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107-465: The World Organization of the Scout Movement states: "The local group should in fact be viewed as a kind of educational centre, which is capable of implementing the whole Scout programme, from childhood until the end of adolescence. The units in the different sections have to be part of a local group and not isolated." The term "Scout Group" was used for an organizational structure as early as 1914 by

214-453: A Scout group along with the younger Beaver Scout section and the older Scout section. Linking to the heritage of the section as the Wolf Cubs and with the theming of the early section based around The Jungle Book , the section is collectively called a Cub Pack which may contain up to around 36 Cub Scouts who often meet weekly. Cub packs are run by a volunteer adult leadership team, led by

321-477: A Cub Scout Leader (often abbreviated to CSL), and made up of Assistant Cub Scout Leaders (ACSL) who share the same level of training as the Cub Scout Leader, Sectional assistants who volunteer regularly with basic training, Young Leaders , 14-18 year olds who volunteer in the section, and occasional helpers who may be parents assisting as part of a rota. It is traditional for leaders in the section to be known by

428-516: A Cub Scout challenge was introduced for older Cubs that allowed them to try out the more adventurous activities in the Scout section and thus encouraging more Cubs to move up to the troop. The proficiency badges were renamed to activity badges and more were introduced bringing the total to 40 with some having different stages. In the Scout-wide refresh that took place in 1995 some small changes were made to

535-634: A Navigator staged badge was launched to develop map-reading and navigating skills and a Community Impact staged activity badge was launched linking into the Scout's focus on community action and the A Million Hands partnership with charities. In 2016, the Cub Scouts celebrated their 100th anniversary with a launch event at London Zoo , adventure camps throughout the UK to encourage Cubs to try new adventurous activities including CubJam, locally organised thanks events to thank those who have been involved with Cub Scouts in

642-477: A One Star test and a Two Star test which required the boys to complete a variety of different skills and were recognised by the appropriate number of starts in their cap. The achievement of the pack was marked by attaching ribbons with the Cubs name and badge on it to a large wolf's head on a pole which was used for ceremonies and displayed during the meetings. Early notable events that Wolf Cubs were involved in included

749-555: A Posse of Welcome on 7 October 1922 welcoming the Prince of Wales returning from a tour of the Empire and a Wolf Cubs Day at the Imperial Jamboree on 6 August 1924 which was attended by Rudyard Kipling and The Duke of York . In addition to Vera Barclay , who had helped shape the section at the very start of its existence, two other individuals became well known at this time for developing

856-475: A competing Scout organization to The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom . The Boy Scouts Association adopted the term Scout Group in 1928 for Boy Scout Troops , Wolf Cub Packs and/or Rover Crews that were linked together under a Group Scoutmaster. Previously, The Boy Scouts Association had registered Boy Scout Troops, Wolf Cub Packs and Rover Crews separately even where they were operated by

963-545: A few changes to activity badges but the number of Staged activity badges were expanded greatly: the Information Technology badge was discontinued and replaced by a Digital Citizen (using technology) and Digital Maker (coding and uses of technology) badge; a new Air Activities staged badge for aeronautical skills and to link in with Air Scouts was launched; new Nautical skills, Paddle sports and Sailing staged badges to link with water activities and Sea Scouts were launched;

1070-599: A five-point star in each of outer lobe, is a more widely used symbol of the Scout Movement . The fleur-de-lis represents the north point on a map or compass and is intended to point Scouts on the path to service. The three lobes on the fleur-de-lis represent the three parts of the Scout Promise: duty to God, service to others and obedience to the Scout Law. A "bond", tying the three lobes of the fleur-de-lis together, symbolizes

1177-511: A green sweatshirt for their uniform and earn badges for skills learned and challenges overcome. The Cub Scout section was first launched in 1916 as Wolf Cubs . Early in the development of the Scouting movement, there was a need for provision for those too young to join the Boy Scouts at the age of 11. In a number of cases, those too young were not turned away and unofficial junior troops existed in

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1284-643: A group for evacuees in the Second World War before being appointed as HQ Wolf Cubs Secretary after the war. She delivered Cub Leader training at Gilwell Park until 1969 and one of the kit stores was named 'Rikki's Store' after her nickname. 1966 was an eventful year for the section, being the 50th anniversary of the Wolf Cubs and included large Pack Meetings and a musical pageant at the Royal Albert Hall in June. Local activities including collecting silver paper for

1391-430: A name from The Jungle Book with Akela as leader of the wolves usually being taken by the Cub Scout Leader while Baloo , Bagheera , Kaa , Raksha , Chil , Hathi and Rama are popular names for other adult and young leaders. It is usual for a Cub Scout pack to divide the Cubs into smaller peer groups, called Sixes (for the ideal number of Cubs in each group) and are led by a Sixer who is chosen from each six to lead

