1. Module J – Awards and Badges

2. 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.

3. Participation Awards (known as Joining in Badges in younger Sections) Shows how many years you have been in Scouting (6 – 18 year age range)

4. 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 12xCubs 33xScouts 69xExplorer 28xStaged 6x

5. Partnership Awards all Sections Three Awards Joint activities between two or more Sections or an appropriate external organisation

6. Challenges Beaver, Cub & Scout More of a “challenge” than activity badges Requires more effort and more diverse skills than a single activity badge Easy to achieve from a well balanced programme Beavers 6x Cubs 7xScouts 9x

7. Award Schemes Explorer & Network 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

8. More info – where can you go? All the information you have seen in this presentation is available in more detail from… www.scouts.org.uk All the Section resources Your Explorer Scout Leader (Young Leaders) The Leaders of the Section you are working with It is really important that you are comfortable with the content of the Section you are working with.