Stay connected

Show how to use a camera to take a good photograph.

Find out how to call the emergency services.

Show you can send emails and text messages.

You could also show how to use a mobile phone or a tablet to send a message to someone.

Learn the phonetic alphabet and define at least eight international Q code signals.

Show you know how to use your mobile safely and how to keep it safe.

Learn the meaning of these terms: SMS, MMS, 3G, 4G, 5G, WAP and Bluetooth.

Create and send a text.

Create a video message tell others why you enjoy being a scout.​

Manage a mobile phone address book and set up groups of contacts.

Show you can text accurately at a rate of 50 characters per minute.

Show you know the meaning of at least 15 popular chat abbreviations.

Manage an email address book and set up groups of contacts.

Show how to use social media or the internet in a creative and safe way.

Design a poster that explains why it’s important to use social media and the internet safely.

Understand and show how to use the Scout brand, using resources available from UK HQ

Create some media content for the Group, District or County newsletter, Scouting Magazine or online.

Help to manage and maintain the social media pages for your local Scout Group for a period of time agreed by your Unit leader.

Take part in or produce a package about scouting for the County website and facebook pages. Once made contact the county perception team to pass on your masterpiece! contact.us@southlondonscouts.org.uk 

Plan, develop and carry out a local recruitment campaign to get more adults and young people to join Scouting.

Create a portfolio of digital media. It might include artwork or a photograph that you alter using creative tools, music, animation, CAD (Computer Aided Design) or 3D sculpture.

Create a film, video, stop-motion animation or podcast and share it using a suitable media sharing tool.

Create a social network profile for your section, a band, local interest group or something similar.

Make a small website that can host content, such as photos, poetry or information about your local area.

Using a combination of programming, digital art, digital devices, electronic components, and other appropriate materials, create something that could serve a purpose in a scouting activity.

In a coding language of your choice, create a basic program to meet a need of scouting or your section.

Create a piece of interactive or animated digital art using software.

Create a simple computer program to help with a scouting activity, and try it out.

Take the Lip reading challenge...