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About the Beaver Section
Beavers are our youngest members in our Scout Group and Meet on a Wednesday from 6pm to 7pm.
The Core Age for the Beaver Section is 6 to 8 Years Old. Due to flexibility they can start at 5 3/4 Years Old and must leave before they are 8 1/2 Years Old.
Find out about what it will be like to be a member of a Beaver Colony
Pictured below are some of the Activities that your child will experience whilst being a member of the Beaver Colony. To Contact the Beaver Section please Email
Joining Beavers
Please contact to enquire about Availability
Games
Adventure
Activities
Outdoor Fun
Community Visits
Trips
The Beaver Program / What we do
Activity, Staged and Challenge Badges can be achieved as a whole Section working towards them on a Wednesday, or as an individual in their own time.
Participation rather than meeting set standards, is the key approach, with a range of badge and challenge Awards that Beavers can gain to recognise thier Achievements.
Further information about badges and awards for the Beaver section can be found here
All the Beaver Badges
Beaver Badges, showing how the Beaver program links together
Melton Sports
Where you can buy the Beaver Uniform
The Beavers Uniform is available from Melton Sports, King Street on the Pedestrianised Footpath located near the Cinema. www.meltonsports.co.uk
Beaver Investiture Badges
Badges given out at your Child’s Investiture
Top, Is our Group Name Tape, Left is the District Badge, Right is the County / Area / Region Badge and Bottom is the Membership Award
Shown below is where all the Badges go on the Beaver Sweatshirt
Before your child Investiture into Beavers we charge an additional £10 Joining Fee. Please ask your Section Leader on Information about your child’s Investiture.
Where to put Badges on the Beavers Sweatshirt
Beaver Numbers
The Recommended Maximum Number is 24 Beavers
A Beaver Colony may be organised into smaller groups called Lodges. Lodges can be used in a number if ways to facilitate the organisation of the Beaver Colony. This Number is also dependent on the amount of Adults running the Beaver Section. Therefore can have an effect on the maximum number of Beavers they decide to have.
Beaver Adult to Child Ratio’s Minimum Requirement
Whilst meeting at Holwell Pastures Scout Campsite the minimum is 2 Adults.
When meeting away from Holwell Pastures Scout Campsite the Beavers ratio is 1 Adult in Charge then 1 Adult to 6 Beavers
Cubs
When a Beaver is 8 Years Old they move on to the Cub Section. At times to meet a Beaver needs for when they move on to the Cub Section there is a Six Month Flexibility either way between their 8th Birthday.
The Flexibility is normally due to Friends, Sharing of Lifts and Transferring with a Group of Beavers as opposed to individual.
