The Cubs for Upton Chester hold meetings on a Tuesday night and are for Children aged 8 and 10½ years old, so please call in if you need more information.
There is a waiting list for the Cubs, please use contact page for more information.
They have lots of fun activities all year round and most years our Cubs go on 3 camps.
There are loads of fun things that you can do as a Cub Scout. You will get a chance to try lots of different activities like swimming, music, exploring, computing and collecting. If you do them properly you will get a badge which you can wear on your uniform.
Cub Scouts also get to go on trips and days out, to places like the zoo, theme parks or a farm. Sometimes you will be able to go camping with the rest of your Pack. This will mean you sleeping in a tent and doing loads of outdoor activities.
What is Cub Scouting?
(Information for parents and new leaders!)
Scouting was originally for boys aged 11 to 18, but Robert Baden-Powell was soon being asked by their younger brothers if they could join in as well. Baden-Powell was aware of the physical and mental differences of younger boys and he designed the training scheme for "Junior Scouts" (as they were originally called) to allow for these differences whilst staying true to the principles and ideas of the original "Boy Scouts".
In 1914, he produced his plans for "Junior Scouts" in response to these demands from boys under 11 years of age. The handbook for the "Junior Scouts" was based on the works of Rudyard Kipling, who had already produced a number of books for the Scout movement, and in particular on "The Jungle Book". Even now, after more than 80 years, we still use the names from "The Jungle Book" for the Cub Scout Leaders and helpers. Cub Scouting started officially in 1916 when "Junior Scouts" became "Wolf Cubs". The original activities were constantly being changed and developed until, in 1966, a number of major changes were introduced into the Scout movement as a whole and "Wolf Cubs" became "Cub Scouts". New Activity badges were added to the Training Scheme with the emphasis now on the individual to reach their own level dependant on their individual talents and abilities. True to the original ideas of Robert Baden-Powell, Cub Scouting still seeks to meet the Aim of The Scout Association to encourage the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people so that they may take a constructive place in society. By offering Adventure and Challenge through the Progressive Training Scheme that leads the young Cub Scout through a series of tasks and duties that will test and extend their individual abilities and prepare them for their move into the Scouts.
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 or Kaa. 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 led by older Cub Scouts called Sixers.
The Cub Pack has several simple ceremonies, one of which is the Investiture to which you may be invited, when your youngster will be asked to make a promise.
The Cub Scout Promise is :-
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God
and to the Queen
To help other people
and to 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 multi-cultural, multi-faith organisation as are all the Sections of the Scouts from the Beaver Scouts through to the Explorer Scouts and beyond.
They will also be asked to try and keep the Cub Scout Law which is :-
Cub Scouts always do their best
think of others before themselves
and do a good turn every day.