Badges

Location of the first few badges click for Scoutbase 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?

Activity badges
Administrator	Aeronautics	Air Researcher	Air Spotter	Angler	Artist
Art Enthusiast	Astronautics	Astronomer	Athletics	Basic Aviation Skills	Aviation Skills
Advanced Aviation Skills	Camp Cook	Camper	Campsite Service	Canoeist Cardington	Caver
Chef	Circus Skills	Climber	Communicator	Craft	Cyclist
Dinghy Sailor	D.I.Y	Dragon Boating	Electronics	Entertainer	Equestrian
Fire Safety	Forester	Global Conservation	Guide	Heritage	Hiker
Hill Walker	Hobbies	Interpreter	Librarian	Life Saver	Martial Arts
Master at Arms	Mechanic	Meteorologist	Model Maker	My Faith	Naturalist
Basic Nautical Skills	Nautical Skills	Advanced Nautical Skills	Navigator	Orienteer	Parascending Sky High
Photographer	Physical Recreation	Pioneer	Power Coxswain	Pulling	Public Relations
Quartermaster	Smallholder	Snow Sports	Sports Enthusiast	Street Sports	Survival Skills
Water Sports Scuba diving	World Faiths	Writer		Activity PLUS (extra border)	Instructor (extra border)
Staged badges
Emergency Aid 1 to 5	Hikes Away 1, 5 .. 50	I.T 1 to 5	Musician 1 to 5	Nights Away 1, 5 .. 200	Swimmer  1 to 5
Challenge badges
Adventure Challenge	Creative Challenge	Fitness Challenge	Global Challenge	Promise Challenge
Outdoor Challenge	Community Challenge	Outdoor Plus Challenge	Explorer Challenge