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(Gold level activity)
Aim: To broaden experience through involvement with others in a residential setting.
Requirements
Participants are required to undertake some shared purposeful activity away from home for a total period of not less than five consecutive days and four nights away.
They should be in the company of others who are not their usual companions from school, work or youth group. Therefore, in order to fulfill the objectives of the Residential Project, it is probably most beneficial for participants to join Residential Project Section projects individually.
Suitable Opportunities
Church sponsored courses for young people
Coaching and activity courses
General training and adventure courses sponsored by Outward Bound School and other organizations
Special courses arranged by Operating Authorities
Voluntary help at homes, centers or camps for disadvantaged children, the elderly, the handicapped or with recognized relief organizations such as Helping Hand. Residential Project Section
Voluntary work with bodies concerned with the preservation of amenities, conservation of the environment, archaeological projects etc
Youth leadership training courses.
Assessments
The assessment should be undertaken by one of the adults who will be present throughout the period of residence, directly interacts with the participant and is able to observe the progress of the participant during the Project.
Requirements:
1. Personal Standards
Cleanliness & tidiness
Conduct
Consideration for others
2. Relationship with others
with staff
with own contemporaries
3. Resourcefulness
Adaptation to new surroundings
Determination Residential Project Section
Perseverance
Leadership potential
4. Initiative
Enthusiasm
Willingness to try new things
Innovation
5. Overall Performance
Record
The Record Book represents a young person experiences and achievements and remarks should therefore be personalized, positive and encouraging.
In the event of the Assessor not being satisfied that the participant has fulfilled the assessment criteria by the end of the Project, the young person should be informed of the reason and no entry should be made in the Record Book. The Assessor should encourage the participant to undertake another Project.
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