1498-551: A pack in Kings Lynn by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge on 14 December 2016. In January 2018 the latest activity badge was added with the Gardener badge. In May 2018 the Scouts published their Skills for Life plan to 2023 which included improved tools for leaders, a refresh in the wider Scout visual identity and a promise to review uniforms. The Cub Scout section is run locally within

1605-458: A particular type of challenge and may involve trying something new, learning a new skill or completing something that is personally challenging to the young person. The top award for the section is the Chief Scout 's Silver Award which is awarded upon completion of all seven Challenge awards and six other activity badges. The Scout Association recognises that young people might not have completed

1712-494: A purple flag containing the design followed, the flying of which was restricted to WOSM international Scout gatherings. In 1955, WOSM's emblem was redesigned in mid-century minimalist style, dropping the continent names and circles and replacing them with a circle of tied rope in the style of family clan emblems. The redesign was introduced at WOSM's 8th World Scout Jamboree by former Boy Scouts of Greece National Commissioner Demetrios Alexatos . In August 2024, WOSM introduced

1819-687: A single group may run, providing they have youth members and Leaders to populate it. Sponsored groups also exist, which are joint ventures between Scouts Australia and another body such as schools or churches. Sponsored groups deliver a slightly altered program in conjunction with their parent bodies. Scouting and Guiding in Italy is very fragmented. There are two World Organization of the Scout Movement and World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognized Scout and Guide associations (which together form Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo ). In Associazione Guide e Scouts Cattolici Italiani (AGESCI),

1926-399: A three-year plan. This plan ( Progetto Educativo di Gruppo ) gives a common thread to the programme of all units, ensuring a common focus across all age ranges. In Corpo Nazionale Giovani Esploratori ed Esploratrici Italiani (CNGEI) each Scout group can only include at most one pack, a troop and a rover crew. All the Scout groups in the same town compose a section . Adults are registered at

2033-594: A uniformed Group Scout Leader, and support the activities and events organised by the section leaders within the group. The executive committee is elected annually by the Group Scout Council, a gathering of the parents, adult leaders and representatives of the young people of the group. Scout Groups can form relationships with local organisations, such as local churches, temples, schools or the YMCA . Typically, this involves agreements to support certain events in exchange for

2140-408: A wider range of optional accessories such as a branded baseball cap and polo shirts. A logo was introduced along with all publications for the section being relaunched to reflect the new programme and wider Scout Association brand and visual identity. The previous set of badges were discontinued and replaced with a set of five challenge awards (outdoor, fitness, creative, global and caring) covering

2247-438: Is a circular blue badge with a purple border, a design adopted in 2002 and with a slight darkening of the blue colour from 2018. The current Cub Scout uniform, introduced in 2001, consists of a dark green sweatshirt , a neckerchief and woggle . A branded baseball cap , navy blue activity trousers, shorts or skirt and dark green polo shirt can also form part of the uniform as well as other informal clothing such as hoodies as

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2354-405: Is a national event for Cub Scouts, Beaver Scouts, Rainbows and Brownies and is run by Scout Adventures . It is run annually at Gilwell Park and since 2015 has also been run at Woodhouse Park Scout Adventures , both in June. The event is designed as a 'turn up and try' activity day so that Cub Scouts and their leaders and are able to move around the site trying the activities on site without

2461-549: Is achieved. Staged Activity Badges can be completed by any member of the movement between the age of 6 and 18. They are completed in different stages, so after completing each stage members are awarded the relevant badge and can advance to the next level while still in a younger section. Current Staged Activity badges that are available are Air Activities, Community Impact, Digital Citizen, Digital Maker, Emergency Aid, Hikes Away, Musician, Nautical Skills, Navigator, Nights Away, Paddle Sports, Sailing, Snowsports, Swimmer and Time on

2568-550: Is administered by the secretary general, supported by a staff of technical resource personnel. A bureau was established in London, England in 1922, moved to Ottawa , Ontario, Canada in 1959, Geneva, Switzerland after 1 May 1968 and Kuala Lumpur after August 2013. Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland , operated by The KISC Association is the only WOSM activity centre. The Better World Framework combines

2675-410: Is associated with three World Scout Centres . A World Scout Jamboree is held approximately every four years under its auspices and it organizes World Scout Moots for 17- to 26-year-olds and previously organized World Scout Indabas , a gathering for Scout leaders. The World Scout Foundation is a separately governed fund, supported by donations, for the development of WOSM associated programs. WOSM

2782-664: Is in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia while it is legally based in Geneva , Switzerland . WOSM's current stated mission is "to contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law , to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society". WOSM operates through conferences of its member organization representatives, its committee and its full-time bureau, structured into regions. It

2889-468: Is its general meeting of member organizations' representatives which meet every three years, hosted by a member association. Each member organizations may send six delegates. The conference is usually preceded by the World Scout Youth Forum . WOSM's committee is its executive governing body, composed of elected volunteers and its secretary general, which is responsible for the implementation of

