UNIFORM   

Scouting is a uniformed organisation and the uniform is one of the things that make being a Beaver, Cub or Scout special. Our uniform is worn for most weekly meetings and to and from camps and similar activities (unless otherwise informed).

WHAT IS THE UNIFORM?

All members of the Group wear the same type of uniform trousers, which are blue cargo trousers. Each section has its own top: blue sweatshirt for Beavers, green sweatshirt for Cubs and blue-green shirt for Scouts.  Members need to buy the uniform top and trousers on joining, but all badges and the woggle (and also a neckerchief for children joining from outside the Group) are presented to new members when they are invested (see below). When transferring to a new section only a new top is needed. Uniforms and other scouting items can be bought at the District Scout Shop: see below.

Everyone in the Group wears the Group neckerchief, which has blue and gold halves. We all also wear some of the same badges: the Group nametape, St Albans and Herts County badges and the World Scout Badge (Membership badge). The neckerchief and these badges are presented when when the new member is first invested into the Group. They can continue to wear all these as they progress through the Group, WHETHER OR NOT they are invested into a new section. In practice new Group name tapes are presented on transferring between sections, as this badge is difficult to transfer between tops.

Other badges are presented as indicated below. In addition our Group can wear the FURY badge: Fellowship of United Reformed Youth, presented when a member has attended two church parades at our sponsoring church (see the Group Guide).

POSITION OF BADGES

There are pictures that show where to put badges on uniform tops of each section. These will open in a new window as pdf files

         Beaver

         Cub

         Scout

Badges are obtained as follows.

Presented tonew members when they join the Group (at the Investiture):

Neckerchief

Woggle

Group nametape

St Albans and Herts badges

Membership badge

Presented when moving on to next section (at the investiture):

New woggle

New Group nametape

Patrol badge (joining Scout Troop)

Gained during time in Group and transferred to new top when changing section:

FURY badge

Group awards

Staged activity awards

Participation (joining in) award

Chief Scout’s Award

Other badges are presented when gained.

BUYING UNIFORM

Uniform and other scouting items can be bought at the District Scout Shop. This is open during term-time, on Monday  evenings from 7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. The shop is located at the Scout District Headquarters off Waverley Road. It is signposted from this road and parking is available. If you are unable to get to the District Scout Shop at these times, please contact your section leader. Uniforms etc can also be bought from the Scout Association, either by mail or on line. See the links page.

What do you need to buy? 

When joining the Group: Uniform trousers and top

On moving between sections: New top

Note: Uniform shorts and skirts are available as an option, as are polo shirts in section colours.

USED UNIFORMS

We run a scheme to sell used uniform items and usually have a few for sale. If you have uniform items that are no longer needed, why not donate them to the scheme so we can use the money from their sale?  Bring clean items to the Group HQ.

FOOTWEAR

Trainers are the normal footwear for weekly meetings. Boots are not suitable for meetings in the Group Headquarters, because hard soles may cause injury to other children during active games.