Cubs Badges & Awards

Activity and Staged Badges

Many of the badges available are activity badges, which allow Cub Scouts to show their progress in existing pursuits, but also to try all kinds of new things and form new interests.

Staged Badges start off being earned at Beavers and as they progress through Cubs, Scouts and Explorers they do more and more activities to gain the next level.

Chief Scout Silver Award, Challenge Badges and Core badges

Gaining a challenge badge involves accomplishing a number of more ambitious tasks within the Pack or community. There are seven Challenge badges across a number of themes, from the physical and outdoors to challenges dealing with the local community or issues connected with the Scouting world.

Upon completion of the seven Challenge badges and six activity / staged badges, the Cub will be presented with the highest Award that can be achieved in Cubs – the Chief Scout Silver Award.

In addition, there are a number of core badges, obtained upon joining or moving on from the Pack, or for time spent in the Scouting movement.

Where Badges are sewn on a Cub Jumper