Get on Board
Welcome to Get on Board, our public transport challenge!
Taking public transport can seem difficult when it’s new to you or you’re not used to going on trips as a big group. That’s why we’ve created our new challenge pack Get on Board to give you the information and support you need to make it easier and more fun!
How does it work?
There are 3 sections for this badge:
- Learn more about public transport
- Plan a journey
- Be safe
To earn your Get on Board badge, you need to complete 2 activities from the ‘learn more about public transport’ section, 2 activities from ‘plan a journey’, both activities from ‘be safe’ and then go on your journey.
We’ve put together some information leaders can download to help you confidently plan a public transport trip with your group:
- Information pack for leaders
- Plain text information for leaders
- Risk assessment – bus
- Risk assessment – train
- Risk assessment – ferry
We can’t wait to see everyone get on board with our new challenge. Share any posts on social media with us by tagging GirlguidingScot and using #GetOnBoardWithGGS. Why not tag your transport provider too!
Download the challenge pack
Check out the activity pack for more information.
Get the Badge
Get on board and buy the badge now!
ScotRail rail safety sessions
ScotRail have been a key supporter of Get on Board and Next Stop Adventure. Last year they worked with 19th Motherwell Guides and Rangers to create a video showing the process of taking a train journey. They’ve put together a hub on their website with lots of information to support leaders taking groups on trips by train, you can find it here.
ScotRail are able to offer a limited number of in-person rail safety sessions to larger groups, so if you have a few units who would like to come together to request a session, or you are running a district, division or county event and would like to see if it would be possible to have ScotRail along, get in touch with Tracy, Scotrail community rail executive, on Tracy.Stevenson@scotrail.co.uk.
We’ll be organising a rail safety webinar with ScotRail so watch this space for an event happening in the next few months.