EVENT
RIAT Futures for Scouts and Leaders
Limited Spaces
WHEN
Friday 18th July 2025
TIME
6:00am – 10:00pm
LOCATION
RIAT
Fairford
Gloucestershire
GL7 4EG
The RAF sponsors the staged Air Activities badges across all Scout sections and is on hand to share expert knowledge in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
Badges awarded for this activity
- RAF staged badge
- Curious minds blanket badge
On Friday 18th July, the sky above RAF Fairford will be filled with the thrilling sights and sounds of several hundred aircraft of all shapes and sizes, and from all eras and countries of the world.
Scouts from across the country will find all sorts of STEM activities taking place on the ground too. They can get up close and personal with a huge selection of aircraft and meet the people who fly them and keep them in the sky.
It’s a brilliant day out that puts a smile on the faces of many groups and leaders alike.
Costs
- General Admission tickets are £45 per person
- But we got these free!
- Hospitality Enclosure – £25 extra per person
- Included is Scout’s STEM learning enclosure for free!
- Techno Zone®
- Driver costs
- I know the driver very well he will take us for free!
- Only £20 per person to cover expenses
- Minibus hire
- Snacks and drinks
- Safety equipment
Planning
- Limited spaces
- Attendance by organised minibus only!
- 10 Cubs/Scouts
- 4 Leaders/Adults
- Ratios
- RIAT welcomes 150,000 people over the weekend and is hosted on a massive site. To safely look after children, we must meet this ratio set out by GLV
- Scouts – 1:3
- Cubs – 1:2
- Friday 18 July – School day Friday!
- Pussbank break for Summer on this day it should be no problem asking for a pupil day off using a an official Scouts head teacher form with educational justification.
- dear-headteacher-riat-2025.pdf
- The Royal Air Force (RAF) | Scouts
- Minibus permit
- 8th Macclesfield have a minibus permit for not-for-profit transport for 7-16 pax
- Risk Assessment for travel
- Minibus Risk Assessment
- Planned stops and checks Risk Assessment
- Accident and breakdown procedures
- Adult forms?
- Safeguarding – Parent Packs
- Information about the event and planned activities
- Driving information
- Emergency Information
- Risk Assessment onsite
- Event holds thousands of people on site.
- Need good ratios and possibly make use of GPS trackers
- Need to check for supplementary RA’s from RAF
- Activity guide and RA’s
- Day Plan
- Pickup points from 6am
- Snacks for breakfast at first stop 80minutes in
- arrive +-9:00am
- go through security
- head to techno zone+
- NO GSM RECEPTION ON SITE
- provide everyone with lanyards including important contact numbers and information
- use supplied radios or gps tracking- identify WIFI points
- provide meeting points at planned times
- lunch / picnic next to runway wile watching air show
- free time till 14:00-16:00
Kitlist
- Full Uniform and necker
- small rug sack
- Ear muffs if you have your own (in ear noise plugs will be supplied)
- Sun lotion 45+ SPF
- water bottle
- Packed lunch and packed tea
- or if 100% parents agree then, possible drive-through on return journey
- Some spending money to be used on site