Cub Minor Oak Camping Challenge

Open to all Cub Scouts and all their Cub Scouting Leaders including Young Leaders to camp in new or possibly unfamiliar places.

This award recognises the contribution camping makes to building successful teams and the effort young people and their leader teams make in achieving the top awards. Every night camped whilst obtaining this award counts towards your Scouting Nights Away challenge.

There are 2 awards – Bronze and Silver that each have different challenges built around achieving top awards and having fun. For each award you must camp for 6 (bronze) 9 (silver) or more months of the year and this can be spread over several years. This award is designed for Cubs but can be completed within the first 3 months of joining Scouts. 

Bronze Challenge Requirements

Camp for 6 or more months of the year in at least 2 different locations that meets the Nights Away Permit Scheme campsite such as Hollygate. The remaining camps can be in the same or different locations. No more than 4 camps can be held at a Scout Hall grounds, in the Scout Hall or similar or a back garden. One night camping in a shelter indoors under the kitchen/dining room/living room table at a Cub’s home with or without a friend is allowed. Alternatively, Cubs can sleep in a tent they have pitched themselves indoors but without tent pegs. (This could be done in a Scout Hall using little 1 or 2-man tents) Photographic evidence or similar would be required as proof of sleepover when conducted at home or in a back garden.

Cubs can sleep in tents either with a friend or friends, or a larger group such as their Pack, or sleep in shelters made of:

a) natural materials

b) materials at hand like a large poly sheet

c) using a table or chair/bench as the base and any covering to make a shelter to sleep under.

Challenges are not required in the Bronze Award but you might like to consider

·      Camping at another Campsite in Nottinghamshire such as Walesby or Robin Hood Scout Campsite

·      Camping in another County like Oaks in Charnwood in Leicestershire

·      District and County Camps also count.

·      Cub’s sleepover at another Scout HQ and not their own

·      If a Campsite like Drum Hill in Derbyshire has indoor accommodation, this will also count as a Camp night and not as an indoor event

Silver Award Requirements

You must have completed the Bronze Award

Camp in 9 months of the year in at least 5 different locations that meets either the Nights Away Permit Scheme campsite such as Hollygate or indoor accommodation such as Drumhill in Derbyshire or grounds at the Scout Hall or similar such as your back garden at home or your friend’s house. The remaining 4 camps can be in the same or different locations and can include up to 3 nights indoors at the Scout Hall or similar and 1 night indoors at home or a friend’s house (but not in your normal bed).

Complete 6 Challenges from the list below:

1. At a camp take part in a new adventurous activity that you have not done before.

2. As part of the Outdoor challenge. In a single camp complete the following tasks:

·      Take part in a new outdoor game like a wide game;

·      Take part in a campfire or other entertainment;   

·      Show that you know how to keep your tent and kit safe, tidy and secure

3. Camp with a friend you wish to introduce to Cubs.

4. Camp at a County Camp Site like Walesby.

5. Camp at a District Camp Site like Hollygate.

6. Camp at a District or County event like District Camp.

7. Camp on a farm. (This can be done as a family event)

8. Camp in a traditional tent from another country like a tepee.

9. Camp at a family event organised by your Pack, Unit or Group.

10. Camp at a Campsite in Nottinghamshire but not in Rushcliffe – remember, residential stay at a recognised campsite counts as an outdoor camp

11. Camp at a Campsite in a different County and not in Nottinghamshire

12. Sleep in a shelter that you have helped to make

13. Spend at least 2 nights at a Campsite

14. Help to pitch and strike a tent