Instructions

• On a whiteboard, write SMART vertically, with Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timebound next to the corresponding letters.
• Introduce what a goal is – something they want to achieve.
• Ask the young people to write down a goal, for example, to do more reading.
• Then introduce what SMART means (https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm)
• Suggest that the young people team up and discuss their goals, and start to turn their goals into SMART goals – could use lodges/ sixes/ patrols.
• Ask whether any young people want to share their goals, stating that goals, when shared, are easier to be held accountable for.
• Opportunity to plan how they will achieve their goals as an additional activity.
• Once the SMART goal is set out, give each young person a business card and a selection of pens.
• Get the young people to write down their goals on the card and then cover it in tape (to weather-proof it).
• The young people can then keep their goals with them as a reminder of what they are trying to achieve.
• Set your own goal as an example and share it with the young people.