Who are Cubs Scouts?
Cubs are young people aged from 8 to 10½ years old, who meet each week on a Wednesday evening (term time only), in their Cub Pack. During their meetings they will:
• Master new skills and try new things
• Have fun and go on adventures
• Make friends
• Are curious about the world around them
• Help others and make a difference, in their own communities and beyond
Every week, they gather in groups called Cub Packs to take part in lots of interesting and challenging activities – achieving anything they set their minds to, and having lots of fun along the way.
Cubs will have lots of laughs and learn new skills during their time in their Cub Pack. As part of their scouting journey, they will take part in lots of interesting and challenging activities, achieving anything they set their minds to.
An adult Cub section leader is traditionally nicknamed Akela after the wise leader of the wolf pack in Rudyard Kipling’s novel, The Jungle Book. Other leaders within Cub section are also named after Jungle Book characters. Within 1st Lingwood and Strumpshaw’s Cub pack, we are lucky enough to have Akela (aka Fox), Sheer Khan, Baloo and Kaa.
Although scouting originated in 1907 with an experimental camp on Brownsea Island, run by Lord Robert Bayden-Powell (BP). Wolf Cubs did not start until 1916. The Wolf Cubs were started for the young brothers of those in scouts. In 1966, the Wolf Cubs became Cub Scouts.
Rudyard Kipling, author of the Jungle Book, was a friend of BPs. BP liked the Jungle Book stories because they were fun and encouraged an interest in nature and outdoor activities, which appealed to boys as much then as it does today. It also showed the characters strict code of behaviour and loyalty, fair play and clean living which could well serve as a pattern for every day life. BP asked Rudyard Kipling if he could use the Jungle Book stories as the background to the Wolf Cubs.
Activity Badges
Challenge Badges
Staged Award Badges
What do Cub Scouts wear?
When a young person has decided they would like to become a Cub Scout or when they move from a Beavers into Cubs, they will require a Cub Scout sweatshirt and a group necker (if they do not already have one from Beavers) which are available to purchase at The Norfolk Scout Shop, in Norwich or via their website. The sweatshirt has all the badges, which they have the opportunity to earn during their time with the group, sewn onto it.
Other uniform items including a cubs t-shirt, scout trousers and baseball cap are also available, but these are optional.
Cub badges should be placed as shown in the diagram. If you have any questions, please speak to your leaders.
Cub badges are awarded by Cub leaders to the young people as they are earned.
The Staged Activity badges are for different activities such as nights away or hikes, each badge awarded may look the same as one previously award, however there are different stages or levels. Therefore there should only be one Staged Activity badge for each activity on the uniform and this should be the badge with the highest number. As more stages for the same activity are completed, the newest badge should replace the older badge.
Any badges which are removed from the uniform can be placed on a camp blanket, to create a memory blanket, of the young person’s scouting journey. Other badged. Camp blankets can be purchased from the Trading Post or a fleece blanket can be purchased from a different source.
