Local Awards and Recognition Team role

Lead Volunteers are encouraged (but not required) to set up a Local Awards and Recognition Team as a sub team of the Volunteering Development Team to support them in the decision-making for awards.

Where a Lead Volunteer wishes to use a Local Awards and Recognition Team in their location, the team could be responsible for things such as:

• Be proactive in the promotion of the Scout Awards Scheme.
• Promote external national honours and other awards schemes locally.
• Proactively collate evidence for nominations for Scout award nominations (for Good Service and Meritorious Conduct/Gallantry awards) as well as evidence to support national honour nominations.
• Facilitate an ongoing review of volunteers who may be eligible for a Good Service award.
• Locally encouraging individuals to submit Good Service award nominations for those that are eligible. 
• If individuals in the Team are assigned the Award Nominations Supporter accreditation, they will also be responsible for locally supporting/approving Good Service Award nominations that are submitted for members in their location.
• Help support local award presentation events as appropriate.
• Provide an annual awards summary report to their locations Trustee Board.