Cub Scout Badges and Awards - a number of badges are available for the Cub Scouts to recognise their progress through the Pack. Details of all the badges can be found on the Scouting Association website www.scoutbase.org.uk.
The Membership Award is awarded at an investiture ceremony, usually after four to six weeks in the Pack. This helps them to understand the commitment they are making when making the Promise and becoming a member of the Movement.
The Joining In Award recognises a young person’s participation in the Balanced Programme.
Seven Challenge Awards - These are awards that challenge the young people to use the skills that they have learnt through participation in the Balanced Programme. The 7 awards are Community, Creative, Fitness, Global, Outdoor, Outdoor Plus and Promise.
Activity Badges. There are over 30 Activity badges that the Cub Scouts can achieve. They cover a wide variety of subjects and many of these can be done at home under the supervision of parents, relations or family friends.
Group Awards. These are awards which are tackled with other Sections within the Group and which promote activities within the Balanced Programme of each Section.
Staged Activity Badges. There are six badges, Hikes Away, First Aid, Information Technology, Swimming, Musician and Nights Away, which are staged across the first four Scouting Sections. A young person can gain whichever badge is appropriate to the levelthey have reached.
Chief Scout’s Silver Award. This is the top award that a Cub Scout can achieve.
The Moving On Award. This is awarded to a Cub Scout when he or she is invested into the Scout Troop and helps to ease the transfer of a Cub Scout to the Troop.
