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Activity Badges are optional, but they provide an opportunity to reward a young person who has taken part in an activity over a period of time. They should raise interest and extend a young person's skills throughout their time in Scouting. As of October 2006 many of the badges have been updated or modified in some way. To view the previous requirements, please follow the relevant links.

There are 12 badges available for Beaver Scouts, 35 for Cub Scouts, 70 for Scouts and 28 for Explorer Scouts.

The requirements for the Activity Badges provide a wide range of choice for Beaver Scouts. Most Beaver Scouts will be able to access the Badges of their choice. There will be a number of children with Special Needs who will need further flexibility to gain their Activity Badges. Adaptation may be required specific to the needs of the child concerned. The aim in each case should be to improve access to the Badge rather than to reduce the challenge of its requirements

Requirements for the following badges are listed in this section:

• Adventure
• Air Activities
• Animal Friend
• Creative
• Experiment
• Explore
• Faith
• Health & Fitness
• Healthy Eating
• Hobbies
• Imagination
• Safety

In addition to these, there are six Activity Badges staged across these Sections.

These are:

• Emergency Aid

• Hikes Away

• Information Technology

• Musician

• Nights Away

• Swimmer

The Staged Activity Badges have been designed to provide a unified approach throughout the Sections.

All the Staged Activity Badges have 5 stages, except Nights Away - which has 12 and Hikes Away, which has six. This means that a young person can gain whichever badge is appropriate to the level they have reached. It is possible, for example, for a Beaver Scout who is an excellent swimmer to gain a higher level badge than a Scout who has just taken up the activity.

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