Beavers

An introduction to Beavers

Who is the Beaver Scout Colony for?

Beaver Scouts officially became Members of The Scout Association in 1986 and have since gone from strength to strength celebrating their 35th anniversary. Beaver Scouting is for young people aged 5¾ to 8½ years.

Beavers is open to all who can make the Beaver Scout Promise (there are different variants of the promise depending an their beliefs, this is the Christian promise:

I promise to do my best
to be kind and helpful
and to love God.

As a parent or guardian, you can be helpful by encouraging your child to learn these words or look for the alternative promises here

Beavers should try to understand what a promise is; then together you can make this Promise become real.

Your child will need to have their uniform for the promise ceremony which will be held after 3-4 weeks.

Beavers wear:

Turquoise Beavers sweatshirt

Turquoise Beavers polo shirt

Navy blue Scout activity trousers (the activity trousers also form part of the Cubs uniform)

Shoes suitable for the event

Beaver cap (optionl)

These are available online from the official Scout Shop

The group necker - this will be given to the beaver when they are invested

Who runs Beaver meetings?

The Beaver colony is run by people who freely give up their time to organise weekly activities for young people. The leaders undergo training and receive support from other Leaders and Commissioners locally. In addition to the Leaders, there are Skills Instructors, Assistants, Administrators, Committee Members, fundraisers and so on.

At 1st Ramsey Scouts we would very much welcome an offer of help from you. Why not speak to the Beaver Leader to see what you can do to help us?

What do Beavers do?

Beaver Scouts usually meet once a week and take part in fun activities like making things, singing, playing games, going out on visits, investigating nature, listening to stories, learning how to be safe and most importantly, making new friends.

Sometimes having fun and playing games can be a bit noisy! Once your child has settled in and is part of the fun they won’t notice. When games finish and our activities begin the noise level usually lowers but the fun continues.

Within the Colony, the young people are put into small groups, called lodges.

Beaver Scouts are encouraged to contribute their ideas for Colony meetings and activities.

Taking part in an active and balanced colony programme is recognised by the presentation

of the Beaver Scout Badges.

Badges

There are certain badges and awards that Beaver Scouts can gain whilst in the Section.

These are:
The Membership Badge - this is awarded when the promise is made
Challenge Awards
Activity Badges
Staged Activity Badges
Bronze Chief Scout’s Award
Moving-On Award
Joining-In Award

Communication

We have a Facebook Group called 1st Ramsey Beavers. Please search for it and apply to be a member. We may also contact you via email from OSM.

We post photos onto the Facebook Group of what we do during meetings and activities. We will also let you know what we are doing at the meeting that evening. If there are any last minute changes, we will update Facebook. Please check the group after about 3pm on the day of the meeting for any updates.

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