Beaver Badges

Animal Friend Badge

Pets at Home sponsor the Beaver Scout Animal Friend badge.

To gain this badge, Beaver Scouts must complete the following:

Know how to care for an animal, fish or insect.

Help to take care of an animal for one month.

Tell others in the Colony about the animal.

Know about the correct food to feed the animal, including type, variety and quantity.

Know about the habitat of the animal, such as where it sleeps etc.

Know how to exercise the animal.

Keep a record of the food given to the animal and what you do with the animal for a period of two weeks.

Examples of suitable animals for this badge include dogs, cats, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, birds, rabbits, lambs, stick insects.

Friendship challenge

The Beaver Scout must complete four requirements, at least one from each area.

Caring for others

Know what to do in an emergency, including calling 999
Understand how to change simple activities to cater for special needs
Take part in an activity to help the elderly
Take part in an activity to help the community
Raise funds for a good cause.

People far away

Find out about four different aspects of life in another country. For example: national costume, food, currency or climate, etc
As a Colony create a link with another Colony or similar in a different country.

Meeting other people

Find out about the job or interest of someone in their community, such as a religious leader, dentist, a musician etc
Arrange a visit to or from someone who serves the community. For example - a police officer, a lifeboat crew, coastguard, fire fighter etc
Join in activities with another Colony.

Beaver badges

Click here to have a look at the different challenge badges the beavers can achieve and what you have to do for them. Beavers achieve the Chief Scouts Bronze Award when they have got all six challenge badges.

Click here to have a look at the different activity badges the beavers can achieve and what you have to do for them.