2996-425: Is led by a Group Scout Leader (GSL) whose responsibility is to ensure that the leaders of the different sections work together facilitating progress from one section to another by the young people in the group. The GSL is also responsible for ensuring that the other leaders in the group take part in leader training. Scout Groups are managed by an executive committee, with a chairman, secretary and treasurer. They support

3103-496: Is not accomplished through national Scout Association channels, such as activity days for Cub Scouts at Lower Grange farm in Kent. Cubjam (the Jam short for Jamboree which is the name given to large gatherings of Scouts) is a camp that takes place every three years and welcomes Cub Scouts from across the UK. It began in 2001 and run by a team from Hertfordshire Scouts starting initially in

3210-589: Is the counterpart of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). It is a non-governmental organization with General Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 1920, a conference held during the 1st World Scout Jamboree at Olympia, London agreed to create a Boy Scouts international bureau. An office was established at 25 Buckingham Palace Road , London and The Boy Scouts Association of

3317-523: Is today considered the section's birthday. The structure for the section revolved around Wolves and the Rudyard Kipling novel The Jungle Book . The name Wolf Cubs was chosen by Baden-Powell as 'wolf' was a Native American name for a good scout and a pack of wolves was the family of the boy Mowgli from the stories in The Jungle Book . Baden-Powell saw the story as a useful way to introduce

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3424-720: The Beaver Scouts (6–8 year olds) and precedes the Scout section (10½–14 year olds). Originally beginning in 1916 as Wolf Cubs , the section gained its current name in 1966 as a result of the Advance Party Report . Because of this early name, the section has themed links to wolves and the novel The Jungle Book with the section being called a Cub Pack and the volunteer leaders taking their names from this story. Cub Scouts has been open to both boys and girls since 1991 as well as those of different faiths and none. Cub Scouts wear

3531-519: The Scouts of the World Award , Messengers of Peace and World Scout Environment Programmes as programme initiatives administered by WOSM's bureau. WOSM's emblem and trademark is a purple circular logo with a white fleur-de-lis in the center with a purple five-point star in each outer lobe, surrounded by a circle of white rope tied with a reef or square knot at the base. The fleur-de-lis, commonly with

3638-445: The 'programme' and include activities, games, visits and residential experiences. The badges and awards achieved by the young people help support this programme and was initially divided into themed areas. With the re-launch of every section's programme in 2002, the programme was organised into seven zones: outdoor Scouting, fitness, discovering the world around you, creative, beliefs and attitudes, caring and community and global. In 2008

3745-514: The Beaver Scout section (hence the name which is a combination of Dam, named for the dams built by Beavers , and jamboree which refers to any large gathering of Scouts), in 2019 the event expanded to include Cub Scouts and their leaders as many of the same issues that were preventing Beaver Scouts from camping were also affecting Cub Scouts also. It is part of the Scout Association, being

3852-515: The Challenge awards for the section were entirely re-written and replaced with six challenge awards that aligned with the six new zones: Promise, Friendship, Fitness, Creative, Global and Outdoor challenges. The Chief Scout's Silver Award was also altered to make achievement of the award as simple as achieving all six challenge awards. In 2014, the Scouting for All strategic plan for the next four years

3959-425: The Challenge programme by the time they move on to Scouts and so they can continue working towards these awards in their first term as a Scout. The award can also be worn on the Scout uniform once earned. Activity badges are awarded for demonstrating skill or achievement in a particular subject, which may be an existing hobby or a new area of knowledge. As of September 2022 , there are 38 badges available, with

4066-489: The Cub Scout programme received a refresh along with the programmes of all other sections and saw a renewed emphasis on outdoor activities, skills and world activities and the dropping of programme zones and partnership awards. Subsequently, the six challenge awards were replaced with seven new hexagonal Challenge awards: Our Adventure, Our Outdoors, Our Skills, Our World, Teamwork, Team Leader and Personal Challenges. There were

4173-689: The Cub pack. A number are core badges which are often earned by members as part of their time in the section. The challenge awards are often completed together as a pack during their normal sessions and cover the range and aims of the programme. The current challenge awards were introduced in 2015 and are hexagonal in shape and dark blue in colour, worn on the chest. The seven awards are the Our Adventure, Our Outdoors, Our Skills, Our World, Personal, Teamwork and Team Leader challenges. Each Challenge involves undertaking several tasks or taking part in activities related to

4280-723: The Group Awards (later renamed Partnership Awards) in 2002 which were available to all sections under 18 years. The Group awards were a series of three (International friendship, Environment and Faith) that encouraged multiple sections within a group to work together or to work with outside organisations to complete a project or activity. The Staged Activity Badges mirrored the new activity badges in each section but consisted of stages (5 initially) that members could achieve at any age and often included skills that were developed over time. Upon their launch there were four focusing on Information Technology , Musician , Swimming and Nights Away (with

