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Skill

The official name for this section is Skill but it really encompasses any hobby or interest. As with all these sections many participants are already fulfilling the requirements, they just need to recognise what they are doing. It is important not to include hobbies that are actually classed as Physical Recreation. For instance cycling is a sport cycle maintainance is a skill.

There are plenty of skill ideas on The Award website     (use the drop down menu)

 SKILLS SECTION ACTIVITIES 
 
Aeronautics
       
Agriculture
       
Aircraft Recognition 
      
Amateur Radio 
      
Aquarium Keeping 
      
Archaeology 
      
Architecture 
      
Astronautics 
      
Astronomy
       
Basket Making 
      
Bee Keeping
      
 Bell Ringing
       
Billiards etc. 
      
Birdwatching 
      
Boatwork 
      
Bookbinding 
      
Brass Rubbing 
      
Bridge 
      
Budgies etc 
      
Buglers  -; Trumpeters
       
Bushcraft  -;Survival
       
Cacti Growing
       
Cake Decoration 
      
Camping/Outdoor Equip 
  
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Candlemaking 
      
Canoe Building
       
Canvas Work 
       
Carnival Floats
       
Casualty Simulation 
      
Ceramics 
      
Ceremonial Drill 
      
Chess 
      
Circus Skills   
    
Clay Modelling 
      
Clay Target Shooting 
      
Coastal Navigation
       
Coin Collecting – Numismatics
       
Collections etc 
      
Committee Skills  
     
Comms – Hearing 
      
Comms – Sight  
     
Conjuring  -; Magic
       
Conservation  
     
Consumer Info.
       
Cookery
       
Corn Dollies 
      
Costume Study 
      
Creative Embroidery 
      
Criminology 
  
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Crocheting
       
Cross Stitch 
      
Cycle Maintenance 
      
Dance Appreciation
       
Darts
       
Democracy in Action 
      
Disc Jockey 
      
DIY 
      
Dogs 
      
Dough Craft 
      
Drama  -; Theatre
       
Drawing
       
Dressmaking
       
Driving – see Motors
      
Drugs  -; Peer Ed.
       
Enamelling 
      
Event Planning  
     
F1 Car Design    
   
Fancy Ropework 
      
Fantasy Games 
      
Fashion 
      
Film Studies
       
Film Making 
      
Fishing 
      
Floral Decoration
       
Fly Fishing
       
Flying
       
Forces Insignia  
     
Forestry
       
French Polishing 
      
Furniture Restoration  
     
Gardening 
      
Gemstones
       
Genealogy 
      
Geology
       
Glass Painting
       
Glasswork
       
Gliding  
     
Groundsmanship 
      
Handbell Ringing 
      
Health
 
Style 
      
Heraldry 
      
Historical Prd Re-En. 
      
History of Art  
     
Horses – Handling   
   
Information Tech. 
      
Insects       
 
Interior Design  
     
Jewellery     
  
Journalism   
    
Karting    
   
Keeping of Pets 
      
Kites   
    
Knitting 
      
Lace Making  
     
Languages  
     
Leatherwork
       
Lettering etc. 
      
Library Skills 
      
Life Skills  
     
Majorettes
       
Marksmanship
       
Marquetry  
     
Model Construction Racing
       
Money Management
       
Mosaic 
      
Motor Cars – Maint. 
      
Motor Cars – Skills 
      
Motor Cycles – Maint
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Motor Cycles - Skills 
      
Motor Sports  
     
Music Appreciation 
      
Music Playing 
      
Natural World 
      
Navigation 
      
Newsletters etc 
      

Numismatics  
     
Orchid Growing 
      
Painting  -; Design 
      
Paleontology  
 
Papercraft 
      
Patchwork
       
Period Furniture
       
Pewter Working
       
Photography
       
Pigeons
       
Pool/Snooker – see Billiards 
      
Power Boating
       
Public Speaking 
      
Puppetry
       
Quilting 
      
Radio – see Amateur Radio 
      
Reading 
      
Religion  
     
Reptiles
       
Rug Making
       
Ship Recognition  
     
Signalling
       
Singing
       
Soft Furnishing
       
Soft Toy Making 
      
Sports Appreciation 
      
Sports Officiating 
      
Stamp Collecting 
      
Table Games 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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