Who You Will Join
As a Beaver Scout, you will have an exciting time and make lots of new friends. You will join other boys and girls aged between six and eight years old in a group which is called a Colony. You may even be as young as 5 years and 9 months. When you are 8 years old you will move up to the Cub Scout Pack.
You will wear a smart, colourful uniform which includes a turquoise sweatshirt, your Scout Group’s own necker and long, dark blue activity trousers
What You Will Do
Each week you will meet the other Beavers in your Colony for 1 to 1 ¼ hours. You will enjoy a very wide range of activities like crafts, games, songs, stories, visits, visitors, and ceremonies organised by your Colony Leaders. You will also get the chance to enjoy some additional activities at a weekend such as walks, visits, sleepovers and fun days, different activities from ones you do in school.
As well as all the exciting things you will do in your Colony, there are a large number of activities that you can take part in with all the other Colonies in the Fylde district.
Your Badges
When you become a Beaver Scout, you will be presented with your first set of badges. These are the World Membership badge, the Fylde District’s badge, the West Lancashire County badge and your Scout Group nametape.
As a Beaver Scout, you can earn lots more badges. These include:
6 big Challenge Badges for doing lots of different activities
12 Activity Badges for doing special activities
6 special Activity Badges which get changed as you get better at the activities
A Joining In badge after each year spent in your Colony
3 Partnership Awards which you may do with other Scout Sections
The most important badge you can earn is the Chief Scout's Bronze Award which shows that you have done lots of activities in your Colony and put a lot of work into them.
Then, when you move into Cubs you get your last badge, the Moving On Award.
Information for Your Parents
More details of Beaver Scouting and details of all the badges and where they go on the uniform can be found on the Scout Association website here.
More Details
2011 Activities Include
Taking part in our St George's Day Parade
A sleepover at our County Scout Campsite near Beacon Fell
A walk from Fairhaven to Lytham for our Jamboree-on-the-Trail
A big Fun Day with lots of Colonies from West Lancashire
A fun Sandcastle competition/sausage sizzle on St Annes beach
A visit to Nickelodeon in Blackpool
A chance to take part in the District Quiz competition in Warton
A sleepover at our new District Scout Headquarters in St Annes
A Christmas visit to Santa’s cave
A Christmas Party and Campfire
The Beaver Scout Promise and Prayer
As a Beaver Scout, you make a special Beaver Scout Promise
I promise to do my best
To be kind and helpful
And to love God.
You also have a special prayer which you say at the end of your meetings:
Thank you for each happy day
For fun and friends
For work and play
Thank you for your loving care
Here at Beavers, and everywhere
Amen
Our Motto
As a Beaver, you will have a special motto
Be Prepared
Which means you will be prepared for having Fun, Friends and Challenges
