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Scout awards and decorations (except the Silver Wolf, the Silver Acorn and its Bar, Award for Merit and its Bar, which are worn around the neck) and the emblems corresponding to them are worn immediately above the right breast.
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Explorer Scouts who have completed the Explorer Badge or Young Leader Missions are also entitled to wear the Explorer Belt Buckle or Young Leader Belt Buckle as appropriate. For Explorer Units and District Scout Networks, the colour(s) are chosen by the Section’s members, subject to the approval of the District Commissioner and the District Trustee Board. The guide below shows what you can do with the badges you’ve earned, and explains which ones you can keep on your uniform when you move into a new section, and which ones can’t move across. Outside Northern Ireland, where members are entitled to wear saffron, male holders of appointments may wear a saffron kilt and female holders of appointments may wear a pleated saffron skirt.On completion of the Getting Started modules, uniformed adults may wear the Gilwell Turks Head woggle. Explorer Unit scarves may be chosen by the Explorer Unit subject to the approval of the District Commissioner and the District Trustee Board. Where a Section is wearing saffron, the sock and shoe colours must be the same for the whole Section. Scarves worn by members of a Scout Group as part of the appropriate uniform must all be of the same colour(s). On completion of the Getting Started modules, non-uniformed adults may wear a metal pin badge depicting the Gilwell log and axe.
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Scouts, Explorers, Scout Network members and Leaders in or associated with a Group, Explorer Unit or Scout Network which is recognised by the Royal Navy or Royal Air Force may wear the appropriate R. You can either choose to wear just the Group Scarf, or both your Group Scarf and your Explorer Unit Scarf, if you have one. As with Challenge Awards, you don’t wear your Beaver badges on your Cubs sweater, or your Cubs badges on your Scouts uniform. For occasions when uniform is not worn, uniformed adults may wear a metal pin badge depicting the Gilwell log and axe. All young people of Explorer age who participate in the Explorer Scout Young Leaders programme will be expected to wear the Explorers uniform.
Ribbons of decorations conferred by foreign National Scout Associations are worn below the emblems of United Kingdom Scout Association decorations. If you’ve got questions about where your badges need to go, how long you can wear occasional badges, or which badges you can move from one section to the next, just get in touch with us. Scouts, Explorers, Scout Network members and adult members who hold approved First Aid or Life Saving qualifications for which there is no cloth badge may wear The Scout Association badge(s) as appropriate. The Arrowhead Badge is the symbol of The Scout Association and is part of The Scout Association’s Armorial Bearings. The movement's uniforms are protected under the Chartered Associations (Protection of Names and Uniforms) Act 1926.