4387-577: The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association , sending birthday cards to overseas cub packs and making scrap books of their life. That same year, as part of a scheme to modernize the whole movement in the United Kingdom, The Chief Scout's Advance Party Report recommended that the Cub section adopt a number of changes to align it to the rest of the movement. The section would now use the same salute as

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4494-469: The Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts association, the group structure is very important. A typical Scout group is composed of a pack, a troop and a Rover crew. Sometimes, some of these units might be duplicated. Each Scout group has a "Comunità capi" (leader's community) where all adult leaders belong. It meets quite often to plan all educational activities in the Scout group. Its work is driven by

4601-467: The Scout Association brand was updated in May 2018, with a new and stylised fleur-de-lis, the Cub Scout logo was altered to remove the previous fleur-de-lis mark. The logo colours were also updated with the green logo becoming darker, changing from a lime green to emerald to reflect the updated corporate colour palette. Publications either continued the use of the previous artwork or used the new image style of

4708-665: The Scout Movement Secretary General's Office: Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia The World Organization of the Scout Movement ( WOSM / ˈ w ʊ z əm / ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911) is the second oldest international scout organization, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants. Its operational headquarters

4815-589: The Scout section and older and is 4 feet by 3 feet and is mounted on a wooden pole with scout fleur-de-lis at the end. The flag is yellow with white lettering, a white scout emblem on a purple circular background in the centre of the flag with the scout motto 'Be Prepared' underneath. Previously the flag lettering and the fleur-de-lis were in green against the yellow background and these colours can still be seen in some sections where they have not needed to update their flag. These colours are also still used in Scotland , with

4922-442: The Scout troop to run their programme when Cubs moving up were not well versed in these skills. It was much less structured and the assessment for each award became subjective for the leader as the level of mastery required between bronze, silver and gold awards were very different. Subsequently, Cub leaders, and occasionally entire districts, tried to make sense of the awards by imposing their own structure and variations and choosing

5029-428: The UK as early as 1909, only a year after the official formation of troops. These boys were often taught simple Scout skills such as tracking, First Aid, simple knots or semaphore and wore a simple uniform of a green cap and dark green or blue jersey. These early programmes, being a watered down version of full Scouting, was seen as unacceptable to Chief Scout, Robert Baden-Powell , and a draft scheme for younger boys

5136-634: The United Kingdom International Commissioner, Hubert S. Martin , was appointed as honorary director. The bureau's principal task was to co-ordinate discussions and prepare a second international conference in Paris in 1922. At the 1922 Paris conference, The International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement and its committee were constituted and took over the bureau in London. In 1961, the organization's conference reconstituted

5243-482: The WOSM (marked by *). Served by the Boy Scouts of America Served by The Scout Association (UK)' Served by Scouts Australia Australia Denmark France New Zealand Cub Scouts (The Scout Association) Cub Scouts , often shortened to Cubs , are a section of Scouting operated by The Scout Association with a core age of eight to ten and a half years of age. This section follows on from

5350-516: The WSC meetings and were also part of the governing structure between the meetings. There will be no Youth Advisors from 2024. The 2021-2024 the committee set up work streams to address the top strategic priorities, as defined by WOSM's conference, which at present include: Task forces include: Workstream Coordination Group Standing committees include: WOSM's bureau is its secretariat that carries instructions of its conference and committee. The bureau

5457-531: The Water. The number of stages in each badge varies but most have around five stages while the Nights Away, Hikes Away and Time on the Water stages reflect the number of cumulative experiences that the young people have undertaken in that area. There are sixteen milestones for Nights Away, ranging from 1 to 200 nights away from home, and eight (ranging from 1 to 50) for Hikes Away and Time on the Water. The badge's design

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5564-429: The activities on behalf of the Cubs. These changes also saw the introduction of the round collective badges for activities such as camping, exploring and entertainment that same year. In 1986 Cub Scouts ceased to be the youngest section with the formal addition of Beaver Scouts on 1 April for young people aged 6–8 years of age. Another wider scale refresh of the programme came in the early 1990s. In February 1990, it

5671-415: The addition of a St. Andrew 's Cross next to the hoist. Between 2002 and 2015 the Cub Scout logo consisted of a lowercase 'cubs' wordmark in green with a pawprint in the counter of the 'b'. The typeface used for the logo and for headings in Cub Scout publications was a modified version of Linotype 's Revue with Frutiger used for body text in line with the rest of the association. At launch in 2002

5778-561: The association and the typeface for all documents was updated to use the Google Fonts typeface Nunito Sans. While there are few national events run by the Scout Association for Cub Scouts compared to the older sections, there are often events and competitions for the section run at district or county level with most open to the young people in that region to reduce the distance required to travel. Scout campsites and activity centres may also run their own events, although advertising of this

