Cub Scouts are youngsters aged between 8 and 10½ years old, who are members of a Cub Scout Pack. The Cub Scout Leader runs the Pack with a team of Assistants who all give their time freely and have had special training to help them do an effective job.

Because Cub Scouting, by tradition, has adapted many ideas from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" many of the leaders are known to the youngsters by the names of the animals in this book. The youngsters usually call the Cub Scout Leader "Akela", and other adults may be Baloo, Bagheera, Chil or Rama.

The adult Leaders are responsible for planning and running the programme of games and activities for Pack meetings and special outings and events. The youngsters work in small groups called Sixes which are lead by older Cub Scouts called Sixers.

The Cub Pack has several simple cerimonies, one of which is the Investiture to which you may be invited, when your youngster will be asked to make a promise and they will also be asked to try and keep the Cub Scout Law.

The Cub Scout Promise is adaptable to suit the religious beliefs of the individual Cub Scout and their Parents. The Cub Scouts are a multicultural, multi-faith organisation as are all the sections of the Scouts from the Beaver Scouts through to the Venture Scouts and beyond

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Cub Scouts will enjoy a great deal of fun and adventure whilst in the Pack. They will also have oppertunities to gain awards and badges. These awards are given in recognition of the effort made by each youngster at their own level of development and understanding. The Cub Scout Programme includes such activities as:-

Camping
Caring for the environment
Model making
Cooking
First Aid
Exploring
Helping others

Camping

Ask any Cub Scout what they like best about being a Cub and most of them will reply camping or Pack holidays. Most youngsters love being out of doors and the camps and Pack holidays are very special - certainly very different from school trips! It's a chance to try some special activities that cannot be done at regular Pack meetings.

Your youngster may have the opportunity to either camp in tents or sleep indoors on a Pack holiday. The Cub Scout Pack may go away overnight, for the weekend or even for a few days or week in the School holidays. The Cub Scouts may go away with their own Pack or they may have a chance to join in a much larger camp mixing with other Packs from the local District and making a few new friends. The leaders are specially trained before they are allowed to take youngsters away on a camp or Pack holiday. They take on the responsibility to look after the Cubs as if they were their own large family of youngsters.

The Leaders will often need to take along extra adult help to assist with catering or equipment. This extra help may be Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Instructors (for special activities) or parents/guardians to help with general supervision.

If you would like to help with the cubs or find out how to join then contact us via our new website at www.9thMuswellHill.org.uk