National honours

People do amazing work in the Scouts and beyond, and a wonderful way to recognise and reward them for this is nominating them for a national honour.

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Feedback on our awards

Scouts Good Service awards recognise outstanding contributions made by our volunteers within the Scouts but for some individuals/Groups, it might be worth considering if they could also be nominated for other awards.

National honours and other awards

National honours are awarded on merit, for exceptional achievement or commitment to service to Britain and recipients will generally have made life better for other people or be outstanding at what they do.

Learn about the national honours process

Discover the different kinds of national honours

Learn more about other external awards

The National Honours Subgroup

As well as approving the Scouts awards, the National Awards Advisory Group (NAAG) has responsibility for promoting external awards schemes, including national honours and encouraging proposed nominations to be submitted to these schemes for members of the Scouts. The NAAG does this via the National Honours Subgroup (NHSG).

The NHSG would be happy to chat to you and provide further support/guidance if you're thinking about making a nomination for a national honour or another external award.

Further information

Detailed guidance on how to write a nomination is available on the gov.uk website.
Further information on the general process is available on the gov.uk website.
Contacting a Lord Lieutenant or Deputy Lieutenant.

Roll of honour

The names of Scout members who receive a national honour, will be mentioned in the annual Scouts published Roll of Honour. Award holders who do not wish for their name to be included, should contact the UK Headquarters Awards Team.