Scouts of the World

The Scouts of the World Award (SWA) provides the opportunity for Venturer Scouts to “create a better world” by facing the challenges of the future as identified by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. SWA focuses on three main challenges for the future:

• Peace, security and disarmament

• Development and poverty eradication

• Protecting our common environment

The Scouts of the World Award is granted to individuals who successfully complete:

• SWA Discovery: An adventure lasting four days focussed on a SWA theme, comprising three steps:
  1) Exploring 2) Responding 3) Taking Action.

• SWA Voluntary Service: A two week voluntary service contributing to solving a problem related to the SDGs, ideally the issue focussed on during the discovery.

• Report on their SWA experience and join the SWA Network.

The SWA Award can be completed in partnership with a section of the Queen’s Scout Award or the World Scout Environment Badge as long as appropriate approvals for each of the awards have been received.

The expanded guidelines for the SWA Award and the SWA Passport are available through the Scouts Australia website: www.scouts.com.au