Badges

Location of the first few badges click for scouts.org.uk badges diagram

Types of badges

There are three main types of badges:

How can Activity Badges be attempted?

Individually

A Scout can work on Activity Badges alone. An individual Scout can complete an Activity Badge outside of the Troop, at home or school doing the photographer badge or the librarian badge or one of the staged badges such information technology, swimmer or the musicians badge say, or on a family holiday such as windsurfing (water sports), dinghy sailing or snow sports. Check out the www.scoutbase.org.uk website for details on what tasks are required against a list of all of the activity badges.

As a Patrol

Sometimes badges can be attempted in patrols, such as the Camp Cook badge.

As a Troop

Another way is for the whole Troop working on Activity Badges together - as a follow up to one of the Programme Zones. Typically badges take a number of meetings to complete, and not everyone who takes part will necessarily reach the standard to get a badge (although most should be able to). The challenge badges are typically worked on as a troop.

What Activity Badges can be attempted?

New for 2014: Fundraising, Geocaching

Activity badges
Activity Centre Service	Air Researcher	Air Spotter	Air or Sea Navigation	Angler	Artist
Astronautics	Astronomer	Athetics	Camper	Caver	Chef
Circus Skills	Climber	Communicator	Craft	Cyclist	DIY
Dragon Boating	Electronics	Entertainer	Environmental Conservation	Equestrian	Fire Safety
Forester	Fundraising	Geocching	Global Issues	Hill Walker	Hobbies
International	Librarian	Lifesaver	Local Knowledge	Martial Arts	Master at Arms
Mechanic	Media Relations and Marketing	Meteorologist	Model Maker	My Faith	Naturalist
Orienteer	Parascending	Photographer	Physical Recreation	Pioneer	Power Coxswain
Pulling	Quartermaster	Smallholder	Snowsports	Sports Enthusiast	Street Sports
Survival Skills	Water Activities	World Faiths	Writer
				Activity PLUS (extra border)	Instructor (extra border)
Staged badges
Air Activities 1 to 6	Community Impact 1 to 4	Digital Citizen 1 to 4	Digital Maker 1 to 4
Emergency Aid 1 to 5	Hikes Away 1,5,..50	Musician 1 to 5	Nautical Skills 1 to 6
Navigator 1 to 5	Nights Away 1,5..200	Paddle Sports 1 to 4	Sailing 1 to 4
Swimmer 1 to 5	Time on the Water 1,5..50
Challenge badges
Adventure	Creative	Expedition	Outdoor	Personal
Skills	Team Leader	Teamwork	World
Chief Scout's Awards
Chief Scout's Gold Award		Chief Scout's Diamond Award		Chief Scout's Platinum Award