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Cub Scouts (The Scout Association)
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Cub Scouts or Cubs are an age-based section of The Scout Association
for young boys and girls ages 8 to 10½. This section follows on from the Beaver Scouts (6-8 year olds) and Cubs will move on to Scouts at the age of 10½. The section originally opened as Wolf Cubs in 1916. A series of special events and camps were held in 2006 to celebrate its 90th birthday.
Most Groups will have one Pack, while some others may be able to support two or even more, depending on the numbers of Cubs within the Group. This is quite rare, as new Groups would be created in areas of large Scouting populations.
Cub Packs have an adult leadership team consisting of a warranted Cub Scout Leader (CSL), some warranted assistant leaders (ACSL) and there may also be Pack Helpers who are unwarranted and often parents who help on a semi-regular basis. They can also be supported by Young Leaders
. All the warranted leaders are given names from The Jungle Book
- the CSL is normally given the name Akela
and popular names for the ACSLs include Baloo
, Bagheera
, Kaa
, Raksha
, Chil and Rama
.
The Cubs within the Pack are separated into Sixes, ideally of five to seven members, with a Sixer and a Seconder.
Also obtainable is the 'rank' of Senior Sixer who help the leaders and the Sixes
However, the Awards cover the same basic principles, and many Packs will have all new Cubs participate in the Membership Award, regardless of how they came to join the Section.
Cubs are offered the Chief Scout's Silver Award as their section of the Awards programme. This award was introduced in 2003, replacing the Cub Scout Award, Adventure Award and Adventure Crest Award.
I promise that I will do my best,
to do my duty to God and to the Queen,
to help other people
and to keep the Cub Scout Law.
The Cub Scout Law
Cub Scouts always do their best
think of others before themselves
and do a good turn everyday.
The Scout Association
The Scout Association is the World Organization of the Scout Movement recognised Scouting association in the United Kingdom. Scouting began in 1907 through the efforts of Robert Baden-Powell. The Scout Association was formed under its previous name, The Boy Scout Association, in 1910 by the grant...
for young boys and girls ages 8 to 10½. This section follows on from the Beaver Scouts (6-8 year olds) and Cubs will move on to Scouts at the age of 10½. The section originally opened as Wolf Cubs in 1916. A series of special events and camps were held in 2006 to celebrate its 90th birthday.
Organisation
The Cub Pack forms the middle section of a Scout Group, with the Beaver Colony below and the Scout Troop above.Most Groups will have one Pack, while some others may be able to support two or even more, depending on the numbers of Cubs within the Group. This is quite rare, as new Groups would be created in areas of large Scouting populations.
Cub Packs have an adult leadership team consisting of a warranted Cub Scout Leader (CSL), some warranted assistant leaders (ACSL) and there may also be Pack Helpers who are unwarranted and often parents who help on a semi-regular basis. They can also be supported by Young Leaders
Young Leaders (The Scout Association)
The Young Leaders' Programme is run alongside the main Explorer Scout Programme of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom. It is a formalisation of what was happening in many Groups and Districts across the country where older Scouts were returning to help the younger sections...
. All the warranted leaders are given names from The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six...
- the CSL is normally given the name Akela
Akela (Scouting)
The Scouting program has used themes from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling since 1916.In 1914 Baden Powell announced a Junior Section for Scouting. In 1916, he published his own outlines for such a scheme, it was to be called Wolf Cubbing. It has been speculated that Baden-Powell may have had a...
and popular names for the ACSLs include Baloo
Baloo
Baloo is the fictional bear featured in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book from 1894 and The Second Jungle Book from 1895.-Name and species:He is described in Kipling's work as "the sleepy brown bear"...
, Bagheera
Bagheera
Bagheera the black-toned Indian Leopard is an animal fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book...
, Kaa
Kaa
Kaa is a fictional and exceptionally long Python molurus from the Mowgli stories written by Rudyard Kipling. Kaa is one of Mowgli's mentors and friends. He, Baloo and Bagheera sing for Mowgli "The Outsong" of the jungle. First introduced in the story "Kaa's Hunting" in The Jungle Book, Kaa is a...
, Raksha
Raksha
In Hindu mythology, a Rakshas is a kind of evil demon.-Ramayana:According to the Ramayana, the Raksha people were the mythical inhabitants of Sri Lanka who were said to have lived among the Naga, Yakkha, and Deva, and governed Sri Lanka in 2370 BCE...
, Chil and Rama
Rama
Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
.
The Cubs within the Pack are separated into Sixes, ideally of five to seven members, with a Sixer and a Seconder.
Also obtainable is the 'rank' of Senior Sixer who help the leaders and the Sixes
The Scout Membership Award
The Membership Award is only actually received by young people new to Scouting, whereas those members who have joined from a Beaver Colony will undertake the Moving-On Award.However, the Awards cover the same basic principles, and many Packs will have all new Cubs participate in the Membership Award, regardless of how they came to join the Section.
Progressive Awards
Cubs continue the Scouting programme of Progressive Awards. The requirements of each stage become more challenging, reflecting the age and abilities of the young people undertaking the Awards.Cubs are offered the Chief Scout's Silver Award as their section of the Awards programme. This award was introduced in 2003, replacing the Cub Scout Award, Adventure Award and Adventure Crest Award.
Promise & Law
The Cub Scout promise is very similar to the Scout promise, however a few words have been simplified:to do my duty to God and to the Queen,
to help other people
and to keep the Cub Scout Law.
The Cub Scout Law
think of others before themselves
and do a good turn everyday.