Badges and Awards
Our badges and awards are part of what makes us Scouts. And Scouts love earning them!
Animal lover – check. Book worm – check. Photographer – check. Footballer – check. Daredevil – check.
You name it, we’ve got a badge for it – over 200 of them actually. Cubs work together on badges at their weekly meetings, away at camps and events, or at home. There’s never any pressure to do badges. Cubs can do as many or as few as they like.
But for those up for a challenge, there are loads of exciting badges to aim for, such as the Chief Scout’s Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. These are the highest awards that Beavers, Cubs and Scouts can earn. And for those going even further, the Queen’s Scout Award is the top achievement for young people in Scouts.
Visit https://www.scouts.org.uk/cubs/activity-badges/ and https://www.scouts.org.uk/cubs/awards/ to find out more about each of the badges and what you have to do to earn them. You can also buy a handy badge book from the local scout store or online. Sometimes we also share resources on our Facebook Group or on our website.
You can also download your own badge poster below.
When completing badge work be sure to take photographs, videos, write or draw what you have done. For some badges, you might ask a coach or instructor to sign that you have done everything. Your parents can send photos of these to Leaders online anytime or you can arrange with Leaders to present to the pack at a future meeting*.
You can also see your progress on different badges completed at Cubs on OSM by visiting https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk.
But remember, it isn’t just about earning badges – it’s about having fun, learning new things, trying something different and developing skills for life.
A few things to keep in mind:
- Challenge awards and nights and hikes away staged badges are to be completed during our programme and not normally at home (with some exceptions).
- Staged badges can be progressed throughout your time at 1st Markfield at Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.
- *You need to arrange with Leaders when you can present badge work – it’s not possible to do this every week, we will agree at date with you.
- We keep a limited number of badges in stock, if we don’t have any in we will need to order them from our local scout store and this may take a few weeks to arrive.
Uniform
Once you’ve had time to settle in, you’ll get your own uniform to wear during meetings and on trips away.
For Cubs, the uniform consists of a green sweatshirt with your badges sewn on which they pair with their Troop or Group scarf. They might wear blue uniform trousers or a skirt, or they might save their uniform bottoms for special occasions like awards ceremonies and public events – choosing to wear something more casual with their shirt during the week.
Uniforms can either be bought from Leicestershire Scout Shop, National Scout Store, online at another supplier, or you may find a second-hand uniform on sites like eBay, Facebook.
