Badges and Awards

Membership Award

round purple badge with a white fleur-de-lys, presented to anyone making the promise and law on investiture and is common across all the sections. The badge, in one form or another, particularly the arrowhead design is recognised by Members of the Scout Movement across the world.

Participation Awards.

Badges presented to recognise a young persons commitment to Scouting. They are usually presented annually on the anniversary of the date they first joined Scouting for taking part in a balanced programme and a wide range of activities.

Challenge Badges.

Each section has a number of challenge badges that involve participation in activities within a particular theme. These include outdoor activities, global and environmental issues, living a healthy lifestyle, showing creative expression, working within the Colony and helping other people. Most challenges ask for a young person to do their best, just a few require a particular standard to be met.

Chief Scout Award - Bronze

This is the highest award available to a Beaver. To be awarded thishe /she must complete all six challenge badges.

Activity Badges

These are aimed at extending interests and skills, there are 21 in total available to Beavers and cover many different activities, hobbies and pursuits.

There are also a number of staged activity badges, a young person from any section can gain whichever badge is appropriate to the level they have reached and work towards further stages at a later date as they become more accomplished.

Moving On Awards

Introduce young people to the activities and training programme of the next section, they are designed to encourage progress from one section to another, introduce the young person to their new members and Leaders and strengthen the links between the sections in the Group and district.

Beaver Log Book and Badge Requirement Books.

The log book is full of fun activities as well as keeping track of your progress. The badge books explain the requirements of all the above badges and awards so you can work on them at home or other clubs as well as at Beavers.