Acceler8 is The Scout Association’s Open Day for all adult members in Scotland offering the opportunity to learn new skills relevant to your role; to visit the market place to discover new products to buy, activities to try and places to camp and to meet specialists with interesting and novel ideas to deliver all areas of the 6-25 programme.
It will be The Scout Association’s largest ever Open Day of its kind for adults in Scotland!
So no matter if you are a leader, helper, commissioner or administrator, there will be something at Acceler8 for you!
Where? Fordell Firs National Activity Centre, Dunfermline, Fife
When? Saturday 27th August 2011
How Much? Acceler8 is a FREE event for all of our adult members!
Booking forms will be available shortly, which we would ask you to complete and return so that we know how many of our adult members to expect on the day.
You will have the opportunity to learn all you need to know to make woodcraft, fix plumbing, tile walls or introduce eco-products to the house or Scout Hall and depending on what you do; to take it home with you to show off your new skills!
Lots of great new skills to enhance your weekly programmes whether working on a DIY Activity Badge, life skills for Duke of Edinburgh’s Award or just attempting one of the Skills based Programme Zones not to mention that vital maintenance of the Scout Hall!
A confirmed specialist exhibitor for the event is B&Q Warehouse who will be offering practical and hands-on demonstrations of their ‘You can do it’ and ‘Kids can do it’ classes.
Other confirmed exhibitors include:
Activities Team
Akela’s Den
Association of Woodturners
Auchengillan Outdoor Centre
Bay Printing
Blacks of Greenock
Bonaly Outdoor Centre
Cancer Research UK
Deep Sea World
Development Grants Committee
Fordell Firs Activity Centre
Glasgow Scout Shop
John Young Signs
International Team
Keegan & Pennykid
Logo Express
Longcraigs Activity Centre
One Stop Scouting
Packashack
RSPB
Scouting Ireland
ShelterBox
Thistle Medical
Unity Insurance Services
With many more still to confirm!