5885-417: The badges of Cubs with the number of badges needed to be achieved for each challenge award reduced and one more activity badge being introduced - Road Safety, which proved popular as an easily achieved badge and was given a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for contributions to road safety in 1995. The first years of the 21st century saw a number of changes for the Cub Scout section in line with

5992-471: The basis of religion (e.g., France and Denmark), ethnic identification (e.g., Israel) or language (e.g., Belgium). However, WOSM has never required an existing member organization to federate with other Scout organizations in the country, in order to make WOSM more inclusive and representative. There are numerous Canadian Scout organizations but only one is a WOSM member organization (the Canadian branch of one of

6099-419: The boys to Scouting in a fun and entertaining way, hoping that the boys would be inspired by the adventure and the teamwork of the pack, whereas Kipling (who was a neighbour of Baden-Powell for a time) focused his stories on Mowgli as a unique individual who would lead the pack. Leaders were known by the names of the main characters that taught lessons to Mowgli and the other animals of the jungle and each meeting

6206-406: The control of the district rather than the group. Scout Groups in the United Kingdom are numbered according to their formation, although not all groups follow this rule. Initially, The Scout Association reserved registration numbers for troops or Groups not attached to a church, so a Scout Group attached to a church may have been registered as 7th Gloucestershire even though it was the first formed in

6313-432: The county before becoming a regular event at Gilwell Park with events held there 2009, 2013 and 2016 which coincided with the centenary of Cub Scouts. Since 2019, the event has returned to Hertforshire and is now held at Phasels Wood. The event offers activities for participants and are all themed for the event: 2013, 2016 and 2019 had the themes of pirates, the wild west and 'Around the world' respectively. Fundays

6420-414: The current minor redesign of its emblem. WOSM's emblem is worn by Scouts and Scouters of several of its member organizations, which determine the manner in which WOSM's emblem is worn. The Scout Association refers to WOSM's emblem as its "Membership Award" and uses it as its joining badge for its Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Scout Network, with progressing requirements intended to help

6527-632: The establishment of the Scout Group organizational structure and new rank of Group Scoutmaster from 1 January 1928. The situation in Scouts Australia is broadly the same as in the United Kingdom, though the leader in charge is known as the Group Leader, or, if there is no Group Leader, Leader-in-Charge, an experienced Leader nominated to liaise between the group and the Scouting bureaucracy. Venturer units can be group- or district-based, depending on

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6634-495: The family of Scouts. The two five-point stars stand for truth and knowledge, with the ten points representing the ten points of the Scout Law . The WOSM emblem adds an encircling rope, tied with a knot at the base, which symbolizes the unity and bond of the Scout Movement and uses purple and white colours. In heraldry , the white of the fleur-de-lis and rope denotes purity and the royal purple denotes leadership and service. For

6741-438: The first Cub Conference on 24 June 1916 and the publication of the first Wolf Cubs Handbook on 29 November 1916, authored by Baden-Powell and influenced by Vera Barclay an influential figure at the beginning of the section being one of the first Cubmasters and writer or many publications and articles to help lead the section. The Wolf Cubs were officially launched at Caxton Hall in central London on 16 December 1916 and this

6848-623: The five stages recognising one, five, 10, 20 and 50 cumulative nights away from home respectively) before gaining badges in Emergency Aid and Hikes Away in October 2006 (with the Nights and Hikes away changing from 5 stages to more frequent stages numbered to directly reflect the number required). In 2008, the Scout Association re-launched the programme zones so that there were now six zones with common themes for all four under 18 sections. As part of this,

6955-423: The four areas for each arrow award meaning that Cubs completed 36 activities during their full time in the section. The developed arrow activities were meant to be chosen by the Cub themselves, so they would have some personal choice in what they did, and had the benefit of not holding a Cub back if they missed a week when a compulsory activity was run - instead they would have been able to pick up another activity in

7062-529: The group. They may be supported by a deputy, called a Seconder, and a further role of Senior Sixer is available to older Cubs who helps the leaders and the Sixes. The core age range for Cub Scouts is between eight and ten and a half years of age although members can join from 7½ years of age and remain until their 11th birthday. These age ranges can be flexed further if required for inclusion requirements. The activities undertaken by Cub Scouts are collectively called

7169-484: The interests of the movement as a whole, not those of their country. The secretary general, the treasurer of WOSM and a representative member of the board of the World Scout Foundation and the chairpersons of the regional Scout committees are ex-officio members of the committee. From 2008 to 2021 six Youth Advisors to the WSC were elected by the World Scout Youth Forum . The Youth Advisors participated in all of

7276-453: The location. Sometimes, Scout Groups adopt new names (for example, the 1st Whitley Scout Group became the 43rd Reading (1st Whitley) Scout Group) as District boundaries are moved and reformed. When a Scout Group is registered, a Certificate of Registration is issued by Scout Headquarters, confirming the group's registration name which may differ from its own name. Groups may also register as Sea Scout Groups or Air Scout Groups. A Scout Group

