Uniform
What do Scouts wear?
Scouts wear a uniform during their weekly meetings and sometimes on trips away, depending on where they're going and what they're doing. Usually, this consists of a teal green shirt or blouse with their badges sewn on, which they pair with a scarf, known as a necker. Exact uniforms will vary slightly if your Troop is part of the Air Scouts or Sea Scouts.
Alongside their shirts, Scouts might wear the accompanying blue uniform trousers or skirt, or they might save their uniform bottoms to wear for special occasions like awards ceremonies and public events – choosing to wear something more casual with their shirt during the week. Optional accessories such as hats, hoodies, are also available.
Where can I buy my uniform?
Uniform can either be bought from our online shop - Scout Store - or from a local supplier.
Scouts require:
Optional extras for Scouts:
- Trousers: Youth Activity Trousers or Girls Activity Trousers or Shorts
- Badge Blanket – for wearing on chilly camp evenings, and for attaching your old or novelty badges to.
Here's where to sew on those badges..
- Wales badge
- Group name tape
- Scotland/ Northern Ireland Badge
- District Badge
- County/ Area/ Region Badge
- Group badge (if not warn on scarf)
- Patrol Badge
- Leadership stripe
- Union Flag
- Group Name tape
- Chief Scout's Award
- Challenge Awards
- Wales Badge
- Occasional Badges
- Moving On Award
- Joining In Awards
- Membership Award
- Activity and Staged Activity Badges
- Group badge (if worn on scarf)