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To encourage the discovery and development of practical and social skills and personal interests.

This Section should encourage you to pursue activities within a wide range of practical, cultural and social environments. The Skills Section offers a wide choice depending upon your personal preferences and abilities and the opportunities available. The skill may be an existing interest or something entirely new.

Although the specific benefits depend on the choice made, the Skills Section should provide opportunities to:

• develop practical and social skills
• meet people
• organise your time
• discover how to research information
• set and respond to a challenge
• work with others
• enjoy sharing
• discover new talents

You should follow an activity and show progression and sustained interest over a period of time, leading to a deeper knowledge of the subject and the attainment of an increased degree of skill.

There are various ways of completing this section within Scouting activities, some suggestions are listed below.

• Amateur Radio
• Bushcraft and survival
• Canoe Building
• Casulty Simulation
• Committee Skills
• Conservation
• Drama and Theatre Skills
• Event Planning and Organisation
• Explorer Scout Website Content Generation
• Gliding
• Information Technology
• Marksmanship
• Newsletter and Magazine Production

If these activities are done as Scouting activities they shuold be done in accordance with the current edition of Policy, Organisation and Rules.

It has been made it possible for Explorers to be Web Editors for the Explorer Scout section of www.scouts.org.uk as part of their Skill Section for the Programme awards and Duke of Edinburgh's Awards. Explorer Scouts (and non-Explorers alike) can join the team to produce material for the website, and thus for their peers. We have arranged with the Duke of Edinburgh's to have their contributions recognized for the Skill Section of the Award. For more information go to www.scouts.org.uk/explorers