Beaver Scouts are young people usually aged between six and eight years old. They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between seven years and six months and eight years six months.

Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, going on visits and helping others. They usually meet together once a week in a Beaver Scout Colony.

The Beaver Scout motto is ‘Fun & Friends’. Lots of games and trips will make sure you have plenty of each! You will be able to make things, sing songs, listen to stories and visit interesting places.

Beaver Scouts wear a simple ’uniform’. Their Promise is straight forward – ’I Promise to do my best to be kind and helpful and to love God’. The Beaver Scout Motto is ’Fun and Friends’ which describes their aims.

Beaver Scouts learn about themselves, exploring their feelings and developing good habits of health and personal safety. They get to know people, finding out about people in their family, the family of Scouting, the local community and the wider world. Beaver Scouts explore, discovering the exciting world of science, nature and technology, exploring the natural and man-made world. Beaver Scouts care, growing in their love of God and responding to the needs of others, the local community and the wider world.