7383-470: The member understand their commitment. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) refers to WOSM's emblem as the World Crest. It may be worn on BSA uniforms as an emblem of the worldwide Scout Movement. BSA first used the badge as an award for Scouts and Scouters who participated in an international Scouting event from early 1956 through 1991 with requirements devised by each council. In 1991, BSA made it part of

7490-522: The most recently added being the Gardener badge added in January 2018, and the Money Skills Activity Badge added in June 2021. The badges are circular in shape and are red with a yellow border, replacing the previous triangular red badges used before 2002. Some badges are sponsored by a relevant business. Achievement of all activity badges is rare but often receives national attention when this

7597-406: The need to pre-select or choose activities. A range of activities are offered including adventurous activities such as climbing and high ropes, creative endeavours and themed activities such as magic shows, circus acts or jousting. Established in 2018, Damboree is a grass-root movement to encourage leaders to apply for a camp site permit to enable Scouts to camp. Originally established to benefit

7704-413: The numbers in the district at the time. Rover Crews can be associated with a group or stand alone. In most branches, groups are part of a district , which is part of a Scout Region, although this does vary from state to state. Groups aim to have at least one Joey Scout Mob, Cub Scout Pack, Scout Troop, Venturer Unit, and an associated Rover Crew , although there are no limits to the number of each

7811-901: The organization under the name World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Its International Conference of the Boy Scout Movement became WOSM's World Scout Conference ("conference"), its Boy Scouts International Committee became WOSM's World Scout Committee ("committee") and its Boy Scouts International Bureau became WOSM's World Scout Bureau ("bureau"). See: WOSM members WOSM's membership consists of its remaining founding member organizations and organizations recognized by WOSM as national scout organizations. WOSM's rules protect its founding and existing member organizations by permitting only one member organization in each country and locking-out all other Scout organizations from WOSM membership, recognition and participation no matter how worthy or large their membership. Several member organizations are federations, some with different component groups divided on

7918-840: The organizations that founded WOSM) which has a French language affiliate which is thereby recognized by WOSM. Other than this inherent limitation on WOSM membership, the basis for WOSM membership includes adherence to WOSM's aims and principles and independence from political involvement on the part of each member organization. WOSM has members in some non-sovereign territories. WOSM historically recognized some non-national Scout organizations: WOSM associate members are recognized but not full members. In 2020, WOSM listed twenty-five potential member organizations. Ten of these were served by oversea branches of WOSM member organizations (see #Countries and territories with Scouting run by overseas branches of WOSM member organizations ). In 2020, WOSM listed five countries as without Scouts. WOSM's conference

8025-505: The origin of the fleur-de-lis as a more widely used Scout symbol see: Scout Movement . From its origin in 1922 until 1939, WOSM did not have its own emblem. In 1939, its director, J. S. Wilson , introduced an international Scout badge, a silver fleur-de-lis on a purple background containing the five continent names in silver framed between two concentric circles. Wearing of the badge was confined to WOSM committee members and bureau staff and their past members. The design became WOSM's logo and

8132-451: The original colour in 1916 to distinguish it from the Scout uniform. The first uniform was a green woollen jersey , shorts, long socks, neckerchief and a green cricket cap with gold piping . The Chief Scout's Advance Party Report which was published in 1966 resulted in very few changes for the section with the overall uniform remaining the same with a more modern design jersey of the same colour being used. The cap, long associated with

8239-539: The other sections of the association. In May 2000 The Programme Review final report was produced after consultation that had been undergoing since 1995 with members of the Scouts and focus groups and led to a revamp of the programme in February 2002. One year before, in London Fashion Week 2001, new uniforms were unveiled for the section which saw a new design dark green activity jumper, navy blue activity trousers and

8346-662: The pack) and badges and designs were updated with a common theme of red proficiency badges for the section. The proposals referring to the Cub Scouts were accepted and implemented in full the following year. Around a decade after the report in 1978 a major review of the Arrow Scheme was carried out. It was deemed that the choice of activities was too narrow for the Cub Scouts so the scheme was expanded dramatically. One hundred different activities were put into four different areas (Discovering, Growing Up, Sharing and Thinking) with Cubs having to pick three different activities from each of

8453-458: The past and culminated with a Promise Party on 16 December 2016 at 19:16 to commemorate the official registration date of the section. The theme was 'The Wildest Birthday Ever!' and included a special yellow necker design with nature patterns and a badge designed by Amber Pheasant, a Cub Scout from Nottingham. Other events included an event in the Houses of Parliament on 13 December 2016 and a visit to

8560-484: The phrase ‘duty to the Queen’ is replaced by '...to do my duty to the country in which I am now living.' The Cub Scout law, referenced in the promise, is similar in aim to the Scout law and aims to convey the values of Scouts to Cub Scouts in an accessible way. The law is: In common with other sections in Scouting, Cub Scouts earn badges to be sewn onto their uniform to recognise and represent achievements during their time in

