Beaver Scouts
Beaver Scouts are young boys and girls usually aged between six and eight years old. They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between seven years and six months and eight years six months.
Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, going on visits and helping others. They usually meet together once a week in a Beaver Scout Colony.
Some Beaver Scout Colonies also organise Sleepovers. These are often the first time a young person spends a night away from home. They take place in suitable buildings, often Scout centres.
The Beaver Scout Promise is:
I promise to do my best
To be kind and helpful
And to love God.
The Beaver Scout Motto is:
Be Prepared
Purple Colony Disability Activity Badge
For the last few weeks Purple Colony Beavers have been concentrating on the Disability Awareness Activity Badge. To appreciate the difficulty some people experience in their daily lives the Beavers have been asked to research about a Paralympian, they have learnt sign...
District Beaver Scout Curling Competition
Nine teams from Rossendale and two from the 38th took part in the District Beaver Scout Curling Competition. There were eight rounds with every team playing every other team. The eventual winners were the 21st Rossendale with the 38th Grey Colony coming 4th and the...
Grey Colony Fire Station Visit
Rawtenstall Fire Station were the hosts to Grey Colony Beavers to complete part of their Friendship Challenge Badge. The Beavers were shown around the station including the recreation area and crew quarters, but of course the most exciting part of the adventure was...
RAFT Food Bank
Following the visit by Purple Beaver Colony last year, Grey Colony visited The RAFT Foundation food bank in Rawtenstall. Once again the Beavers were armed with handfuls of donations for this worthwhile cause. Once the role of the organisation had been explained to the...
Beavers Christmas Experience
A photo in a sleigh, a Christmas tree decoration and a letter to Santa was just the start of the Christmas Experience at Bowley Scout Campsite for our Grey and Purple Colony Beavers. Once the letters were posted a game in a winter wonderland and a visit to the toy...
Purple Colony Animal Friend Show & Tell
As well as Beavers (the human kind) we had dogs, a cat, a rabbit and a hamster at the Warren during Purple Colonies Animal Friend Show & Tell evening. Not all animals were present but we heard stories of horses, fish, chickens and even a chameleon. The Beavers...
RAFT Foodbank
Purple Beaver Colony recently visited The RAFT Foundation foodbank in Rawtenstall. Armed with handfuls of donations to this worthwhile cause the work of the organisation was explained to the attentive youngsters. Not only did they see well stocked shelves but they...
What a load of Rubbish!
You could be forgiven for thinking someone had been fly-tipping at our headquarters this week. In reality it was only our Purple Beaver Colony junk modelling as part of their Creative Challenge Badge. Little was left to their imagination as a variety of "vehicle"...
County Akeema Shield Competition
Congratulations to Grey Beaver Colony who came joint first in the County Akeema Shield competition at Bowley Scout Camp Site. Tied on 358 points with Burnley District the Beavers kept the form shown in the District competition earlier in the year. The Beavers...
Mayors Special Achievement Award
Pictured are four of our Beavers Scouts receiving a certificate from the Mayor of Rossendale Councillor Thomas Aldred to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Beavers at the 38th. The year was 1984 when a much younger Beaver Scout Leader, Andrew...