Elfinscape
This activity is a co-operative project where each individual in the group can contribute to a shared final product, a chance to get creative in drawing, sticking and verbal observation, an opportunity for the Elfins to celebrate the past year with each other and with the wider community and an invitation for the Elfins to […]
Improvisation Game
This is a fun game which opens up the lines of communication and also encourages the Venturers to think about each others’ (real) characters and ways of describing things, in order to help them guess the right answers. Start by giving out pieces of paper and pens. All write down some famous people on separate […]
Calling All Pioneers
What to do All except one are sitting in a circle on chairs or cushions; there is no spare seat for the remaining person. The remaining person stands in the middle of the circle and calls something like “Calling all Pioneers who like chocolate!’ The caller plus everyone who fits the description must get up […]
Interviewers
A fun group game where you find out if the applicant can guess the job they’re being interviewed for!
Peace Cranes
Make an origami peace crane
Rights and needs musical Chairs
Game to rights, wants and needs
Broken Telephone
Sit in a circle. One person whispers a word or short phrase into the person’s ear to their right.They pass the word on by whispering it to the person to their right.It is passed round the circle and the last person shouts the phrase out (it has usually changed,somewhat by this point). Tip – remind […]
Sherlock Holmes
Ask everyone in the group to think of a historical figure or a famous fictional character. They should write down six things that person would have in their pocket or bag. Take it in turns to read out the list and let the others guess who the person is.
Fact or Opinion
Give each participant two slips of paper and a pen. On the first slip of paper they should write a fact about someone else in the group ( These should be positive and should not be statements which might cause any upset to anyone, e.g. Owen is wearing a yellow t-shirt, Leora has 2 brothers). […]
Bullying
Explore the nature and causes of bullying and use role play to examine strategies for standing up to and challenging bullying behaviour
Where are Decisions Made?
Explore where decisions are made that affect young people’s everyday lives, our homes, schools, groups and wider society, and how accessible these places are (or aren’t!) to young people.
String of Rights
Find out about the UN rights of the child, then make a string of them to hang