Community Impact

## Requirements

### **Community Impact – stage 1**

1. Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community – it could be local, national or international.
2. Plan action. Decide what issue your section should take action on and what you want to change. Talk to your section about what actions you would like to take.
3. Take action over three months. You should:

* spend at least fours hours personally taking action on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out over a month, instead of doing it all in one go.
* involve others in the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying to help.

4. Learn and make more change. Discuss what you’ve learned with your section. Talk about how you have made people’s lives better, what you could do to help more people in your chosen community and how taking action has developed you.

5. Tell the world. Help other people to understand why the issue you took action on is important, what you did and how they can help.

### **Community Impact – stage 2**

1. Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community – it could be local, national or international.
2. Plan action. Decide what issue your section would like to take action on and what you would like to change. Work with a group of people not involved in Scouting, who are passionate about your cause, to plan action that will make a positive difference.
3. Take action over six months. You should:

* spend at least 12 hours personally taking action on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over four months, instead of doing it all in one go.
* involve others in the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying to help.

4. Learn and make more change. Discuss with your section what you’ve learned, how you have made people’s lives better and what you could do to help even more people in your chosen community.

5. Tell the world. Help other people to understand the issue you have made a positive impact on is important and why it’s important. Show what you did and how they can also help.

### **Community Impact – stage 3**

1. Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community – local, national or international.
2. Plan action. Decide what issue your section would like to take action on and what you would like to change. Work with a group of people not involved in Scouting, who are passionate about your cause, to plan action that will make a positive difference.
3. Take action over nine months. You should:

* spend at least 24 hours in total personally taking action on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over six months, instead of doing it all in one go.
* involve others from your section and a group of non-Scouts, preferably from the community you are trying to help.

4. Learn and make more change. Talk about what you learned with your section, how you have made people’s lives better and what you could do to help more people in your chosen community.

5. Tell the world. Help other people to understand why your chosen issue is important. Explain what you did and how they can also help.

### **Community Impact – stage 4**

1. Identify need. Find out what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community – locally, nationally or internationally.
2. Plan action. Decide what issue your section would like to take action – what do you want to change? Work with a group of people who are not involved in Scouting, and are passionate about your cause, to plan action that will make a positive difference.
3. Take action over 12 months. You should:

* spend at least 48 hours personally taking action on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out over the year, instead of doing it all in one go.
* n involve your section and a group of non- Scouts, preferably people from the community you are trying to help.

4. Learn and make more change. Talk about what you learned with your section, how you have made people’s lives better and what you could do to help more people in your chosen community.

5. Tell the world. Help other people to understand why your chosen issue is important, how you have made a positive impact and how they can help.