The following books and resources are available for you to help you run an exciting Balanced Programme for the young people in your Colony.
Books and Resources
Colony Essentials
The guide to the day to day running of a Beaver Scout Colony. It is designed as a handbook to help you with your role - whether you're a Beaver Scout Leader or a Colony Assisant. It will tell you what you need to know about the Beaver Scout section and your role within it. You may decide to read it from cover to cover, it is organised so that you can dip in and out, with each chapter given over to a key area of the role.
The Colony Programme
The Colony Programme aims to provide you with many of the tools, ideas and techniques needed to run an exciting Balanced Programme for your Colony. The Colony Programme also includes the requirements for all the Beaver Scout Badges and Awards.
The Colony Programme Plus
The Colony Programme Plus is the paper counterpart to Programmes Online, the very popular online resource for programme material. There are 40 fully worked up programmes ready to use, including details of the equipment needed, instructions and other useful information.
My Beaver Scout Logbook
Taking its readers on a magical journey along the riverbank, the Logbook is the perfect companion for every Beaver Scout. On the way they find out:
- how to become a Beaver Scout
- what badges they can earn
- what activities to try
Full of games and puzzles and with plenty of space to write and draw, the book is designed for the early reader. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the Logbook will be read and enjoyed over and over again.
Beaver Scout Programme Poster
A poster illustrating all the badges and awards that are available to Beaver Scouts.
Nights away
An adults guide to camping, holidays, expeditions and sleepovers
Nights away provides everything you need to know for enjoying the outdoors and taking young people away safely and with confidence. Aimed at all adults in Scouting, it provides advice on the best equipment to take, ways of preparing your staff and how to make the most of your time away. Illustrated in full colour throughout, and with its own smart binder, Nights away is the definitive guide to camping and the outdoors produced by the people most famous for it!
