DISC VERY 2010
IDEAS FOR PROMOTION
Informing EVERYONE about the Discovery programme is a key part of your role. Here are
some ideas to help you, tailored to how much time you have.
1) Any other business
Two minutes at a club business meeting or county exec/GP meeting. Mention
Discovery and take copies of the Discovery brochure with you. You don’t need to get
around to all these meetings yourself. Don’t forget to ask your county field staff and
county officers to mention Discovery when they attend meetings – arm them with
copies of the brochure, too.
2) Pre arranged slot
Ask if you can tag on to something that is already happening – no hassle and you’re
guaranteed a good audience, eg county executive, club meeting. Offer to do a
5/10/20-minute presentation on the programme using the example presentation
enclosed in this pack.
3) THE BIG ONE – a Discovery programme international evening
Having done your initial promotion, invite interested members (and their friends) to an
International Extravaganza evening. Consider:
 Using the icebreakers/quiz enclosed in this pack.
 Showing slides from those who have travelled before, enclosed in this pack.
 Detailed information on the programme.
 Providing snack/drinks with an international theme.
 Plenty of brochures and application forms available.
 Find out if your county has a Trust fund for international travel and include this in your
information on costs/funding.
 Remember to pick a venue that is well known, central and easy to find.
 Send out posters in advance with all details, then phone members to encourage them.
 Use this pack to help you and don’t forget you can always call the Discovery programme
officer for help and advice.
GOOD LUCK & ENJOY YOUR EVENING
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SAMPLE PRESENTATION
Enclosed is a disk with a slide presentation on it; this is for you to use and to change to meet
your requirements – you can take pages out and add pages in as you see fit.
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Title page
What is the Discovery programme?
Homestay: Scotland
Homestay: Sweden
Homestay: Australia
Homestay: Norway
Homestay: Switzerland
Homestay: France
Homestay: Austria
Homestay: Germany
Homestay: New Zealand
Homestay: Northern Ireland
Homestay: Canada
Team Travel: Development – Kenya or Uganda
Working Exchange: New Zealand
Team Travel: Rural Youth Europe
Team Travel: u18s 4H Youth Camp
How to apply
What does it cost?
Hosting
Any questions?
The following pages contain text which can be read out in conjunction with the slides; again
chop out and add in to fit your timescales and audience.
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SAMPLE PRESENTATION TEXT
Slide 1: Title page
Introduction to who your are
Slide 2: What is the Discovery programme?
NFYFC has forged links with other rural youth organisations all over the world
• 4H
• Rural Youth
• Landjugend
• Junior Farmers Association
• International Farm or 4H Youth Exchange
• YFC
Canada Norway Sweden
Australia Europe
Germany Austria
Canada
France
Switzerland
Scotland Northern Ireland New Zealand
 C Alma Baker Trust (New Zealand) – the trust that arranges work scholarships to its beef
and sheep farm in New Zealand
• A link with GSE Ecotours Ltd (Kenya) and the Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir (Uganda)
• Through these links NFYFC is able to offer its members a number of different trips
worldwide
Slides 3-13 Homestays and the countries you can visit
• Programme is made up of four types of trip, the first being Homestay.
• A Homestay trip means that you will stay in the homes of members of the link
organisation.
• You are to be treated as a family member so that you are able to experience what life
would be like in that country.
• With a Homestay trip you could visit the following countries…
• Prize for identifying the correct country from the flag!
