict, refugees, peace, tourism, homelessness, poverty, animal welfare or conservation. Scouts should be able to show an understanding of the issues involved, how the issues affect the UK and other countries, and be able to take some relevant action. Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Scouts can volunteer in the community at an OCC warehouse packing/checking Shoeboxes. • Scouts can learn about world issues and related SP projects. • Scouts can take action by organising a fundraising event for one of the SP projects.

Scouts - Personal Challenge Award

How to earn your award Complete two personal challenges that you agree with your leader. You should choose one of the challenges and your leader will choose the other. The challenges must be different from the ones you did for your Beaver and Cub Personal Challenge Awards.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Scouts can volunteer in the community at an OCC warehouse packing/checking Shoeboxes. • Scouts can organise a fundraising event for one of SP’s projects. • Scouts can challenge themselves to fill a certain number of shoeboxes. • Scouts could challenge themselves to make a certain number of shoebox fillers e.g. puppets.

EXPLORERS BADGES

Explorers - Fundraising Activity Badge

How to earn your badge

1. Identify and organise a fundraising initiative for one of the following: • The Scout Association, to help promote and grow your local Scout

group, Scouting nationally or both. • Another UK registered charity of your choice.

2. Find a compelling message – a short reason you can communicate to potential donors about your chosen cause. It must be inspiring and clear in order to raise the most money.

3. Use social media to promote your fundraising initiative. 4. Set a fundraising target and a date to raise it by. We suggest a minimum of £500. 5. Call on others to help you and form a fundraising team. Motivate and inspire them to encourage others to

donate. 6. Prepare a short presentation about your fundraising challenge and submit it to the members of your local

Executive Committee or your leader, covering: • the cost versus the amount raised • how you used social media and reached outside your own immediate network to garner support • three top tips that could help other fundraisers

Top tips You can choose from a wide range of fundraising activities, such as:

• an organised challenge event like the Virgin London Marathon, Nova Swim Series or a trek or a challenge you have set and organised yourself

• an event that you organise for others, such as a fete, food event or car wash • a specific fundraising appeal for your local group for things like new equipment or roof repair

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Explorers can learn about Samaritan’s Purse (UK registered Charity) and SP projects e.g. Turn On The Tap – clean water project.

• Explorers can be inspired/inspire others to make a difference by organising a fundraising event.

• Explorers can promote their event through social media such as a Facebook group or event. • Explorers can set themselves a goal and a target date. • After their event, Explorers can give a presentation to their group.

Explorers - Global Issues Activity Badge How to earn your badge You need to complete three of these activities:

• Spend three days living on food that costs no more than £2 a day. Keep a diary of how it went and share your experiences with others.

• Using cardboard, build a shelter and camp out in your local area to understand and experience the challenges faced by homeless people.

• Explore different media outlets to find information about migration and immigration. Review what you find and discuss with your Unit your thoughts and feelings about the information and how this issue is perceived at a local and global level.

• Compare youth issues between the UK and another country, such as voting age, access to education or youth services and discuss with your Unit.

• Give a presentation to your Unit or another section about a global issue that you feel passionate about. Perform an action such as signing a petition about the issue, researching a charity or writing to an elected representative.

Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Explorers can learn about global issues e.g. lack of clean water for some communities. • Explorers can research ‘Turn On The Tap’ which is providing safe water for children, families

and communities in the world’s poorest nations through projects that provide wells, rainwater tanks, BioSand water filters and training in health and hygiene practices.

• Explorers can study a diagram explaining how the water filter works. • Explorers can present this issue to their group. • Explorers can take action by finding out how much it costs to bring clean water to someone

and setting a goal to bring clean water to a certain number of people.

Explorers - Leadership Activity Badge

How to earn your badge

1. Successfully lead a team of Explorers throughout the course of a project. There are lots of possibilities but whatever you do, you’ll need to:

• set a goal for the project and individual targets for team members • take suggestions and feedback from team members into account and

act on them • teach team members new skills that may be required for the project • manage any tricky situations or people and find compromises • give clear instructions, motivate your team, give praise, ensure that you are on track and make

sure everyone is safe 2. Take an active role in the running of an activity linking with the Scout section. Help a new Explorer Scout

to be part of the Unit and help them understand what is expected. 3. Help a group of Explorers or members of a younger section develop a Scouting skill. 4. Represent the views of other Explorer Scouts (for example at a District Explorer Scout Forum or similar)

and report back to them afterwards. Link to Samaritan’s Purse

• Explorers can set a shoebox or fundraising target. • Explorers can then oversee this project, assigning team roles, listening to their team, resolving

any challenges, providing motivation and keeping the team safe and happy.

SCOUT NETWORK

Scout Network – ways to get involved Scout Network gives opportunities to 18-25 year olds who have an interest in Scouting, their own personal development and having fun.

How you can get involved with Operation Christmas Child/Samaritan’s Purse:

• Bring a smile to children across the world by packing a shoebox and encouraging others to do the same.

• Why not hold a packing party?

• Help engage younger members of the Scouts to get involved with Operation Christmas Child.

• Change lives by fundraising for our projects.

• Make a difference by volunteering with us.

• Check out our Facebook and Twitter pages:

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• Visit our Website for more information about how to get involved www.samaritans-purse.org.uk