Scouts YouShape Award
At Scouts, young people learn how to speak up and take the lead. But they told us that the programme didn’t recognise this enough. That’s what the new YouShape Award is all about.
The award is split into four badges. Young people will earn the central badge first and then choose the order in which they earn the rest. They can decide on their requirements and what they want to do and are then work with their leader to decide when they've met each requirement.
Central badge
This badge is all about thinking about what you want to achieve, setting a goal and making it happen.
Plan
This badge is all about thinking creatively, working together and planning some exciting activities for your programme.
Lead
Now it's time to take the lead – think supporting others, delivering your programme and nights away.
Represent
Think about how you’ll represent your group – you could engage your community, invite some friends to join the fun or chat to your Trustee Boards.
On the right arm, under the District and County/Area/Region badges.
Register and log into the brand centre to find certificates you can personalise and award with your badges.
Once the young person decides they’ve met all of a segment’s requirements, they can add the segment to the central badge on their uniform – and line the pattern up.
This is the only badge where young people decide for themselves if they’ve met each requirement.
With some of the badge requirements, you may find you’ve already been completing them as part of your programme. Others might be new.
We’ve compiled a whole range of activity ideas, specifically to help you deliver the YouShape award in your section.
Some requirements might also count towards other badges and awards too.
For example, A Cub Scout working on their ‘Plan’ segment decided that they needed to contribute an idea to a Pack Forum.
Their Pack listens to their idea, but chooses to go with another idea instead.
The Cub could decide they’ve met the requirement because they contributed an idea… or they could keep contributing ideas until the Pack choose to use their idea.
Leaders can talk to young people about their options, but it’s up to the young person to make their own decision.