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To help support Nights Away Advisers and County Activity Assessors in their role, the National Activities Team are running a number of Activity Assessor and NAA workshops. These days are designed to provide updates and support to Assessors and NAAs in carrying out assessments for Adventurous Activity and Nights Away Permits, as well as providing opportunities for peer support and networking.

Each day will include:

• Updates and training in the permit scheme and the role of the Assessor / NAA within it
• Updates and training in the skills of assessment
• Practical opportunities to try out assessing techniques
• An opportunity to have any questions answered
• An opportunity to make contact and discuss issues and ideas with other assessors / NAAs from around the country.

Each forum will cost £10, run from 10:00 until 17:00 and include refreshments (not lunch). To secure your place simply return a completed booking form and a cheque for £10 to the Activities Office at least a month before the event.

Upcoming workshops are:

Activity Assessor Workshops

Venue tbc
2nd October 2010

Nights Away Adviser Workshops

Youlbury, Oxfordshire
11th April 2010
Fully Booked

Bradley Wood, West Yorkshire
9th May 2010
Booking Form

Venue tbc
9th October 2010

To ensure their Assessors and Nights Away Advisers are supported in their role many Regions and Counties are looking to run their own workshops for them. To help support this the National Activities Team has formed a Project Team. The members of this team are available to work with Regions and Counties in putting together the content and programme for these workshops, and in finding presenters and facilitators to help on the day.

If you are looking to run a workshop and would like to use this support then please contact the Activities Office at activities@scout.org.uk and we will try and find a project team member who is available to support you.

This is a list of all the Assessor Workshops being run by Counties and Regions that we are aware of. If you would like to attend any of these then please contact the organisers directly.

Please contact the Activities office activities@scout.org.uk at Gilwell Park if you would like to have a Assessor Forum added to this page.

Nights Away Adviser Workshop
Sheffield
Organised by South Yorkshire
10th April 2010
www.syscouts.org.uk/news/training/16-courses/52-nights-away-advisors.html

Caving Assessor Workshop
Yorkshire
Organised by Shropshire
20th November 2010
idriswilliams@aol.com