Scotland
 Hosted by Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs
 Two weeks in June
 Includes attending the Highland Show
Sweden
 Hosted by Sweden 4H
 Six weeks in June and July
 includes attending the Swedish National Rikslager, which is a bit like a jamboree
Australia
 Hosted by Australian Rural Youth in Tasmania
 Up to two months to be taken between February and August
Norway
 Hosted by Norske 4H
 Six weeks during the summer
Switzerland
 Hosted as part of the IFYE programme
 Six weeks during June and July
France
 Also hosted as part of the IFYE programme
 Four weeks during July
Austria
• Hosted by the Landjugend, the literal meaning is Youth of the Land
• Six weeks during June and July
Germany
• Hosted by the Landjugend of Lower Saxony
• Two weeks during July
• They do prefer that you try to learn some German words
New Zealand
• Hosted by the New Zealand Young Farmers
• Spend up to two months there, arriving in May
Northern Ireland
• Hosted by Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster
• Two weeks in April
• Includes attending their conference weekend, which is like our annual convention
Canada
• Two trips to Canada
• For u21s exchange with the Canada 4H
• Four weeks in September
• You will host your twin exchangee for one week when they come over here
• Second trip is with the Junior Farmers Association of Ontario
• Twelve weeks departing in May
Slide 14: Team Travel: Development
• The second type of trip is the Team Travel: Development
• To Kenya or Uganda – so for the more adventurous
• First is hosted by GSC Ecotours Ltd in Kenya for eight days
 A chance to be hosted by a Kenyan family and get involved in day-to-day life
 Opportunity to get involved with a community project
 National Park visit – a chance to see the ‘big five’ game animals
• Second is hosted by the Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir in Uganda for two weeks
• Three schools with 100 pupils, this includes a farm school
• Get in involved with the farm school/planting/decorating/sewing
• Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime trip you won’t find in any travel agent
Slide 15: Working Exchange
• The third type of trip is the Working Exchange
• To New Zealand
• C Alma Baker Trust organises this trip and pays for all your expenses
• Work on its beef and sheep farm at Limestone Downs
• Trip is for three months and definitely "work hard, play hard"
Slide 16: Team Travel: Rural Youth Europe
 Fourth way of travelling through YFC is via Team Travel
 Rural Youth Europe organises and holds seminars in the spring and autumn and also
organises the European Rally in the summer
 Different countries host each event in previous years members have been to Latvia and
Denmark
 During the events representatives from each country come together to discuss rural issues
that face young people
Slide 17: Team Travel: u18s 4H Youth Camp
 For the u18s, you can travel as part of the u18s 4H Youth Camp team
 Twenty members from England and Wales
 Travel to the host country for the Youth Camp
 Lots of other young people from all over the world
 Week-long camp with rally games, sports and adventure
Slide 18: How to apply
 Applying is easy
 Pick up a Discovery brochure
 Ring the office for an application form or download one from the NFYFC website
 Fill it in and send to the county office by 20 November 2009
 You will then be invited to interview by 5 December in Stratford-upon-Avon
Slide 19: What does it cost?
Slide 20: Hosting
 If you don’t fancy going abroad or want to increase your chance of gaining a trip you
can get involved in Discovery by hosting and international exchangee
 Each county federation is allocated a number of exchangees
Slide 21: Any questions?
If you don’t have any questions asked, you might like to use the Top Questions paper,
included in this pack
DISC VERY 2010
ICEBREAKERS FOR AN
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY EVENING
 INTERNATIONAL SPEED DATING
Fancy speed dating with a foreign twist – number people so you end up with pairs of
couples, then stand them up opposite each other in a line. Each half of the pair has to think
of a country to come from (excluding countries in the British Isles) and try to speak in that
accent when answering questions. Give the couples one minute to talk to each other and
guess which country each comes from.
 WHICH COUNTRY AM I?
This game is played by sticking a piece of paper on the back of each participant. No one
may look at what is written on his/her back. On each sheet of paper is written the name of a
country. Participants move around the room asking questions to find out the identity of their
country. Other people may reply by answering only yes or no to questions.
You could limit the countries to Discovery trip countries only: Australia, Austria, Canada,
France, Germany, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden,
Scotland and Uganda.
 DO I KNOW THAT COUNTRY?
Divide into four groups. Each group is given a country, and they need to write out a list of
six-eight facts about that country. Choose one member to read the facts out, the other
groups have to try and guess which country the facts describe.
