{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"","standfirst":"Young people choose six new themes, supported by a range of national charities, to tackle as part of Scouts\u2019 A Million Hands community impact project.\n\nAs Scouts, we\u2019re always striving to make a positive difference to the world.\nOver the last one hundred years, the issues we\u2019ve tackled have evolved and changed, but our young people\u2019s drive to make a positive impact remains constant.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"mediaBlock","areas":[{"items":[{"value":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Vb2YhxIPO0?feature=oembed","gridType":"embed","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass"}]}],"config":null},{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EOur young people are the optimists, the change-makers and the make-it-happen-ers. We want to help them to make that positive impact on the issues that matter to them, which is why we launched A Million Hands \u2013 our social action programme to give half a million young people the support they need to make a difference in their communities. In the four years since we launched A Million Hands, over 135,000 Community Impact badges have been ordered (as of June 2019) representing over 960,000 hours of action. That\u2019s almost a million hours spent helping people.\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EA Million Hands works by linking Scouts with various charities to look at themes, or topics affecting society, and to work out how we can make a positive difference in them. The previous themes were clean water and sanitation with WaterAid, dementia with Alzheimer\u2019s Society, emotional wellbeing with Mind, disability with Leonard Cheshire and Guide Dogs, and assisting with all of these themes was the Canal \u0026amp; River Trust.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EOur young people have now chosen to work on six new themes, which are:\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul class=\u0022ul1\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Eprotecting our environment (with WWF),\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Efostering kindness in every community (with the British Red Cross),\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Eending homelessness (with Crisis and the Simon Community),\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Esupporting refugees and displaced children (with Save the Children),\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Eunderstanding disability (with the National Autistic Society), and\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli class=\u0022li1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s2\u0022\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003Eachieving better mental health for all (with Mind, SAMH and Inspire).\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ECampaign champion, Scout Ambassador and astronaut, Tim Peake, praised the latest campaigns and encouraged more Scouts to get involved by saying, \u2018I\u2019ve had the privilege to see Planet Earth from 400 kilometres up. It\u2019s an incredible sight. Through the space station\u2019s cupola window you can see clearly for thousands of miles across the Earth\u2019s surface in all directions. The campaign is about raising awareness across six themes. And what\u2019s so exciting is that they\u2019re chosen by young people themselves. Over the last one hundred years, the issues we\u2019ve tackled have changed, but our young people\u2019s drive to make a positive impact remains as strong as ever.\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003ESam Murphy, one of the young people that selected the themes said, \u2018Scouts make people question and listen and have a wide open mind, we take a deep breath and take action on things that are important to us.\u003Cspan class=\u0022Apple-converted-space\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EI believe that homelessness isn\u2019t inevitable. However, it\u2019s seen in communities on an almost daily basis and that\u2019s only street homelessness which accounts for a small percentage of people who are without a stable home. When a person is without a stable home they are impacted by so much more than just the weather and that\u2019s what people forget.\u2019\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EMembers can start to make their own difference right now by visiting \u003Ca href=\u0022/about-us/our-campaigns/previous-actions/\u0022 title=\u0022Previous actions\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s3\u0022\u003Escouts.org.uk/community\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to learn more about the themes and the charity partners.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022s1\u0022\u003EBy working together on A Million Hands, we can help bring people together, connect communities and live out our promise of leaving the world a little better than we found it.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"21 October 2019","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[],"relatedLinks":[],"id":48468,"nodeName":"We\u2019re partnering with charities to change the world","title":"We\u2019re partnering with charities to change the world","type":"blogEntry","image":{"url":"/media/4089/screenshot-2019-10-21-at-081531.png?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1d9becd32f79600","caption":"Screenshot 2019 10 21 At 08.15.31","type":"png","size":1091184,"width":1500,"height":760,"altText":""},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"We\u2019re partnering with charities to change the world","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"Young people choose six new themes, supported by a range of national charities, to tackle as part of Scouts\u2019 A Million Hands campaign.","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80ODQ2OCJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2019/october/we-re-partnering-with-charities-to-change-the-world/"}