Engineering Challenge 2026

Join us for a day of hands-on engineering workshops for Scouts and Guides at the University of York on the Saturday 28th March 2026 (Physics Exhibition Centre). Explore different aspects of engineering across four interactive workshops:

• Audio engineering in a music technology workshop
• Electronics and mechanical engineering in a model car building challenge
• Robotics engineering making a robot arm
• Civil engineering with a bridge building challenge

This is an opportunity to work in teams, develop your problem solving skills, and learn more about what it means to be an engineer. Scouts will complete their Model Maker badge and Guides will complete two thirds of their Engineering badge.  Your Unit Leaders can source any badges earned after the event.

Scouts and Guides will rotate round the activities in groups. An adult needs to stay on site to be responsible for their young people, and can also attend the workshops.  The day will run from 10am – 3pm, with registration from 9.30am. Scouts, Guides and Leaders will need to bring packed lunches.

Register by 28 February 2026 to have a team, with nigel.white@yorkscouts.org.uk.