Pro-Badge runs from October > April

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2025-2026 Season

Weekend	Section	Badge	Description	Request booking form
24 – 26 October 2025		Our Adventure Challenge	Involves taking part in two adventurous activities and trying six other outdoor activities. Also includes a walk of 1 to 2 hours. Have you tried water rockets, archery, rope making, or a blind trail? (Course fully booked!)	Contact
		Pioneer	Learn the skills needed to build projects from wood and rope. Whose project will fire the furthest, whose will be the largest, and whose will take the most weight? Learn easy and not so easy knots and lashings.	Contact
		Pioneer	To complete this course the Explorer Scout will build a scale pioneering model and take a lead role in building an outside pioneering project, such as an aerial runway or an hourglass tower.	Contact
21 – 23 November 2025		Navigator Stage 2	How not to get lost! Come and improve your navigation skills.	Contact
		Chef	You’ll learn how to plan a menu for a weekend event for between four and six people, and we’ll show how and where to shop for the food and the best way to transport it, how to store food properly and hygienically. We’ll show you what you need to consider when you’re using an indoor and a camp kitchen. After than you’ll cook and serve at least one of the meals from your menu, and of course learn the best way to clear up afterwards.	Contact
		Expedition Challenge 1st Weekend	– OR – Enjoy two challenging and interesting cross country hikes using map and compass skills. You also need to complete a project about the area you are visiting. This course takes two weekends to complete. Minimum age for Expedition Challenge is 12 years OR 11 years if have passed Navigator Stage 3.	COURSE FULL
23 – 25 January 2026		Pioneer	Learn the skills needed to build projects from wood and rope. Whose project will fire the furthest, whose will be the largest, and whose will take the most weight? Learn easy and not so easy knots and lashings.	Contact
		Forester	Learn all about how different woodlands are managed and how to use an axe and saw. Learn to identify and how to transplant young trees.	Contact
20 – 22 February 2026		Scientist and Space	From the cells in our bodies to the energy fueling our homes and the stars in the night sky, we use science to find out more about the mind-boggling universe we call home. Pop on your safety goggles and get experimenting. – AND – 12 people have walked on the moon; 11 of them were Scouts. Find out about how the Earth moves round the Sun, how the Sun and the Moon affect night and day and the solar eclipse. Find out about an astronaut, and the skills they learned to become one. Learn what a satellite is and how they help us to study and protect our planet.	Contact
		Navigator Stage 3	Learn to navigate using a map and compass. Enjoy a long hike whilst trying not to get lost. This is an ideal badge for younger Scouts and a good introduction to Scout Pro-Badge.	Contact
21 – 22 March 2026		Expedition Challenge 2nd Weekend	Scouts taking this course must have completed the Expedition Challenge 1st Weekend.	Contact
17 – 19 April 2026		Chef and Backwoods Cooking	A double badge weekend. Learn to cook on an open fire and also in a kitchen. Cub Scouts complete both courses in one weekend.	Contact
		Camper	Pitch your tent, camp under canvas for 2 nights, cook a meal and learn how to make various camp gadgets. 15 nights away under canvas as a Scout is required to achieve this badge, but it is not a pre-requisite to attending the course. We do recommend that 7 nights at least have been completed to get the most out of this course.	Contact
		Leaders Skills	An opportunity for Leaders to learn some practical skills, we will be covering camp sites, navigation, pioneering, and some bushcraft skills including fire lighting and cooking on open fires. We will also try to answer any questions you may have. Please pass onto any Leaders who may benefit.	CANCELLED

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