Beaver Scouts are the youngest section of the Scout Association, they can start from the age of 6 years old (or just before) until 8 years old. We welcome boys and girls into our Beaver Colony.
We meet for one hour each week on Mondays during term time from 6 p.m until 7 p.m. This is called a Colony Meeting. If you would like to join us to see whether you like Beavers or to arrange a start date if your child is not quite old enough yet please use the Contact Us page on our web site.
After a few weeks you will know whether your child enjoys Beavers, if so you will need to visit our local Scout Shop to buy a Beaver jumper and a necker (the necker isn't worn until after they have made the Beaver Promise, this is called Investiture). After Investiture they will then officially be a Beaver Scout. You will be notified when this will take place - you may wish to be there to take a photo of this proud event! This is when you get the badges required for their sweatshirt and a woggle for their necker. You can check here where to sew the badges on.
We organise the Beaver Scouts into small groups called Lodges. In each Lodge two children are given
the "responsibility" of being Lodge Leader and Asst Lodge Leader.
Each week we have lots of fun making friends, playing games, doing alsorts of different crafts & activities and making things. We learn about the world around us and our own community. We sometimes have parties. Occasionally we arrange for someone interesting to come in to talk to us or to show us things. Sometimes we go on visits or a trip, for example when the Cubs are camping we like to go to visit the camp for the day.
Between 8 and 8 and a half they can progress in to the Cubs section. At this time they have a few visits to the Cubs meeting to join in and have a 'taster'. They attend both Beavers and Cubs for a few weeks to help make
their move easier. Of course when they attend Cubs they realise they already have lots of friends there who have previously moved on from Beavers to Cubs. At their last Colony Meeting when they actually leave Beavers to go to Cubs we have a fun ceremony called "Swimming Up" (it doesn't involve water or real swimming!!)