The Balanced Programme

Review of Modules G and H

“Balanced” – what does that mean?? The Balanced Programme is the programme

we offer young people. They experience a wide variety of activities, events and experiences through participating in Scouting.

Think of it like a balanced diet – a little bit of everything!

Programme Zones -a quick and easy guide

BUT... how can all this be delivered? Use a variety of Methods to keep it

fresh and interesting– Games– Visits– Outdoor Activities– Discussion– Networking Activities– Residential Experiences– Technology

To balance or not to balance... How can you check? Fill in a Balanced Programme Checker Make sure that all Zones are covered during

the year/term Ensure a variety of Methods are used to

deliver the activities Remember it is a bit like having a balanced

diet – a little of everything

Now for the creative bit...

Think of past activities which everyone enjoyed, Hold a forum with your Section to come up with ideas, Look out-with Scouting for important dates to tailor

programme to include Fit ideas into available meetings Adjust activities to fit to time available Use Balanced Programme Checker to make sure different

zones are visited and a variety of Methods are used.

BUT.. where can you get your ideas from? Section Forums Programmes On Line Calendar dates Local events National events

Awards and Badges

Module J

Membership and Moving-On Awards

Membership Badge - presented when you have taken your promise and become a Member of The Scout Association

Moving-On Award - presented when you successfully move from one Section to the next.

Participation Awards (known as Joining in Badges in younger Sections)

Shows how many years you have been in Scouting (6 – 18 year age range)

Activity Badges/Staged Activity Badges Requirements listed on Scoutbase and in the Section

Programmes resource Six Staged Activity badges Activity plus badges for Scouts and Explorers

Beavers 12x Cubs 33x Scouts 69x Explorer 28x Staged 6x

Partnership Awards all Sections

Three Awards Joint activities between two or more

Sections or an appropriate external organisation

Challenges Beaver, Cub & Scout

More of a “challenge” than activity badges Requires more effort and more diverse skills

than a single activity badge Easy to achieve from a well balanced

programme

Beavers 6x Cubs 7x Scouts 9x

Award Schemes Explorer & Network

Chief Scout’s– Bronze (Beavers)– Silver (Cubs)– Gold (Scouts)– Platinum Award (Explorer Scouts)

• linked to Bronze D of E Award

– Diamond Award• linked to Silver D of E Award

– Queen Scout’s Award• linked to Gold D of E

More info – where can you go?

All the information you have seen in this presentation is available in more detail from…

www.scouts.org.uk All the Section resources Your Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leaders) The Leaders of the Section you are working with It is really important that you are comfortable with the content of the

Section you are working with.