Scout Badges & Awards

This is the Membership Badge and is awarded when a boy or girl is becomes a member of the Scout Movement.

This Badge is worn on the left chest.

The Joining-in Badge celebrates a Scouts participation in the Programme of activities over a period of time.

These Badges recognise the length of time a young person has been a member of the Scout Movement rather than as member of a particular section and are numbered from 1 through to 9.

The first Badge is presented 12 months after receiving their Membership Badge and annually after a further 12 months.

This Badge is worn on the left chest above the Membership Badge and any Moving-On Awards

There are eight Challenge Badges;

• The Adventure Challenge
• The Community Challenge (shown on the left)
• The Creative Challenge
• The Expedition Challenge
• The Fitness Challenge
• The Global Challenge
• The Outdoor Challenge
• The Outdoor Plus Challenge

All challenges are flexible and encourage participation rather than reaching a particular standard so that all young people, no matter what their individual skill may be, have a chance to gain an award.

Scouts can complete a Challenge a second time, but on the second time you would expect to see more involvement, skill and development. They can then wear both Badges on their uniform.

This badge is worn on the right chest in line with the Membership Badge.

To gain the Chief Scout's Gold Award, the highest award for a Scout, they will need to complete five challenges

• The Outdoor Challenge
• A personal challenge
• Any three other challenges

This badge is worn on the right chest immediately above the Challenge Badges

There is a wide range of Activity Badges which recognise the skills and talents that our young people have, they are;

These badges are worn on the left sleeve.

In addition to the above Activity Badges, there are four Staged Activity Badges, each with five stages, which can be earned by any member in the first four sections, these are;

• Nights Away (Stage 1 shown on the left)
• Information Technology
• Musician
• Swimmer

With these badges it is the skill of the individual and not their age or section which determines which badge they are to be awarded.

Any badge earned whilst a Scout can be worn on the Explorer Scout uniform, then replaced when they are awarded the next stage.

These Badges are worn with other Activity Badges on the left sleeve.

To enable Sections to work together there are three Group Awards, these are;

• The Environment Award (shown on the left)
• The International Friendship award
• The Faith Award

These badges are worn on the right sleeve below any Patrol or Assistant Patrol Leader stripes.

A Scout Troop splits their members into Patrols. There are some 35 Patrol names to choose from and every Scout wears a badge to show which Patrol they are in.

This is the Badger Patrol

The Badge is worn on the right sleeve under the County and District Badges

If promoted to being a Patrol Leader in the Troop then the Scout can wear this badge. An Assistant Patrol Leader wears a similar badge but with just 1 stripe.

This badge is worn on the right sleeve immediately below the Patrol Badge.

When it is time to move up to the Explorer Scouts, a Scout can work for their Moving-On Award.

This badge is worn on the left chest immediately above the Membership Badge.
(This badge is earned in Scouts but will usually be seen on their Explorer Scout Uniform)