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Description

Take part in a litter pick to benefit the local community.

Courtesy of the Scouting website: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/heroes-hike/

Resources

- Bin bags
- Litter pickers
- Gloves
- Maps or route cards (optional)

Instructions

Before you begin:
- Find a local area for your litter pick and check for any hazards (like sharp objects, broken glass, or dog poo). Make sure the area is accessible for everyone in your group.
- Arrange how you’ll dispose of the litter you collect. Depending on where you live, this could be public bins, local council facilities, or waste disposal centres.
- Each group will need an adult to do this activity with them – if you don’t have enough volunteers, you could ask some parents to help.

Litter pick:
- Everyone should talk about why littering is bad for the planet.
- Everyone should split into small groups. An adult should join each group. (You may need more than one adult with each group depending on your young people and the area you choose to clean.)
- The person leading the activity should make sure that everyone understands that they’ll need to be careful of certain objects they might find, such as glass, sharp metal, or needles. They should explain the plan for dealing with these sorts of items safely.
- The person leading the activity should explain the area everyone will be using and when and where groups should meet after the hike. (It’s up to you how you do this – you might want to mark this out on a map, create route cards, or set boundaries based on visible things (such as no further than that toilet block).)
- Everyone should get stuck in to their adventure with a social action edge!

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• Adventure - Activity
• Adventure - Hike
• World - Project