young leaders’ training awards and badges (module j)
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Young Leaders’ Training
Awards and badges (Module J)
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Aim
To give you an understanding of the place that Awards and badges have in the 6 to 25 Programme,
To help you integrate badges into the programme,
To understand what standards to expect.
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Membership and Moving-On Awards
Membership Badge - presented when you have taken your promise and become a Member of The Scout Association
Moving-On Award - presented when you successfully move from one Section to the next.
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Participation Awards
What criteria are important in justifying the award of a Participation Award?
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Programme Zones
Outdoor and Adventure Community Fitness Creative Global Beliefs and Attitudes
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Beaver Challenges
Outdoor and Adventure Outdoor
Community Friendship
Fitness Fitness
Creative Creative
Global Global
Beliefs and Attitudes Promise
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Cub Challenges
Outdoor and Adventure OutdoorOutdoor Plus
Community Community
Fitness Fitness
Creative Creative
Global Global
Beliefs and Attitudes Promise
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Scout Challenges
Outdoor and Adventure
Outdoor Outdoor PlusAdventure Expedition
Community Community
Fitness Fitness
Creative Creative
Global Global
Beliefs and Attitudes
Promise
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Activity Badges/Staged Activity Badges Requirements listed on Scoutbase and in
the Section Programmes resource Six Staged Activity badges Activity plus badges for Scouts and
Explorers
Beavers 12x
Cubs 33x
Scouts 69x
Explorer 28x
Staged 6x
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Staged Badges
Emergency Aid Hikes Away Information Technology Nights Away Musician Swimmer
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Partnership Awards all Sections
Three Awards Joint activities between two or
more Sections or an appropriate external organisation
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Chief Scout’s Bronze (Beavers) Silver (Cubs) Gold (Scouts) Platinum Award (Explorer Scouts)
• linked to Bronze D of E Award
Diamond Award• linked to Silver D of E Award
Queen Scout’s Award• linked to Gold D of E
Award Schemes Explorer & Network
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Letter or spirit?
How strict should you be with the requirements?
What about handicaps or disabilities?
Do you trust the parent? When is a badge or award justified?
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
The Challenge Badges
What are the requirements for the Outdoor Challenge in your Section?
How might you programme elements of the Outdoor Challenge into your meeting nights?
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Beavers
Preparing for a visit– Pack a healthy picnic meal– Know what to put in your rucksack for a day visit. This could be a cagoule,
drinks, lunch and waterproofs, etc– Help put up a tent.
Visit– Go on a visit to a place of interest. This could be a park, campsite, activity
centre, historic building, beach or similar– Visit a Cub Scout Pack holiday or Scout camp.
Adventure– Take part in an outdoor activity, For example, swimming, climbing, grass
sledging, treasure hunt, canal boating etc– Attend a Sleepover– Learn and use two knots– Follow a laid out trail.
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Cubs
Cub Scouts should complete all of the following:– Take part in at least one residential experience
(preferably camping) with a minimum of two nights away. The two nights do not need to be consecutive.
– Explain to other Cub Scouts what activity they enjoyed most whilst on the residential experience and what activity they found hardest. This could be in the form of a poster, story, photographs or similar.
– Learn two new skills and use them, for example: tracking, fire lighting or some basic knots.
– Take part in three new outdoor activities that you have not done before, for example, shelter building, pioneering, archery, skiing, abseiling, a wide game or kite flying
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Scouts
Take an active part in one or more Nights Away, totalling at least two nights, preferably camping, to include many of the following activities:
– Help to pitch and strike your tent.– Light a fire and cook at least one meal using an open fire.– Set up a suitable stove, and prepare a meal using a stove.– Demonstrate personal hygiene.– Keep your belongings organised and tidy within your accommodation.– Maintain a tidy and orderly site.– Take part in a wide game.– Take part in a campfire or other entertainment.– Build a simple pioneering project.– Build a useful camp gadget.– Explore the environment of your camp.– With others, successfully complete a two hour activity or project.– Provide a service commitment to the site for about an hour.
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Scouts
In addition to the above, demonstrate the following basic emergency aid skills during the Nights Away experience: – Understand the initial actions to take in the
event of an accident.– Understand the importance of getting adult
help and when to call the emergency services.
– Know how to treat minor cuts, burns and scalds, stings and insect bites.
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
Activities
Would you give someone a badge? Two Young People are here to try
and persuade you….
Brentwood Explorer ScoutsYoung Leaders’ TrainingJ – Awards and badges
So what are badges all about? The Awards and badges form a progressive
scheme from 6 to 25, They include the Chief Scout’s Awards Participation Awards can be used to recognise
participation in the Programme. Moving-On Awards improve links between Sections Activity and Partnership Badges encourage
individual and group development Badges are awarded on the basis of ‘Personal Best’