1. Welcome to the Programme Forum

2. Who we are! Jay- Deputy Programme Commissioner (activities)
Graeme- acting UK Commissioner for Programme
Sam- Deputy Chief Commissioner for England
Jack- International Commissioner
Sarah- Scout Programme Officer
Emma- Scout Programme Team Manager
Karen- Head of Education
Laura- Scout Programme Officer
Claire-Scout Programme Officer
Georgie- Senior International Officer (on maternity)
Jess- Technical Team Manager
Katie- Technical Officer
Matt- Technical Officer
Chris- International Officer

3. Who we are: UK Programme Support Team
SASU- Support County, Regional and National events
Expertise in different areas of the Programme and experience with different sections

4. Plan of the day: 09:30-10:00- arrive
10:00-10:10- welcome and housekeeping, objectives
10:10- 10:30- looking back: headlines and highlights
10:30-10:45- activity- atom connections
10:45-11:00- break
11:00- 12:00- role specific session
12:00-1:00- lunch
1:00-2:00- workshop one
2:00-2:15- break
2:20- 3:20- workshop two
3:25- 4:00- looking forward and feedback and goodbyes

5. Objectives for the Day:
To update you on what came out of last years’ forums
To update you on highlights from the last year
To identify local needs and where and how your expertise can be best used to make a difference locally to support Programme delivery of the most challenging areas
To explore different areas of the Programme through workshops, gaining tips and advice to take back to your role
Here are our objectives for the day.
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6. Today is an opportunity for those who are passionate about Programme and who support the Scout Programme to be in one room, to allows us to share information with you, for you to share with each other and for us to really think about how we support our Section Leaders to deliver a high quality Programme for every young person.
Here are our objectives for the day.
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7. Looking Back: Highlights and Headlines
A year of embedding but very busy!
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8. Beaver and Cub Logbooks
Beaver logbook- partnership with Beaver Colonies. £1.50
Feedback that
the Cub logbook
was too expensive
amended and
tweaked- now £1.50 instead of £8
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9. The Scout Project Team- support for the Expedition Challenge Award
Context: Feedback indicated that some Scout Leaders were having difficulty in supporting Scouts to achieve the Chief Scout’s Gold Award, particularly around the Expedition Challenge Award. 
Aim: To retain Scouts through targeted support that aids delivery and celebration of a quality Programme.
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10. The Scout Project Team- support for the Expedition Challenge Award
 This year’s workshop developed following feedback on this
Team recruited largely from the forums last year
Work of project team:
Continuing to develop support for the Expedition Challenge Award
Two webinars have been run, and team are supporting events like Programme forums
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11. The Scout Project Team- support for the Expedition Challenge Award
Working on resources to support celebration of Chief Scout’s Gold Award.
Advice around Programme planning and tracking via  
Continuing to send targeted s to GSLs, Scout Leaders, Assistant Scout Leaders, and ADC/ACC (and equivalents) for Scouts.  
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12. The Explorer Scout Young Leaders’ Scheme
Feedback from the workshops last year and the March Your Programme Your Voice:
The logbook is too long and expensive to print out all the pages
Not enough guidance for deliverers or Section Leaders
Activities don’t translate when working with different group sizes
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13. The Explorer Scout Young Leaders’ Scheme
Volunteer project team- recruited in May.
Resources and guidance:
Updated logbook- will be much shorter and working with Scout Shops to have available both to buy and print
Preparing to Lead- more activities, more guidance for those delivering the Scheme
Includes information to give to SLs and other who come into contact with the Scheme- will be much bigger- everything for deliverers in one place
Tested with ESYLs and deliverers in Feb in an event in Manchester
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14. The Explorer Scout Young Leaders’ Scheme
New quality Programme checker for the Scheme
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15. Contains guidance for the Chief Scout’s Platinum and Diamond Awards.
Reach the Top
Updated resource- ‘Reach the Top’ put together using feedback from the Top Awards Conference last year and Programme Forum workshops.
Contains guidance for the Chief Scout’s Platinum and Diamond Awards.
Merges the information for participants and Commissioners
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16. Reboot of SOWA (Scouts of the World Award)
Scout Network only award
Project of their choice within the themes of Peace, Environment and Sustainability
Take action on their chosen issue.
Discovery for SOWA happening this weekend here!
Looking for mentors- scouts.org.uk/sowa
14 trainers so far - doing another Train the Trainer event in March (full), so this will increase. 2 on that from the NW- Merseyside and Cheshire.
2 trainers in West Lancs
Running a Discovery
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17. Supporting refugees
A resource has been made to support leaders with talking to young people about refugees
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18. Programme Support Roles
Programme support roles- District, Group level roles:
We started the discussions on this last year in the forums
Further consultation was needed
Focus groups, surveys and webinars
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19. Programme Support Roles: the trends
People still want District events, but less and more relevant
Section Leaders repeatedly comment on a want for programme support and advice and guidance “listening ear”
There is a strong message about the importance of having the right people in these roles, doing the right thing
Strong link between how effective they are seen to be and whether this is a secondary role
Section Leaders would like visibility of programme support roles
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20. Badge Reviews
World Challenge awards, global and international badges, hobbies badges, science and technology (including space) themed badges have been amended based on feedback- done on theme
New badges:
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21. Programme Updates: scouts.org.uk/programmeupdates for recent updates
Programme Feedback:
Scouts.org.uk/programmefeedback
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22. Looking Forward! Beyond 2018
Consultation: collaborative process began in 2016 and has been gathering pace, culminating in our national conference, Summit17, which was attended by 600 adult volunteers and young people in April 2017.
Draft then went to Districts to check it was right and to prioritise areas
Programme, People, Perception- the draft put ‘Programme’ at the heart. Underpinned by youth shaped, community impact, growth and inclusion
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23. Looking Forward! Community Impact:
Million Hand’s ‘Big Moment’ March onwards
Small ‘Programme on a plate’ style resource booklet with 5 steps of Community Impact
Created in response to feedback that the resources for a Million Hands are good, but much too long. These are short and easy to pick up and run with.
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24. Looking Forward! Big moments- Scouts all over the UK choose an issue:
Mental Health- Plaster Petitions
Water and sanitation- Water Walk
Disability- Access Surveys and Safer Street Party
Dementia- Organise a dementia friendly event
Grab your packs here today.
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25. Looking Forward! Exciting Opportunities: Amazon 2020
Yukon River Expedition 2020
Rovers
The start of the new strategy
Volunteer role opportunities to shape future work
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