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You'll find below over 100 group night activity ideas.

All the activities listed below have been contributed by Woodcraft Folk volunteers and staff, and should fit into an hour or an hour and a half session. Most of them don't need much in the way of equipment. Some of them may have attached worksheets that you'll need to print out and take along to your session.

Don't forget to publish your own activities, whether they're simple 10-minute games or complicated wide games! 

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Woodcraft Folk is pleased to lauch Woodcraft Folk Everywhere: Climate Action Now - our new toolkit for groups and individuals to explore how we can learn about and respond to the Climate Emergency through practical activities.

This resource has been made possible through the support of YouthLink Scotland, through the National Voluntary Youth Organisations Support Fund.

The resource is divided into four themes:

Biodiversity
understanding species, habitats and ecosystems, and how they are vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate

Innovation
working together creatively to find out more and explore solutions

Justice
discovering how global inequalities apply to the climate emergency

Survival
exploring how humans need to adapt and change how we live to meet new challenges

Follow the links above to find detailed session plans for a range of activities suitable for all ages and levels of ability. You can find a summary of the programme pack, a guide to the activities and links to further resources by downloading the Information Booklet below

We've launched #DreamBigAtHome!

Our new lockdown website has hundreds of activities and games to do at home, weekly challenges to try and a regular programme of live workshops and events online, as well as information on how our groups can operate during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Visit www.DreamBigAtHome.uk

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#EverybodyWelcome for #FunAndFriendship

Woodcraft Folk is a place where everybody is welcome. We have lots of fun and develop life-long friendships. That's the message behind our campaign to support groups of all ages to grow their membership.

If you're looking for a group to join, head here to find out more about our groups in general, or take a look at our map to find the groups nearest to you. 

The Pioneer Leader Handbook

 

Click through to Woodcraft Folk's big collection of Activities for Pioneer groups

 

Pioneers are aged 9 - 12. If you're looking for activities for younger children, or older young people, you might find plenty of these are suitable, with a bit of adaptation to the needs of your group. 

International Negotiations and unfair resource distribution

Time taken: 30 minutes to play and at least 15 minutes for reflection. 

Equipment: About 80 sweets (small, individually wrapped, variety to suit all tastes)

This game is designed to simulate international negotiations. It is based on "Prisoners Dilema" type experiments from economics. 

Our Times: campaign activities for Venturers

 

 

Our Times is the new campaign from young people around Woodcraft Folk, who want to give other young people a platform to be heard on social and political issues including war. The aim is to enable young people to educate each other on the issues they care about, and enable wider society to hear and respect young people's views.

We've put together a range of activities to get your Venturer group thinking about society and what they care about most in it. Download the PDF below.

 

Activities for Woodcraft Folk Venturer groups

Click the link below to download the full 'Activities for Woodcraft Folk Venturer groups' booklet produced in 2011 to update our resources for the Venturer age group and incorporate loads of favourite and innovative activities shared by group leaders at VCamp 2010.

To request a free printed copy of the booklet, please contact info@woodcraft.org.uk with details of your group and address.

Weapons of War

A game exploring war and the arms trade, run by Angus at CoCamp.


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Our Favourite Things!

These packs have been put together from current Woodcraft Folk members suggestions of their favourite activities. Whether you’re a current member looking to continue the fun through the school holidays or live a long way from a group and want to make your own activities, this pack is full of ideas. Open it up and start exploring! 

Venturer Badges

Here is the pack for the Venturer badges. Please leave comments in the box below. If you'd like an activity added to the page please email it to badgework@woodcraft.org.uk and we'll get it up asap.

 

Click here to return to the main badgework page.

Migrants: positive Images

This is an extensive pack of activities created by the Red Cross to enable young people explore the themes of:

  • Why people migrate
  • Who migrants are
  • Migrant patterns and journeys
  • Positive images
  • Youth action

Keenness

Here is the pack for the Keenness badge. You can download the whole pack, or just the individual resources for printing. Please leave comments in the box below. If you'd like an activity to be added to the page please email it to badgework@woodcraft.org.uk and we'll get it up asap.

 

Click here to return to the list of Pioneer badges.