Uniform & Badges – Beavers

Uniform and Badges

All sections wear a uniform to their weekly meetings and on trips or camps away. But what uniform is required?

What do Beavers wear?

Beavers wear a blue sweatshirt, with their badges sewn on, and a pair of navy blue activity trousers or shorts. Upon the Beavers investiture, they will also wear a 2nd Braunston necker, which is green with a black trim.

Where do my badges go?

What badges can your Beaver work towards?

There are a number of core badges, obtained upon joining or moving on from the Colony, or for time spent in the Scouting movement. These include the Membership Award, Moving-on Award (Beaver Colony to Cub Pack) and Joining-In Awards.

Many of the badges available are activity badges, which allow Beaver Scouts to show their progress in existing pursuits, but also to try all kinds of new things and form new interests. There are over 20 in total, so they can always find one that is of interest to them.

Gaining a challenge badge involves accomplishing a number of more ambitious tasks within the Colony or community. There are 6 challenge badges across a number of themes, from the physical and outdoorsy to challenges dealing with the local community or issues connected with the Scouting world.

The staged activity badges have been designed to provide a unified approach throughout the sections. There are 14 activity badges staged across the sections.

This is the highest award available in the Beaver Section, and is the badge all beavers are working to achieve by the end of their time as a beaver. You achieve it by gaining all 6 Challenge Awards, as well as 4 Activity or Staged Activity Badges.

HM King Charles III has been confirmed as our new Patron, a great honour for UK Scouts.

The King continues a long tradition of the monarch giving their Patronage, dating back to 1912. This was when Scouts was granted its Royal Charter and HM George V became our first Patron.

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King Charles III

Our Patron, HM King Charles III