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Chief Scout Gold Award

Chief Scout Gold Award

The Chief Scout Gold Award is the highest award that can be achieved by Scouts. To complete it, Scouts need to complete all nine of the Challenge Awards, plus six Activity badges.

Challenge Awards are all about stepping outside your comfort zone. Try out something you wouldn’t normally be interested in. Take the lead on something that scares you. Along the way, you’ll unlock hidden talents and stand tall.

We give all our Scouts the opportunity to complete their Chief Scout Gold Award. Most of the diverse and pioneering programme we deliver contributes to the challenge awards for an ongoing sense of achievement.

Yet, there are two areas of the final award that Scouts must complete independently or as part of a small team.


Expedition Challenge

This is a weekend activity undertaken by a team of older Scouts, aged 13 and above. They must plan and carry out a journey to a campsite, including an overnight stay, before returning the following day. The route must include a substantial hike and use of public transport.

Scouts will carry out the challenge independently. The leaders will guide the team in planning their weekend, including booking a campsite and planning a route, but ultimately the organisation is down to them. Leaders will be on call during the challenge, but not in attendance.

This is a fantastic opportunity that gives Scouts a real sense of independence and leadership as well as being excellent preparation for Explorer Scouts and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. This is often the highlight of a Scout’s time in the Troop.

To complete the award, after the expedition is complete. The team will give a presentation to the Scout Troop outlining their challenge; what they did, how they planned it and what they have learned during it.


Community Challenge

The community challenge is one of the final aspects of the Chief Scout Gold Award and is usually undertaken by older Scouts. This challenge combines aspects of the world and personal challenge bagdes.

Scouts must spend a day or at least 6 hours volunteering with and finding out about a service in their local community.

To complete the challenge, Scouts will deliver a short presentation in front of the Scout Troop. The presentation can be made on MS PowerPoint or Google Slides.

The presentation should be no longer than 5 slides long and should include:

  • What you did for your community challenge.
  • About the organisation/cause/service.
  • Your successes/achievements.
  • How long you did do the challenge.
  • Some pictures of you undertaking the challenge.
HM King Charles III has been confirmed as our new Patron, a great honour for UK Scouts.

The King continues a long tradition of the monarch giving their Patronage, dating back to 1912. This was when Scouts was granted its Royal Charter and HM George V became our first Patron.

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King Charles III

Our Patron, HM King Charles III