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What are Cub Scouts?

The Scouting movement was founded in 1907 by Lord Robert Baden-Powell. Its goal was to help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.  The aim is to make the young member more self-reliant, and caring.

In 1914, though, B-P. outlined a scheme in The Headquarters Gazette for the training of these Junior Scouts, but it was not what he really had in mind. He replaced this two years later with a new Scheme, under the title Wolf Cubs based around the Jungle Books of his close friend Rudyard Kipling, with the Cubs having their own distinct uniform, badges, motto, sign, salute, etc. In 1967 the Cub section dropped the Wolf to become Cub Scouts.

Todays Cubs is for Boys and Girls between the age of 7½ and 10½. There are loads of fun things that you can do as a Cub Scout. You will get a chance to try lots of different activities like swimming, music, exploring and collecting. If you do them properly you will get different types of badges which you can wear on your uniform.

Cub Scouts also get to go on trips and days out, to places like the zoo, theme parks or a farm. Sometimes you will be able to go camping with the rest of your Pack. This will mean you sleeping in a tent and doing loads of outdoor activities, such as Archery, Climbing, Kayaking, etc.

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