Scout badges and awards
There is a range of badges and awards available to young people in the Scout Section.
Activity & Staged Activity Badges
Many of the badges available are activity badges, which allow Scouts to show their progress in existing pursuits, but also to try all kinds of new things and form new interests.Staged Activity Badges are available to young people from Beavers to Explorers, and cover a range of topics and skills.
Gaining a challenge badge involves accomplishing a number of more ambitious tasks within the Troop or community. There are several 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.
In addition, there are a number of core badges, obtained upon joining or moving on from the Troop, or for time spent in the Scouting movement.