Young Leader Training Module G Programme Plans

Objectives: Identify the key elements of the younger section programmes, activity badges, including challenge awards, requirements for completing the top awards and the staged activity badges. Explain how the awards and badges form a progressive scheme from age 6 to 25. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Objectives: Understand the concept and importance of having a balanced programme. Demonstrate how to plan a section meeting. Prepare a programme for a section meeting around the theme of the Challenge areas. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Be Creative Create a poster aimed at a parent of the section you represent explaining all key information about the section. Split the group into 3 teams. Ask them to create a poster aimed at a parent, the poster should explain all the key information about the section. Get each team to present back to the entire group. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Idea Generation You have a bag with some random objects inside: Think of as many games, activities and themes as you can, using the objects as a trigger Split the young leaders into groups of about 6 Ask the Young Leaders to think about how easy it was to think of new ideas. How easy was it working together? It would have been a lot harder if you were alone! It’s the same for programme plannig, a group of people will think of better and more wide ranging ideas than one person. Ask the young leaders to feedback into the group. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Give it a go! Match up the actvities that you have with the badges on the wall Place a selection of challenge badges around the room, either one from each section or a mix depending on the make up of the group. Using the suggestions from the previous activity the young leaders have to match up with the badges on the wall. Highlight the differences have come up with for each of the different badges. Point out that this helps leaders work towards planning a programme that is balanced. Emphasise the importance of having a balanced of activities across the programme, to make sure that young people continue to be engaged and interested. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Planning Plan a evening baed on the challenge badge you have been given. Then think about: How could you then adapt this for the section above or below their section? What challenges would you make and why? Split the young leaders into small groups. Assign each team one of the challenge badges. Ask them to plan an evening based on the badge and then feedback this to the group. Badge criteria can be found on https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources How could they then adapt this for the section above or below their section? What challenges would they make and why? LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE

Objectives: Identify the key elements of the younger section programmes, activity badges, including challenge awards, requirements for completing the top awards and the staged activity badges. Explain how the awards and badges form a progressive scheme from age 6 to 25. LIFE CHANGING ADVENTURE