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Description

Young people hunt for hazards in a tabletop scene or picture — things like an unattended kettle, an overloaded socket, or medicine left out — and talk through what's wrong and what they'd do about it, alongside a chat about what to do if a stranger approaches.

Resources

- Tabletop scene or picture showing hazards (toy kettle near the edge, overloaded plug socket, medicine left out, candle near curtains)
- Second "spot the hazard" picture or bingo card, for early finishers

Instructions

1. Explain that our homes have hidden dangers — things that look harmless but aren't.

2. In pairs, have young people hunt the scene for hazards and tell you what's wrong and what they'd do instead.

3. As each hazard is found, talk it through: never touch medicines unless a grown-up gives them to you; kettles, irons and hobs are for grown-ups only.

4. Ask the group what their family's plan is if there's an emergency at home.

5. Cover stranger danger: if someone you don't know knocks at the door, don't open it on your own — get a grown-up. If a stranger talks to you when you're out, don't go with them, and tell a grown-up straight away.

6. If time allows, cover cleaning products and chemicals (always leave them alone), overloaded sockets and trailing wires, and knowing your home address and a grown-up's phone number.

7. For early finishers, hand out a second "spot the hazard" picture or bingo card and see how many hazards they can spot around the meeting room itself, without touching anything.

8. Run a quick scenario game if there's time: thumbs up or down, such as "a stranger knocks and you open the door" (down) or "you know your home address in case you get lost" (up).

9. Close by asking each young person: can you tell me one danger you found, and what would you do about it? And what would you do if a stranger knocked while you were home alone?

10. For Squirrels, reduce to two or three obvious hazards and do the hunt as a whole group with an adult pointing things out, rather than in unsupervised pairs.

11. For Cubs, add a "what would you do next" follow-up for each hazard (call 999, tell a grown-up, open a window), and let them write or draw their own hazard for others to spot.

Tags

• holme-valley-scouts
• Home safety
• Safety
• Stranger danger

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