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Encourage people to demonstrate and develop their leadership skills by electing Sixers and Seconders.

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/electing-sixers-and-seconders/

Resources

Before you begin
- If you don’t yet have Sixes, divide everyone in your Pack into Sixes.
- If you already have Sixes, now’s a good time to check that they all have roughly the same number of members. If new Cubs have joined (and older Cubs have moved on), the Sixes may have become uneven. Think about who might be able to move over to make them all about the same size.
- Decide who will lead each Six as a Sixer and Seconder. [There are some great tips for choosing leaders in the badge guidance, or ‘Guide to peer leadership’.]


Youth shaped guidance
Sixers and Seconders should voice the thoughts of their Pack to leaders, helping shape what Cubs do, learn, see, and experience.

Instructions

Elect Sixers and Seconders
1. Everyone should talk about what makes a good team leader. [People might have ideas such as: people who encourage and help others, people who set a good example, people who persevere, people with good communication skills.]
2. The person leading the activity might split everyone into Sixes (if they’re not already in Sixes) or ask some people to move around (if the Sixes aren’t even in size).
3. The person leading the activity should announce who’s been chosen to lead each Six.
4. The person leading the activity should present the Sixers and Seconders with their stripes.

Come together as a team
A great way to finish this ceremony is with a quick team game, to get everyone working together in their new structure.

1. The person leading the ceremony should choose a game – it could be as simple as charades. They could ask everyone to suggest games, or hold a quick vote.
2. Everyone should play the game, to get used to their new Sixer (and maybe even their new Six).


Take it further
Being a Sixer or Seconder gives you a great opportunity to meet some of the requirements of the Team Leader Challenge Award. You could lead your Six in a game or activity to meet requirement one, or ask your Six what they want to do in Cubs and feedback to adults to meet requirement four.

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Badge Links

• Team Leader - Lead