Other Activities

Description

Any activity which is not listed as members being banned from participating in is acceptable as a Scouting activity. If the activity is not listed and has no specific rules then it would be managed through the rules for other activities (POR 9.77) which is based on identifying risks and factors to reduce or manage these risks.

How to run/provide other activities

There are 2 ways of running Other Activities in Scouting. These are:

Scout-led activity - running other activities yourself or using someone else in Scouting
Externally-led activity - running other activities using an external provider

Factsheets on other activities

The following activity factsheets are relevant to this activity:

FS120000 Risk Assessment
FS120007 Joint Adventurous Activities with Girlguiding
FS120013 Joint activities with other organisations - except Girlguiding
FS120075 InTouch
FS120081 Activity Information Form

Rules on other activities

The following activity rules are relevant to this activity:

Rule 9.1 Activity Rules - Application
Rule 9.2 Preparations
Rule 9.3 InTouch
Rule 9.4 Risk Assessment
Rule 9.5 Emergency Procedure
Rule 9.9 Use of External Centres and Instructors
Rule 9.77 Other Activities