About Cub Scouts

The Cub Scout section is for young people between the ages of 8 and 10½. The Cub Scout programme is packed with fun and adventure, and is designed to present every young person with new challenges and prepare them for when they become a Scout. Each Cub Scout will gain some of the 7 'challenge' and 33 'activity' badges that are available, during their time in the pack; and also have the opportunity to go camping for a full weekend, for the first time.

Cub Scouting began in 1916 as a result of the younger brothers of early Scouts wanting to join in the fun of Scouting. Baden-Powell decided to start a new section called the Wolf Cubs, which by tradition, has adapted ideas from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book". The concept of a wolf pack often features in ceremonies and Cub leaders traditionally take the name of a Jungle Book character.

Scouting has adapted and evolved over time and the Cub section has experienced a number of changes. In 1967 Wolf Cubs became 'Cub Scouts' and since 1990, girls have been allowed to join. More recently, a new uniform and programme were introduced to the section in 2002, as part of a major revamp of Scouting as a whole. The original objectives however, still remain and any young person who is a Cub Scout in the modern era is certain to benefit a great deal from it.