Beaver Badges and Awards
Core Badges
District Badge
Edinburgh North East
Group Name Tape
Country Badge
Scotland
Region Badge
South East Scotland
Membership Award
Say your Promise at an Investiture Ceremony to become a Beaver and a member of the worldwide Scouting family. For more information click here
Joining In Awards
You can earn a Joining In Award for each year you are in Beavers. For more information click here
Leadership Stripes
Once you have been a Lodge Leader you can wear these stripes. For more information click here.
Moving On Award
One day it will be time to move on to new adventures and friends with the Cubs. Get this reward by taking this big step. For more information click here.
YouShape Award
This award is bout learning how to speak up and take the lead. For more information click here.
Chief Scout Bronze Award
The highest award a Beaver Scout can earn. You’ll need to complete
all six Challenge Awards and four Activity or Staged Activity Badges
of your choice to earn this badge. For more information click here.
How to wear your badges...
Challenge Awards
1. Try two adventurous activities.
You could try:
- archery
- bouldering
- zipwire or aerial runway
- climbing
- crate stacking
- grass sledging
- swimming
- pedal go-karts
2. Take part in six other outside activities.
You could try:
- following a trail
- building a den
- having a go on an obstacle course
- roasting marshmallows on a fire or BBQ
- building a sculpture using sand, snow or mud
- playing water games
- flying a kite you have made
3. Go on a ramble or nature walk with a purpose.
4. Learn the Green Cross Code and show that you can cross a road safely.
1. Go on a sleepover or a camp with other Beavers, and do at least two of these:
- help put up a tent
- collect wood and help to build a fire
- cook something on a fire
- sing songs around a fire
- wash up after dinner
- set up your bed and sleeping bag
- play a wide game
2. Learn how to tie three simple knots.
3. Show that you:
- know what to do if someone has an accident
- know why it is important to tell an adult when an accident happens
- can do simple first aid for someone who has a cut or bruise
4. Take part in an activity using natural things like leaves, bark, twigs, sand or rocks.
5. Point out and name five different types of animal, insect, bird or fish that you might find near where you live.
Find out about the food they eat and the places they might live.
6. Make something to help animals in the wild.
It could be a bird box or a bug hotel.
Complete two personal challenges which you and your leader agree on. You should choose one of the challenges and your leader will choose the other.
The challenges should be things that you find difficult but can complete with some effort and commitment. They can be to do with any part of your life, for example home, school or Beavers.
Here are some example challenges to help you think about what you could do. You don’t have to pick a challenge from this list, you should choose to do something which is personal to you.
- Look after a new Beaver for half a term
- Talk about a topic you are interested in with an adult you don’t know very well
- Bring your scarf to Beavers every week for a term
- Remember to brush your teeth twice a day for two weeks
- Show good behaviour at Beavers for 3 weeks in a row
- Try something new that you are a bit nervous about
- Go to a District fun day and talk to some other Beavers you don’t know
- Try all of the food on Beaver sleepover
- Remember to feed your pet every morning for a week
1. Show a new Beaver how to play a game you know and like.
2. Take part in three activities on how to keep your body fit and healthy:
You could try:
- looking after your teeth
- foods that are part of a balanced diet
- exercise
- you could also do something else which you agree with your leader.
3. Do two creative activities.
You could try:
- act or mime
- play a musical instrument
- make a model from salt dough
- make up a dance
- paint a picture
- make a card
4. Learn a new song and sing it.
5. Learn and use at least three of these skills:
- learn your own address and phone number
- tie your shoelaces
- decorate some cakes or biscuits
- set an alarm clock to get up at the right time in the morning
- fold or roll your scarf
- make your bed
- keep your bedroom tidy
- light a candle
- something similar which you agree with your leader
6. Invent a machine and show other Beavers how it works.
7. With a team, complete at least two problem- solving missions set by your leader.
8. Go somewhere new, then find out five facts about something new.
You must be supervised by an adult when learning and using some of these skills. Make sure that you follow the safety rules, especially for skills like preparing food or lighting a candle.
1. Take part in at least four different team games.
2. Work with other Beaver Scouts to make something or complete a challenge or activity together.
3. Show your leader that you are a helpful team member.
4. Take part in at least two Log Chews.
5. Be a leader in an activity or captain of a team.
6. Show that you are a good friend.
1. Learn about what makes up your local community and meet someone who serves your community such as a police officer, lifeboat crew, a coastguard, fire fighter, youth worker or nurse.
2. Complete an activity to help people in your local community.
This could be carol singing at a local care home, repairing paths at a nature reserve or helping to clear a garden for someone with a disability.
3. Take part in at least one activity that reflects England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, or your part of the UK.
These could be: dance and music, craft, festivals, food, sports and activities.
4. Find out about, and take part in, an act of worship, reflection or celebration.
5. Discuss your Beaver Promise to do your best and how your Promise can help remind you to do good things in your community.
6. Do at least one activity to help you learn about the natural world around you.
These could be: pond dipping, mini-beast hunting, growing something from seed, leaf printing, or something similar agreed with your leader.
7. Take part in an activity from another country.
You could learn your Promise in another language, make a dish from another country or create some artwork inspired by another country.
For more information about Beaver Scout Awards click here.
Complete badges at meetings and at home
We are putting together online resources to give our busy Beavers opportunities to complete more Activity and Stage Activity Badges. Badges offer Beavers rhe chance to have fun, learn, grow, and achieve.
Activity Badges
Cyclist
Disability
Experiment
Explore
Faith
Gardener
Global Issues
Health and Fitness
Safety
Space
Sports
Activity Plus
For more information about Beaver Scout Activity Badges click here.
Staged Activity Badges
Air Activities 1-6
Community Impact 1-4
Digital Citizen 1-4
Digital Maker 1-5
Emergency Aid 1-5
Hikes Away 1-8
Musician 1-5
Nautical Skills 1-6
Navigator 1-5
Nights Away 1-16
Paddle Sports 1-4
Sailing 1-4
Snowsports 1-4
Swimmer 1-5
Time on the Water 1-8
For more information about Staged Activity Badges click here.