 RIVER RACE
Divide the group into teams. Give each team member the name of a river written on a
card. On a signal the team must line up in alphabetical order with the A rivers at one end
and the Z rivers at the other. Do not allow the members to talk. The last team to get into
alphabetical order loses.
Examples of river names
Alpheus, Danube, Elbe, Euphrates, Leichhardt, Loire, Macleay, Macquarie, Mississippi,
Murrumbidgee, Rhine, Rhone, Severn, Seine, Tigris, Warrego, Winnipeg, Zambezi, Zhi.
DISC VERY 2010
DISCOVERY QUIZ NIGHT
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
ROUND ONE: CAPITAL CITIES OF COUNTRIES THAT DISCOVERY GOES TO
Question
Answer
1
What is the capital city of Uganda?
Kampala
2
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
3
What is the capital city of Switzerland?
Bern
4
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
5
What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
6
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
7
What is the capital city of Germany?
Berlin
8
What is the capital city of Sweden?
Stockholm
9
What is the capital city of Austria?
Vienna
10
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
ROUND TWO: CURRENCIES OF DISCOVERY COUNTRIES
Question
Answer
1
What is the currency in Australia?
Dollars
2
What is the currency in Austria?
Euro
3
What is the currency in Canada?
Dollars
4
What is the currency in Norway?
Kroner
5
What is the currency in Switzerland?
Francs
6
What is the currency in Uganda?
Ugandan Shilling
7
What is the currency in France?
Euro
8
What is the currency in New Zealand?
Dollars
9
What is the currency in Germany?
Euro
10
What is the currency in Sweden?
Sek
ROUND THREE: WHICH COUNTRY?
Question
Answer
1
Which country is famous for the Great Barrier Reef?
Australia
2
Which country is Salzburg in?
Austria
3
Which country is the Tana River in, it being the longest in that country ?
Kenya
4
Which country would you find the Jotunheim Mountains in?
Norway
5
Which country is famous for the Rockies?
Canada
6
Which country does the River Seine flow through?
France
7
Which country is famous for watch and clock making?
Switzerland
8
Which country of the UK is the Grampian Mountains in?
Scotland
9
Which country has two islands called North Island and South Island?
New Zealand
10
The Black Forest, which gave its name to the gateaux, can be found in
which country?
Germany
ROUND FOUR: THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMME COUNTRIES IN THE MOVIES?
Question
Answer
1
In which country is The Sound of Music set?
Austria
2
Mick Dundee came from which country?
Australia
3
Pamela Anderson was born on 1 July 1967 in which country?
Canada
4
The film Chocolat is set in a rural town in which country?
France
5
6
David Hasselhoff enjoys a successful career as a pop star in which
European country?
Which country’s dramatic scenery formed the backdrop for the Lord of
the Rings trilogy?
Germany
New Zealand
7
Mel Gibson’s Braveheart was from which country?
Scotland
8
Arnold Schwarzenegger is probably the most famous person to ever come
from this country, but do you know it?
Austria
9
The film Da Vinci Code opens in the capital city of which country?
France
10
Claudia Schiffer starred in the film Love Actually but where was Claudia
born?
Germany
ROUND FIVE: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMME?
Question
Answer
1
Name three countries beginning with S that you could travel to with Discovery?
Scotland, Sweden,
Switzerland
2
Which countries does Discovery have a Team Travel: Development trip to? Kenya, Uganda
3
Which country does it have a 4H under 21 exchange to?
Canada
4
If you applied for the C Alma Baker Trip where would you be hoping to go
and work?
New Zealand
5
Which country is home to the Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir?
Uganda
6
What is the name of the Young Farmers organization in Scotland?
7
What do the 4 H’s stand for in 4 H Clubs?
8
In Australia, what is the equivalent of YFC?
Rural Youth
9
How many members are there in a European Rally Team including the leader?
Five
10
Which organisation arranges the rally and the seminars we offer in Europe?
