What is GAPP?

GAPP is the Global Awareness Partnership Project, a joint project between The Scout Association and the Federation of Young Farmers Clubs and was partly funded by the DfEE. A resource pack called 'Bridging the GAPP' has been created and continues to develop, to provide fun activities focused on Global Issues of concern to young people worldwide. The pack is centred on the idea of peer education and learning through participation.

Topic areas include; Impact on The Environment, Healthy Living, It's Not Fair (Global Inequality and injustice), Spending Your Money, Insight (Blindness) and One Wrong Step (Land Mines). New topic areas are continually under development.

A number of GAPPsters (Young Leaders, Explorer Scouts and Scout Network) have been trained to work with other young people and present unbiased information to empower the young people they are working with to make their own informed decisions and choices.

How can GAPP help you?

GAPP can:

Provide you with many activity ideas on global issues that can be incorporated into a balanced weekly sectional programme.
Provide programme support at Regional, County, District and Group events.
Help establish mini Global Development Village's (GDV's) at International and County Camps.
Provide advice on other supporting material.
Provide training in presenting 'difficult' global issues in a fun way.
Provide help and training for Jamboree Units/Groups planning visits abroad in global awareness.
Provide help with training new & existing leaders in international/global issues and scouting.
Support your ACC/AAC (I) in developing aspects of international scouting.

In fact in any area where Global Issues occur, there is an opportunity to allow GAPP to help you.

How Do You Find Out More?

If you would like to know more about GAPP, Tian Bersey in the International Office on 020 8433 7119 or international@scout.org.uk. You can also visit the GAPP web site at http://www.gapp.me.uk.