From Monday 16th November 2009, as part of The Scout Association's development of one fully integrated website for Members, the information on this page is no longer being maintained.
Support for Adults in the Beaver Scout Section
In this section of the site you will find additional ideas to help run your Colony from week to week and term to term, along with hints and tips for organising events.
This section is designed to supplement the information given in the publications Scouting essentials, Colony essentials and Colony programmes.
Supporters of the Section will also find some useful tools to target the local support offered to Colony Leadership Teams.
Starting a new Beaver Scout Colony
Tricks, tips and traps when considering starting a new Beaver Scout Colony
Organise a Beaver Scout Sleepover
The publication Nights Away contains a lot of useful advice for running Beaver Scout Sleepovers and Family Camps, but in addition to this section will grow to contain more tips, tricks and traps when organisation a residential experience for your Beavers.
Vists and Days Out
Outings and visits are an important part of the Beaver Scout Programme. The Colony Leadership team is encouraged to offer at least one day or evening visit in each three to four month planning cycle and a variety of types of visit during the two years that an individual child is in the Colony.
Recruiting Adults in to the Colony
Tools for Dicussing and Acting on Adult Recruitment
- Six Step Approach: simple guide to a very effective approach for recruiting adults
- Problem Solving Model: for use in small groups of people
- Action Planning: create an action plan, having identified some of the issues
- Recruitment Resource: a comprehensive resource from the Adult Support Team
Remember: the time to recruit new adults is when the Colony is successful, even though you may think that you have enough adults!
Tools for Local Support Structures
Below are a number of tools that can be used by supporters of the Section to help target the support offered locally to Colony Leadership Teams.
Tools for ACC/AAC Beaver Scouts
- Getting Started as an Assistant County/Area Commissioner for Beaver Scouts
- County/Area Self Review
- Are your County/Area Meetings Attractive?
- Good Practice Guide for ACC/AAC Beaver Scouts
Tools for ADC Beaver Scouts
