{"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EEmpowering young people to make a positive difference to the world around them is beneficial for their mental health, confidence and supports them to build Skills for Life.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEven at this young age, Squirrels can decide what is important to them and their community, plan and take part in a social action project.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEveryone in Scouts should be encouraged and empowered to take a role in social action.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"accordion","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","showExpand":false,"items":[{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECommunity Impact refers to activities that young people do to make a positive difference to others, their community or the environment.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EActivities include fundraising, sharing causes in the community (such as making cards for a care home) or running campaigns in their local area (such as putting up posters about how to look after the environment).\u00A0\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDoing Community Impact in Squirrels can be that easy through the range of fun activities available on the \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/?section=Early%20years%20pilots\u0022 data-anchor=\u0022?section=Early%20years%20pilots\u0022\u003Eactivity finder\u003C/a\u003E. Check out the range of Squirrels activities achieving \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/running-your-section/running-a-squirrel-drey/programme-planning/youth-social-action-in-squirrels/mapping-youth-social-action-across-the-squirrels-badges/\u0022 title=\u0022Mapping Community Impact across the Squirrels badges\u0022\u003ECommunity Impact that we have mapped across all parts of the Squirrels badge programme.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere should be discussion with young people to decide what Community Impact activity they\u0027d like to take part in and why it\u0027s important to them and the world around them.\u003C/p\u003E","label":"About Community Impact "},{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003EAs Scouts, we\u2019re always striving to leave the world a little better than we found it.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOver 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.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWe want to\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eempower more young people\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E to take a stand. Young people feel empowered when they are included in decisions about them and their communities and sharing what matters to them. It\u0027s important to start youth-shaped Scouting and Community Impact right from the start, with the Squirrels.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","label":"The benefits of Community Impact "},{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003EYoung Leaders play an integral role in Scouting and recent research has shown the benefits of young leaders in the Squirrels.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESocial Action is a great opportunity to get young leaders involved. Encourage them to run a meeting discussing different types of action the group could take, ask them to help the young people in the group decide which action they want to take part in and what they\u0027d like to do.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EYoung leaders are creative, encouraging and skilled at talking to this younger age group. Encourage them to take the lead on a social action activity to benefit the young people and their community.\u003C/p\u003E","label":"Young Leaders"},{"gridType":"accordionItem","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003EExplore the\u003Cspan\u003E \u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/help-others/\u0022 title=\u0022Help others\u0022\u003Ehelp others\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003Esection of the website to keep up to date on the social action campaigns that groups have been getting involved in all over the UK.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECheck out the\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/help-others/community/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022A Million Hands\u0022\u003EMillion Hands\u003C/a\u003E campaign to access resources and activity ideas from our partners, who are working to encourage young people to make a positive contribution to the world around them.\u003C/p\u003E","label":"National Community Impact "}]}]},{"items":[{"type":"Promo","cta":"Fill out the Community Impact form","body":"\u003Cp\u003ENo social action activity is too small and getting young people thinking about the world around them and their role in it is integral to Scouting. 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