The Safe from Harm programme aims to provide an engaging, youth-centred and age-appropriate range of activities to help develop youth members’ understanding of harm. There are seven themes in the Safe from Harm programme – “We Promise”, “Think Scout”, “Safe Scout”, “I Care, We Care”, “Trails and Ways”, “Scout Signals” and “Friendship Knot”.
The first three documents below are (1) the overview of the Safe from Harm programme, (2) the Learning Objectives associated with the Safe from Harm programme, and (3) a grid which maps the Learning Objectives to the seven Safe from Harm themes.
Below these three documents are the seven Safe from Harm programme themes. Expand any of these themes to access the programme activities for that theme.
Safe from Harm Programme Overview
Overview of the Safe from Harm Programme providing information on the programme and its seven themes.
Safe from Harm Learning Objectives
Details of the ONE Programme Learning Objectives associated with each of the Safe from Harm themes.
Safe from Harm SPICES Chart
A chart which maps the Safe from Harm themes to the SPICES.
We Promise
Living the Promise (On My Honour)
An activity for All sections designed to highlight the importance of the Promise and Law in Scouting.
Beaver Investiture
Beaver Investiture information from the Beaver Scout handbook.
Cub Investiture
Cub Investiture information from the Cub Scout handbook.
Scout Investiture
Scout Investiture information from the Scout handbook.
Venture Investiture
Venture Investiture information from the Venture Scout handbook.
Rover Investiture
Rover Investiture information from the Rover Scout handbook.
Inclusive Investitures
Guide for All sections to help ensure that Investitures are inclusive for all youth members.
Promises Posters
Posters of the Promises for All sections designed for printing in A2 format as a poster to hang in your meeting place.
Think Scout
Buddy Bingo (All sections)
An activity for All sections to help people to get to know each other and to understand that everyone is different. It’s also a great icebreaker.
Decisions, Decisions (All sections)
An activity for All sections to encourage young people to think for themselves and to understand right from wrong.
Different Perspectives (All sections)
An activity for All sections to encourage discussion and to understand how the decisions we make can impact on others.
The Puzzle (Beavers/Cubs)
An activity for Beavers and Cubs to explore how we are all unique and how we are all important in making up a group of people.
Safe Scout
Mission Training Day (Beavers)
Activities for Beavers to help them engage with knowing and understanding their body, looking after it, keeping safe, and getting help when needed.
Mission Training Day (Cubs)
Activities for Cubs to help them engage with knowing and understanding their body, looking after it, keeping safe, and getting help when needed.
Mission Control (Scouts)
Activities for Scouts to help them focus on body awareness, choices and consequences; to examine their personal safe network; and how to get support when needed.
Consent (Ventures/Rovers)
An activity for Ventures and Rovers to understand Consent and how to identify and deal with difficult and uncomfortable situations.
Cyberbullying (Ventures/Rovers)
An activity for Ventures and Rovers to understand Cyberbullying and how to identify and deal with it and get support.
Influences (Ventures/Rovers)
An activity for Ventures and Rovers to understand influences in their lives particularly in the areas of diet, drugs, alcohol and sexual relationships, to explore uncomfortable and difficult situations and how to deal with them and get support.
I Care, We Care
If I was Chief Scout of the World (All sections)
Activity for All sections to explore their dreams and aspirations; to understand how dreams and aspirations can be impacted by successes/failures; and to understand how our actions and reactions can have an impact on the dreams and aspirations of others.
Paracord Buddies (All sections)
Activities for All sections to help them to express their feelings without the use of words; to recognise that others way not feel the same as you; and to know how to look after others if they are unhappy.
Trails and Ways
Hike Buddies (Beavers)
An activity for Beavers to help develop empathy and caring whilst creating an awareness and appreciation of nature and the environment.
Hike Buddies (Cubs)
An activity for Cubs to help develop empathy and caring whilst creating an awareness and appreciation of nature and the environment.
Peak Point Ponders (Scouts)
An activity for Scouts to set personal challenges as part of a Patrol/Troop activity that brings them outside of or push the boundaries of their comfort zone.
Peak Point Ponders (Ventures/Rovers)
An activity for Ventures and Rovers to set personal challenges as part of a Group/Crew activity that brings them outside of or push the boundaries of their comfort zone.
Scout Signals
Graffiti Wall (All sections)
Activity for All sections to explore feelings and emotions and how people can sometimes share the same experience and yet feel differently about it; and to explore the importance of expressing feelings and who to discuss them with.
Senseless (All sections)
Activities for All sections to help build trust within small groups and to understand the importance of being able to communicate in different ways with others.
Sound Bites (All sections)
Activity for All sections to explore feelings and emotions and how people can sometimes share the same experience and yet feel differently about it; and to explore the importance of expressing feelings and who to discuss them with.
Friendship Knot
Code of Behaviour (All sections)
Activity for All sections to develop and agree a Code of Behaviour that outlines how we as Scouts should respect and listen to each other.
Kindness Rocks (All sections)
Activities for All sections to raise awareness of the importance of being kind, and to create a positive link between Scouting and the Community.
Respect (Scouts/Ventures/Rovers)
Activity for Scouts/Ventures/Rovers to explore the concept of respect and what it means in person and online and to promote respect