Adult support |
Aims to ensure that all adults in Scouting get personal support when they need it and where they need it, to help them do their job. |
Air Scouts |
Group in Scouting that have a clear focus on air activities in their programme. They wear a different coloured uniform from Sea and Land Scouts. If Air Scout Groups meet a set standard, they can apply for RAF Recognition. This means they can benefit from opportunities created by the Royal Air Force. |
Akela |
Traditional name used in some Cub Scout Packs for the Cub Scout Leader. Akela is the leader of the wolf pack in Rudyard Kipling?s The Jungle Book. |
Atlantic Data |
The online disclosure processing system. |
Associate Member |
An adult who wishes to join Scouting, but not take the Promise. Associate Members cannot hold leader or Commissioner appointment, as these appointments require the individual to be a Member. |
Balanced Programme |
The Balanced Programme is one that provides young people with a wide range of activities drawn from each of the Programme Zones through a variety of Methods. |
Brownsea Island |
The site of the experimental Scout camp run by Baden-Powell in Poole Harbour in 1907. |
Colony |
The name given to a grouping of Beaver Scouts who meet regularly in a Scout Group. |
Commissioner |
An adult appointed to provide support to other adults in either a support or managerial role. |
Compass |
The Scout Association?s data base for keeping records of our adult members. |
Flag Break |
A ceremony normally held at the beginning of meetings or events. The national flag is broken and saluted by those present. |
Grand Howl |
A ceremony that Cub Scouts participate in at the beginning of a meeting or event. |
Investiture |
The ceremony at which Members take the Promise when they join the Movement or move sections. |
Jungle Book, The |
A story written by Rudyard Kipling. It can be used as the theme for a Cub Scout Pack. |
Lodge |
Grouping of Beaver Scouts in a Beaver Scout Colony. |
Pack |
This is the name given to the grouping of Cub Scouts who meet as a section. |
Patrol |
The name given to a group of Scouts within a Scout Troop. |
Patrol Leader |
This is a Scout who leads a Patrol in the Scout Troop. |
Patrol Forum |
A meeting of members of a Patrol in the Scout Troop. |
Programme |
The Programme is the term used to describe the entire programme experience, including awards, badges and method of operating the programme for young people aged 6-25 years. |
Programme Zone |
The areas of activities on which each section bases its Balanced Programme. |
POR |
[Policy, Organisation and Rules] provides the framework for running Scouting; it contains the policies and rules of Scouting |
Promise |
A public statement each Member makes upon Investiture and on other occasions. It states that they will do their best to follow the principles and values of Scouting. |
Risk Assessment |
Process by which all adults should check all activities, premises and campsites for risks and dangers that could injure Members. |
Seconder |
This is a Cub Scout who assists a Sixer with the running of a Six in the Cub Pack. |
Sixer |
A Cub Scout who is in charge of a Six in the Cub Pack. |
Troop |
The collective name for Scouts (10-14 year olds) meeting together as a section. |
Unit |
The collective name for Explorers (14-18 year olds) meeting together as a section. |
Wood Badge |
The internationally recognised Scouting training insignia awarded to adults by Headquarters to denote completion of the training required for their role. It consists of two wooden beads threaded onto a leather thong which is worn with Scout uniform. |