Take the section’s programme ideas to a programme planning meeting.
This mission is all about gathering programme ideas from young people and turning them into action. They will also learn how a Group and District operate, and potentially present new ideas to them.
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 (eg programme planning meeting, leaders’ meeting, District, County/ Region or Area meeting)
To complete this mission, the YL could:
- attend a section planning meeting
- plan and run a meeting (eg 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 their 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 SL
- capture a photo of a planning meeting
Prior to the section programme planning meeting the Young Leader should
- Be provided the date for the programme planning meeting at least 4 weeks before the meeting, typically the programme planning meeting happens on a regular section evening just before the current term ends
- Gather ideas for young people during section evenings and what they may like to see in the programme, bring these ideas to the programme planning meeting
- Attend and come prepare with ideas programme planning meeting
- Ask how SL how the term programme fits into the over section plan for achieving the chief scout award
Section Leader (SL) – Sign off requirements
- The YL has attended a programme planning meeting and brought programme ideas to the table
- The YL shared their experience in participating in the programme planning process and meeting including what went well and how could it have been improved for the next time
- SL provides constructive feedback to the Young Leader on their ideas and participation in the meeting
- The SL signs off on the Mission in their logbook with the date completed