Welcome to our triple birthday year

Join us in celebrating five years of Squirrels, 40 years of Beavers and 110 years of Cubs since they rolled out across the UK.

2026 is a big birthday year. In fact, it’s a triple birthday year!

We’re celebrating 5 years of Squirrels, 40 years of Beavers and 110 years of Cubs across the UK.

That’s over 250,000 young people and volunteers all celebrating, making it one of the biggest birthdays ever.

There’s an Occasional Badge for each of the first three sections to celebrate their milestone anniversary. These badges, shown below, can be worn all year by young people and volunteers.

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Squirrels 5th birthday

We're celebrating 5 years of Squirrels across the UK with this Occasional Badge. Throw a party, host a sleepover or join up with some other sections in your group, or area to mark the occasion!

The badge doesn't have any set requirements, but we've added some ideas for how to mark Squirrels 5th Birthday with your group below to help.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/squi...

Beavers 40th birthday

We're celebrating 40 years of Beavers across the UK with this Occasional Badge. Throw a party, host a sleepover or join up with some other sections in your group, or area to mark the occasion!

The badge doesn't have any set requirements, but we've added some ideas for how to mark Beavers 40th Birthday with your group below to help.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/beav...

Cubs 110th birthday

We're celebrating 110 years of Cubs across the UK with this Occasional Badge. Throw a party, host a camp or join up

with some other sections in your group, or area to mark the occasion!

The badge doesn't have any set requirements, but we've added some ideas for how to mark Cubs 110th Birthday with your group below to help.

In Gillingham we are running an event which runs from April September titled - Cubs 100 Challenges. Find out more from your leader. One of these challenges is to Design a special badge. You can download a template and instructions here.

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