Cub Scout Programme Updates

Key Messages

Outdoor and adventure

Shaped by young people

Teamwork and leadership skills

Community Impact

Progression and personal development

Focus on top awards

Meeting the needs of young people and adult leaders, now and towards 2018

Key Changes (Overarching)

Core themes: Outdoor & Adventure, World, Skills

Chief Scout Awards more robust

Less duplication of badge requirements

Young Leaders’ Scheme updates

Quality programme checker

Brand refreshed

Removed: Zones, Bottom Line, Partnership

Awards

New Cub Badges and Awards

7 Challenge Awards and 6 Activity Badges required to complete Chief Scout Silver Award

Challenge Awards: Our World, Our Skills, Our Outdoors, Our Adventure, Teamwork, Team Leader Personal Challenge

Increase from 33 to 36 Activity Badges

Increase from 6 to 14 Staged Activity Badges

Activity Plus available

Challenge Awards

Our OutdoorsOur Adventure

Personal

Our Skills

Teamwork

Our World

Team Leader

Updated Items

Membership Award Joining In AwardsMoving on Award (Beavers to Cubs)(Cubs to Scouts)

Publications – consultation There are too many resources

People don’t know what their purpose is

A successful programme can run without them

Resources are often left at home and not looked at

again

They are not particularly functional

Young people want to remember their time in Scouting

Cub Resources

Leader Resources

A Quality Cub ProgrammeKey Measurements:

Chief Scout’s Silver award

Challenge awards

Activity badges

Activities outside the meeting place

Delivery of the programme

Activities with others

Youth involvement

Nights away opportunities

All information at:www.scouts.org.uk/prepared

Implementation and SupportHow will you implement the programme updates in your section?

What support may you need? Where do you think you can access that support?

How will you make sure that your programme is a quality Cub programme?