Rural Youth Europe
Scottish Association of
Young Farmers’ Clubs
Head, Heart, Hand,
Health
DISC VERY 2010
DISCOVERY QUIZ NIGHT
QUESTIONS TO PHOTOCOPY TO HAND OUT
ROUND ONE: CAPITAL CITIES OF COUNTRIES THAT DISCOVERY GOES TO
Question
1
What is the capital city of Uganda?
2
What is the capital city of France?
3
What is the capital city of Switzerland?
4
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
5
What is the capital city of Kenya?
6
What is the capital city of Canada?
7
What is the capital city of Germany?
8
What is the capital city of Sweden?
9
What is the capital city of Austria?
10
What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer
ROUND TWO: CURRENCIES OF DISCOVERY COUNTRIES
Question
1
What is the currency in Australia?
2
What is the currency in Austria?
3
What is the currency in Canada?
4
What is the currency in Norway?
5
What is the currency in Switzerland?
6
What is the currency in Uganda?
7
What is the currency in France?
8
What is the currency in New Zealand?
9
What is the currency in Germany?
10
What is the currency in Sweden?
Answer
ROUND THREE: WHICH COUNTRY?
Question
1
Which country is famous for the Great Barrier Reef?
2
Which country is Salzburg in?
3
Which country is the Tana River in, it being the longest in that country?
4
Which country would you find the Jotunheim Mountains in?
5
Which country is famous for the Rockies?
6
Which country does the River Seine flow through?
7
Which country is famous for watch and clock making?
8
Which country of the UK is the Grampian Mountains in?
9
Which country has two islands called North Island and South Island?
10
The Black Forest, which gave its name to the gateaux, can be found in
which country?
Answer
ROUND FOUR: THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMME COUNTRIES IN THE MOVIES?
Question
1
In which country is The Sound of Music set?
2
Mick Dundee came from which country?
3
Pamela Anderson was born on 1 July 1967 in which country?
4
The film Chocolat is set in a rural town in which country?
5
6
Answer
David Hasselhoff enjoys a successful career as a pop star in which
European country?
Which country’s dramatic scenery formed the backdrop for the Lord of
the Rings trilogy?
7
Mel Gibson’s Braveheart was from which country?
8
Arnold Schwarzenegger is probably the most famous person to ever come
from this country, but do you know it?
9
The film Da Vinci Code opens in the capital city of which country?
10
Claudia Schiffer starred in the film Love Actually but where was Claudia
born?
ROUND FIVE: WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISCOVERY PROGRAMME?
Question
1
Name three countries beginning with S that you could travel to with Discovery?
2
Which countries does Discovery have a Team Travel: Development trip to?
3
Which country does it have a 4H under 21 exchange to?
4
If you applied for the C Alma Baker Trip where would you be hoping to go
and work?
5
Which country is home to the Pearl of Africa Children’s Choir?
6
What is the name of the Young Farmers organization in Scotland?
7
What do the 4 H’s stand for in 4 H Clubs?
8
In Australia, what is the equivalent of YFC?
9
How many members are there in a European Rally Team including the leader?
10
Which organisation arranges the rally and the seminars we offer in Europe?
Answer
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FANCY AN INTERNATIONAL BUFFET NIGHT?
Please find below some examples of food that could be brought along:
SCOTLAND: haggis, oatcakes, kippers
WALES: Welsh cakes, bara brith, welsh rarebit
ENGLAND: Cornish pasties, crumpets, victoria sponge cake, apple pie
AUSTRALIA: Pavlova, grapes, vegemite, anzac biscuits
NEW ZEALAND: Kiwi fruit, passion fruit
SWEDEN: Meatballs, pickled fish, open sandwiches
SWITZERLAND: Swiss chocolate, cheese fondue, swiss chocolate brownies
NORWAY: Pickled herrings, cold cured meats, salmon
FRANCE: Quiche, croissants, brioches, cheeses
GERMANY: pretzels, sauerkraut, cured pork sausages
CANADA: Maple syrup, pancakes, blueberry muffins