The Autumn Challenge is here!

Seven new challenges from the D.C. to keep your autumns busy…

Get Building (Pioneering/Construction)

• Beavers: Build a marshmallow tower, learn how to make a rope
• Cubs: Build catapults with bamboo and rubber bands, and fire at a target, Build an edible raft.
• Scouts: Making a washing up stand, make a paracord poppy, build a tent torch
• Explorers: Take the lead role in building an outside pioneering project, such as an aerial runway
  or hourglass tower

Get Creative (Craft, design, music, dance)

• Beavers: Design a Coin, write a poem, design a poster of what the world will look like in 100 years
• Cubs: Design and make an armchair tray, design a flip story book, Learn a magic trick.
• Scouts: Design a tent torch, design a computer game, Learn about the djembe drums and make
  one
• Explorers: Demonstrate involvement and improvement in a creative activity of your choice, show
  evidence of your work

Get Outdoors (Nature, Tracking, Photography, Skills)

• Beavers: Learn the green cross code, learn two tracking symbols, Design a photo frame for a
  picture.
• Cubs: make a Hedgehog out of natural materials, make your own money, and learn currency
  exchange, Make a short film about scouting.
• Scouts: design a Map of your local area with places of interest, try your hand at some long
  exposure photography and paint with light on a dark light, basic knife or multi-tool skill, including
  safety and sharpening
• Explorers: Learn how to prevent and treat the effects of extreme heat (sunstroke and
  dehydration) and cold (hypothermia), demonstrate different techniques to light a fire, show how to
  build several different types of fire.

Get Active (Sport, Walking & Fitness)

• Beavers – design a healthy foods/balanced diet plate which promotes healthy eating, do 10 Skips,
  and monitor your heartbeat.
• Cubs – 5 Sit ups and increase of 1 month, do 10 star jumps a monitor heartbeat.
• Scouts – 5 Push ups and increase over 1 month, complete a bib test and monitor your heartbeat
  and increase over 1 month, Take part in an activity such as fencing, shooting or archery, Rugby.
• Explorer – Take a major part in planning and successfully managing at least four one-day journeys,
  two of which must be in terrain two areas.

Get Away (International)

• Beavers – Learn about one different currency , learn a song from another country, learn to say
  goodbye from another country.
• Cubs – cook a 1 course meal from a different country, learn how to say goodbye in a different
  language, learn about 2 fair trade products.
• Scouts – Take part in JOTI, Travel the world in 80 days and plot your course, Discover the art of ebru
  painting.
• Explorers – Organise an activity for your Unit or a younger section that explores another country's
  national celebration, festival or event (eg. Mela, Republic Day India, Chinese New Year)

Get Together (Community & Recruitment) (This links in with the Community Impact badge)

• Beavers – Introduce a friend to beavers, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist
  in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to
  change, spend at least four hours personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more
  impact by spreading your time out over a month, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others in
  the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying
  to help.
• Cubs – Introduce a friend to cubs, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 12 hours personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over four months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others in the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying to help.
• Scouts – introduce a friend to scouts, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 24 hours in total personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over six months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others from your section and a group of non-Scouts, preferably from the community you are trying to help.
• Explorers – Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 48 hours in total personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over twelve months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others from your section and a group of non-Scouts, preferably from the community you are trying to help.

Get Better
Set yourself a personal challenge and improve on that challenge over a 3-month period.

Deadline: the challenge ends on the 31st November!