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This badgework has been funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry to help young people learn about and explore how chemistry and science can help us make positive change towards our earth’s future.

We know our groups already do lots of important activities about the climate crisis and many have taken social action to help promote change. This badgework and activities aim to help groups further their scientific knowledge and understanding whilst also having fun!

Suggested badgework activities 

We would love for as many of our young members as possible to take part in earning the Take Action for our Planet badge. Not all groups are the same so feel free to choose activities that suit your group from the below ideas or think of some of your own that demonstrate chemistry against the climate crisis. We suggest completing at least 3 of these activities for your group to be awarded their badges.

Feel free to share any pictures or results of these activities to us at lauren@woodcraft.org.uk all registered Woodcraft Folk Pioneer and Venturer groups will have received cloth badges in the post. Please do get in touch if you would like to order more.

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Sexual rights are human rights, but are often overlooked within rights education programmes for young people. These resources are seek to address this gap, and ensure that our groups are places where young people can explore what makes a good relationship, so that they can build healthy relationships in the future.

This pack can also be downloaded from the IFM-SEI website in a range of other languages, including French, German, Spanish and Finnish.

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These resources are based on the Act By Right toolkit originally developed in partnership with the National Youth Agency.

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Gender education in our groups and youth work programmes is a necessity if we are are to challenge the norms embedded and constantly reinforced by society, break down harmful and outdated stereotypes and sow the seeds for a feminist future.

This handbook for groups and volunteers was produced by IFM-SEI and collects some of the best resources from many of Woodcraft Folk’s international partners – those who have campaigned vocally on gender equality for many years, and those at a much earlier stage in their journey towards equality. You can use these activities to introduce the topic to your groups for the first time, and make use of the prompts for debrief to encourage deeper reflection and analysis around the impact of gender inequality in your own group.

Activities in the handbook are suitable for groups of any size, from age 6 and over.

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• Food for thought, tips and information for peace educators.
• Educational activities that you can run with children, young people or other group leaders and peer educators

The second part has three chapters, each focusing on a different aspect of peace education:

• Understanding Conflict introduces different issues about conflict and war, raising awareness of its causes and consequences.
• Transforming Conflicts focuses on the dynamics of conflict and the different ways we can deal with it – either aggressively or constructively.
• Making Peace invites you to reflect on and develop ideas for peace and gives tools for peacebuilding, such as communication and dialogue skills.

The activity descriptions are structured so that you can quickly see what they are about. Don’t let the age group description put you off; you can adapt the activities for older or younger groups. Remember that the debriefing is the most important part of an activity – it’s better to shorten the active part than have to stop the debriefing early if you run out of time.

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Some of the session plans require your groups to be outdoors, others do not. Where possible we have suggested extension activities for the sessions.

In running these activities with Venturers, you will need to carefully assess the capabilities of your group in terms of age, motor skills and ability to follow instructions.

This handbook assumes you have a degree of knowledge or at least a willingness to either acquire it or find someone who does who can work with your group. Throughout the pack you will see reference to risk assessments—site specific risk assessments are vital, but generic assessments of tools etc, should be more than adequate. There is a Woodcraft Folk Forest School Handbook available that will provide you with these and advice on lost children, health and safety etc. Please contact paul.bemrose@ntlworld.com for further information or check the national Woodcraft Folk website’s resource library.

This handbook would not have been possible without the support of the Big Lottery Fund who provided a grant to support the project.

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Some of the session plans require your groups to be outdoors, others do not. Where possible we have suggested extension activities for the sessions.

In running these activities with Pioneers, you will need to carefully assess the capabilities of your group in terms of age, motor skills and ability to follow instructions.

This handbook assumes you have a degree of knowledge or at least a willingness to either acquire it or find someone who does who can work with your group. Throughout the pack you will see reference to risk assessments—site specific risk assessments are vital, but generic assessments of tools etc, should be more than adequate. There is a Woodcraft Folk Forest School Handbook available that will provide you with these and advice on lost children, health and safety etc. Please contact paul.bemrose@ntlworld.com for further information or check the national Woodcraft Folk website’s resource library.

This handbook would not have been possible without the support of the Big Lottery Fund who provided a grant to support the project.

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Some of the session plans require your groups to be outdoors, others do not. Where possible we have suggested extension activities for the sessions.

In running these activities with Elfins, you will need to carefully assess the capabilities of your group in terms of age, motor skills and ability to follow instructions.

This handbook assumes you have a degree of knowledge or at least a willingness to either acquire it or find someone who does who can work with your group. Throughout the pack you will see reference to risk assessments—site specific risk assessments are vital, but generic assessments of tools etc, should be more than adequate. There is a Woodcraft Folk Forest School Handbook available that will provide you with these and advice on lost children, health and safety etc. Please contact paul.bemrose@ntlworld.com for further information or check the national Woodcraft Folk website’s resource library.

This handbook would not have been possible without the support of the Big Lottery Fund who provided a grant to support the project.

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• What is Woodcraft Folk really all about?
• Does what we do live up to the aims and principles?
• What can we do to make it an even better experience for all who take part?

At the heart of Woodcraft Folk’s aims, principles and practice is a commitment to participation from all our members, young and old. Finding out whether all children and young people are taking part in Woodcraft Folk as fully as they want to, and doing something about it if they are not, are amongst our most vital tasks. Your full participation sets the standard for everything else we do!

Follow the Trail has two main features:

1. a set of activities
To help us talk about Woodcraft Folk

2. Mapping and planning forms
To record what we think is going well, and how we can improve things in the future

It is the Woodcraft Folk version of a well-respected Standards framework called Hear by Right, produced by the National Youth Agency.

“Be strong! Live kindly! Love the sun and follow the trail!”

Songs for the Woodcraft Folk, Indoor Leave Take Ceremony

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• What is Woodcraft Folk really all about?
• Does what we do live up to the aims and principles?
• What can we do to make it an even better experience for all who take part?

At the heart of Woodcraft Folk’s aims, principles and practice is a commitment to participation from all our members, young and old. Finding out whether all children and young people are taking part in Woodcraft Folk as fully as they want to, and doing something about it if they are not, are amongst our most vital tasks. Your full participation sets the standard for everything else we do!

Follow the Trail has two main features:

1. a set of activities
To help us talk about Woodcraft Folk

2. Mapping and planning forms
To record what we think is going well, and how we can improve things in the future

It is the Woodcraft Folk version of a well-respected Standards framework called Hear by Right, produced by the National Youth Agency.

“Be strong! Live kindly! Love the sun and follow the trail!”

Songs for the Woodcraft Folk, Indoor Leave Take Ceremony

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These games are co-operative in nature, designed to develop skills and attitudes that encourage learning together and supporting one another. These games are great fun as a stand-alone activities, but are also valuable as ice-breakers or energisers to introduce other educational activities – even more so when the theme of a game can be matched to the topic to be covered in the session.

Sections include:

• Name games
• Tag games
• Circle games
• Energetic games
• Thinking games
• Drama & story games
• Touch & trust games
• Parachute games
• Environmental games
• Miscellaneous games
• International & equality games
• Wide games

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