8667-405: The programme. Cub Scouts is the biggest section run by the Scout Association. In common with other sections in Scouting, Cub Scouts make a promise when they start in the section at a ceremony called being invested. The Cub Scout promise is very similar to the Scout promise with a few words simplified and making reference to a Cub Scout law. The core promise long associated with the section, and

8774-506: The promise still used for Christians , Jews and Sikhs is: Muslims use a wording of the promise similar to that above but with the word God replaced with Allah while Buddhists and Hindus replacing the word God with my Dharma. A promise for those of no faith was introduced in January 2014 and substitutes the phrase 'Duty to God' in the promise above for 'To uphold our Scout values'. For subjects of independent Commonwealth countries , foreign nationals and individuals who are stateless

8881-473: The resolutions of its conference and governs the organization between meetings of its conference. The committee meets at least twice a year. Its steering committee, consisting of the chairperson, two vice-chairpersons and its youth advisor and secretary general meet as needed. The committee has 21 members. Twelve, each from a different country, are elected for three-year terms by WOSM's conference. The members, elected without regard to their nationality, represent

8988-416: The rest of the association and a similar Promise . The name was to change from "Wolf Cubs" to Cub Scouts and while The Jungle Book theme would be retained, less emphasis would be placed upon it especially for older Cubs. The uniform would remain of green jersey and cap with grey shorts and long socks. A new progressive training scheme of Bronze, Silver and Gold Arrow awards was devised (one for each year in

9095-417: The same area a few weeks later. It was also meant to benefit packs with a poor Cub/Leader ratio as one activity could be run for all ages of the pack and would be able to tick off activities for any level of award as the three awards shared a common activity list. However a number of flaws emerged through the use of the updated Arrow scheme. When run properly, with the Cub Scouts choosing their activities, it

9202-455: The same committee, school, church or other organization. Many Scout Groups had already effectively existed but were not formalized by The Boy Scouts Association. At The Boy Scouts Association's Bournemouth Conference of April 1927, John Frederick Colquhoun presented a paper titled 'The position of Rover leaders' which resulted in discussion on co-ordination (i.e. who was in charge) between Wolf Cubmasters, Scoutmasters and Rover leaders that led to

9309-589: The same meeting place, equipment, funding and Executive Committee. A Scout Group meet in a school or church hall, or may be the owners of a Scout headquarters building. The situation is similar in the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association , where the Scout Group is led by a Group Scout Master (GSM). Within the B-PSA the group is responsible for local provision through the entire age range. World Organization of

9416-580: The section are female. That same year the Cub programme faced a number of changes to replace the much disliked Arrow awards. The changes, announced in September 1990 and officially launched from February 1991, saw new Cub Scout Award, Adventure Award and Adventure Crest Award replace the three arrow awards. The new awards were more structured and had less choice with the requirements split into ten sections with different numbers of activities from each section and more activities being made compulsory. Additionally

9523-463: The section brands, to focus on the Scouting fleur-de-lis . As part of this, the new Cub Scout logo was simplified (to remove the pawprint from the wordmark) with a fleur-de-lis added to the logo, located either in the top right of the wordmark or a larger version located directly above the wordmark. While the wordmark retained the Cub Revue typeface of the previous look, the colours were updated to match

9630-427: The section had a mascot, a stylised wolf called Snaggle, which was replaced in 2012 with a series of cartoon Cub Scouts taking part in adventures. Additionally the focus of text and images shifted to highlight adventure, fun, friendship and energy matching the wider Scout Association brand message of 'everyday adventure' introduced in 2008. In 2015, the Scout Association updated their visual identity style, including

9737-478: The section level instead of the group level. In The Scout Association of the United Kingdom , Scout Groups can have any number of Beaver Scout Colonies, Cub Scout Packs and Scout Troops, depending on the numbers of young people and leaders available. A Scout Group can also include a Scout Active Support Unit, and an Explorer Scout Unit may be attached to a Group, although the Explorer Unit remains under

9844-406: The section settled very early on to a green cap with yellow piping and a green jersey. Similar to the older Scout section, Wolf Cubs also earned badges for achievement of a skill and at launch there were originally 12: artist, athlete, collector, first aider, guide, house orderly, observer, signaller, swimmer, team player, weaver and woodworker. Higher achievement was marked through the achievement of

9951-419: The section, was abolished in June 1989 along with the berets worn by the older sections and trousers became an option to shorts around this time. During a movement-wide uniform consultation in 2000, over 11,000 Cub Scouts had their say on the uniform to be used from 2001 onwards. The plans for navy blue activity trousers were met with approval from 79% of Cub Scouts and the general focus on an activity sweatshirt

