Once you have completed your modules, you will then be able to complete your missions. Completing these missions is an opportunity to put into practice the skills that you gained in the modules. The missions will help you to identify what strengths you have and what skills you may need to develop for the future.
Scouting is an inclusive, values based Movement. Membership is open to all those who share our fundamental values. Click here for guidance on how the module and mission requirements can be adapted to suit each young person’s abilities.
Mission One – Game
Plan and run a minimum of three games with the section you are volunteering with. At least one game should take place indoors and one outdoors.
The games should be varied, incorporating:
- at least two different types of leadership style (Modules B and C)
- three different types of games; for example, some games may be more energetic and active, while others may be more creative or reflective (Module E)
To complete this mission, you could:
- run a game at the beginning or end of a section night
- run a wide game on a camp
- run a game that ties into a badge the section is working towards
- run a game that reinforces something the section has learned
- any other ideas, subject to agreement with ESLYL and SL
Mission Two – Activity
Plan and run an activity (not a game) with the section you are volunteering with.
The activities should include:
- planning and organisation
- delivery
- gathering any equipment or materials needed
To complete this mission, you could:
- choose an activity badge to run as part of the programme, providing all of the information and materials required for the section to achieve this
- run a segment of the camp programme, such as a pioneering activity or obstacle course, planning the route for a hike, initiating some team challenges, or organising and leading a campfire
- record the ways in which your section’s programme activities could count towards different badges and awards
- run an activity for the section, relating to one of your own hobbies or interests
- any other ideas, subject to agreement with the ESLYL and SL
Mission Three – Programme Planning
Take the section’s programme ideas to a programme planning meeting.
This mission should include:
- asking the young people in the section to contribute their ideas to the programme
- capturing the ideas and suggestions from the young people and exploring how these could be incorporated into their programme
- attending and contributing to a meeting (e.g. programme planning meeting, leaders’ meeting, District, County/ Region or Area meeting)
To complete this mission, you could:
- attend a section planning meeting
- plan and run a meeting (e.g. section planning forum or running activities from the YouShape resources)
- decide who should attend a meeting and invite them along
- organise and run a forum for the young people in your section, gathering their ideas and suggestions, and feeding these back to the section leader
- organise for someone to take notes, minutes or points of action
- plan and run the Sixers’ or Patrol Leaders’ forum, ensuring that the young people in the section understand how they can input their ideas into the section programme
- any other ideas, subject to agreement with the ESLYL and SL
Mission Four – Delivery
Take responsibility for organising and running part of the section programme.
This mission should include:
- planning and organising a selection of activities on a theme
- delivery of those activities
- evaluation and review of the activities with the section
To complete this mission, you could:
- plan and run a linking event with either the section above or the section below, working with the leaders of the sections above and below to arrange everything
- plan an event, night or activity, ensuring it is appropriate for the age range of the young people, and is well-suited to the venue
- include members of the section in the running of an evening
- plan and run a Challenge Award with the young people, ideally choosing one that either has not already been achieved by anyone in the section, or which has been achieved by the fewest members
- plan the monthly, termly or yearly programme of activities needed to achieve the award
- plan a camp for the section (under the supervision of a leader with a Nights Away Permit)
- help the young people in the section to explore a particular topic, or to develop some specific skills
- any other ideas, subject to agreement with the ESLYL and SL
Moving On
Before you are 18 years old, talk to your section leader about continuing your scouting and staying on with the section/group and becoming an adult leader. If you have gained your Young Leader Belt Buckle while you have been a Young Leader, you will be able to wear the Young Leaders’ Service award on your leader uniform.