All about Badges

Animal lover – check. Book worm – check. Photographer – check. Footballer – check. Daredevil – check. You name it, we’ve got a badge for it – over 200 of them actually. Scouts work together on badges at their weekly meetings, away at camps and events or at home. Badges are easy to earn and you don’t need anyone special to sign them off.

There’s never any pressure to do badges. Scouts can do as many or as few as they like. But for those up for a challenge, there are loads of exciting badges to aim for, such as the Chief Scout’s Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards – these are the highest awards that Beavers, Cubs and Scouts can earn. And for those going even further, the Queen’s Scout Award is the top achievement for young people in Scouts.

Where do badges go?

It’s easy to find out where all your hard-earned badges go, just have a look at the links below:

Where do Explorer Badges go?

Where to sew those badges…

Find out where to sew the badges on the Explorer Scout uniform badge diagram.

Where do Scout badges go?

Here’s where to sew on those badges

Scouts uniform diagram
  1. Wales badge
  2. Group name tape
  3. Scotland/ Northern Ireland Badge
  4. District Badge
  5. County/ Area/ Region Badge
  6. Group badge (if not warn on scarf)
  7. Patrol Badge
  8. Leadership stripe
  9. Union Flag
  10. Group Name tape
  11. Chief Scout’s Award
  1. Challenge Awards
  2. Wales Badge
  3. Occasional Badges
  4. Moving On Award
  5. Joining In Awards
  6. Membership Award
  7. Activity and Staged Activity Badges
  8. Group badge (if worn on scarf)

Where do Cub Badges go?

Here’s where to sew your badges…

Cubs uniform diagram
  1. Wales badge
  2. Group name tape
  3. District badge
  4. County/ Area/ Region badge
  5. Group badge (if not warn on scarf)
  6. Leadership stripe
  7. Union Flag
  8. Gallantry/ Meritorious Conduct Awards
  9. Chief Scout’s Award
  1. Challenge Awards
  2. Wales Badge
  3. Occasional Badges
  4. Moving On Award
  5. Joining In Awards
  6. Membership Award
  7. Activity and Staged Activity Badges
  8. Group badge (if worn on scarf)

Where do Beaver Badges go?

Here’s where to sew on those badges…

Beavers uniform diagram
  1. Wales Badge
  2. Group name tape
  3. Scotland/ Northern Ireland Badge
  4. District Badge
  5. County/ Area/ Region Badge
  6. Group badge (if not warn on scarf)
  7. Leadership stripe
  8. Union Flag
  9. Gallantry/ Meritorious Conduct awards
  1. Chief Scout’s Award
  2. Challenge Awards
  3. Wales Badge
  4. Occasional Badge
  5. Joining in Awards
  6. Membership Awards
  7. Activity Badges and Staged Activity Badges
  8. Group Badge (if worn on scarf)