10058-697: The section. Dorothy Hughes became well known in the East of London running various Cub packs, buying a Scout Hall for her group and contributing funds for an indoor accommodation centre for Wolf Cubs at Gilwell Park which would go on to be named the Dorothy Hughes Pack Holiday Centre in her honour. Betty Melville Smith grew up in Hong Kong running Cub packs there in 1925 before being involved with Cub packs in Birmingham when she returned to Britain including

10165-529: The seven new programme zones. The top award for the section, the Chief Scout's Silver Award, was achieved for completion of the Outdoor challenge, two of the other challenges and a personal challenge. The activity badges were redesigned from red triangular badges to circular red badges with a yellow borders and the number was reduced to 32. Cub Scouts also benefited from the introduction of Staged Activity Badges and

10272-432: The situation requires it. It was designed by fashion designer Meg Andrew in 2000, and in use from 2001, as being a stylish and affordable uniform that was suited to outdoor wear and activity use. The uniform is used by any Cub Scout, with those who are part of an Air Scout or Sea Scout group also wearing this uniform style. The Cub Scout uniform has long been associated with the dark green colour, having been chosen as

10379-460: The uniform for all Scouts and its International Activity Patch replaced the World Scout Crest as an award. Scouts South Africa uses the WOSM emblem badge when new members join as a Cub, a Scout or an Adult Leader. The badge is worn on the left front pocket of the uniform, over the heart. WOSM's Bronze Wolf Award is given for exceptional services to the international Scout Movement. It

10486-440: The use of a building or some financial payment. These Groups are described as Sponsored Scout Groups and must arrange a Sponsorship Agreement with the organisation that sponsors them and with the district commissioner. Groups without this type of affiliation are described as Open Scout Groups. Joint Scout and Guide Groups are supported by The Scout Association and Girlguiding ; in these Groups, typically Scout and Guide sections share

10593-431: The wider Scout Association colour palette and Revue as a typeface was not used in other publications; instead TheSerif was used for headings in line with the rest of the association and Frutiger continued to be used for body text. Cub Scout publications dropped the previous mascots and instead used artwork style intended to be cheeky, humorous and anarchic such as a compass with arms holding a map that also has arms. When

10700-456: The zones were updated again into six zones with themes common to all under-18 sections in Scouting: beliefs & attitudes, community, fitness, creative, global and outdoor & adventure. In 2015, the concept of zones was dropped across the movement with the focus now being on three core areas of outdoor & adventure, world and skills with outdoor & adventure making up half of time spent on

10807-401: Was agreed but a proposed colour change to mint green and the proposed activity skirts, canvas belt and ski hat finding disfavour and not being adopted with the jumper remaining the familiar dark green colour. In common with other sections of the movement, Cub Scouts have a flag for use to identify the section, in parades or when a member is being invested . It is the same size as those used by

10914-507: Was decided in principle that the Association would become fully co-educational, leading to individual Scout Groups being able to decide to accept girls into Cubs and the other sections. This was formally allowed from July 1991 when the Scout Association's Royal Charter was amended. As of January 2020, the number of Cub Scouts in the UK was 157,172 of which 122,714 were recorded as male and 34,085 were recorded as female meaning at present 21.7% of

11021-411: Was described even by the Scout Association later as an "organisational nightmare". It was easy for a Cub to lag behind in one section and extra time was often needed for Cubs to work on their particular activities. It was also possible for a Cub to choose an easy route through each award, missing out the more challenging activities and classic Scouting skills that made it very difficult for the leaders in

11128-564: Was drawn up in 1913 and published in the Headquarters Gazette in January 1914 in an article called 'Wolf Cubs or Young Scouts - How to train them.' The outbreak of World War I in August 1914 led to older Scouts and Scoutmasters joining the army which brought new people into these roles including women leaders and more demand for a younger section and helped demonstrate the benefit of a younger section. The section became more widespread with

11235-467: Was first awarded to Robert Baden-Powell by a unanimous decision of the committee on the day the award was instituted in 1935. See article: Scouts of the World Award WOSM's Inter-religious Forum serves as a working-group for eight main religious groups: Publications of WOSM include: Ten of these overseas branches of accredited National Scout Organizations are considered "potential members" by

11342-447: Was launched that included an increased focus of community impact, youth voice and inclusion in the programme and which emerged from youth feedback. Off the back of this, a refresh of the programme was scheduled for 2015 and in April 2014, the Scout Association released four new activity badges and one new staged activity badge which were to be added as part of the refresh. In January 2015,

11449-523: Was to start and finish with the " Grand Howl ", a ceremony in which the Cubs greeted Akela , the Pack's leader. Some of the phrases used in this ceremony, Do Your Best and Do Our Best, would go on to be shortened to 'dyb' and 'dob' and used three times in the pack. Different to the Scout sign and salute which used three fingers, the Wolf Cub salute used two fingers to symbolise the ears of a wolf. The uniform for

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