Beaver Scouts (Scouting Ireland)

Beaver Scouts
Owner	Scouting Ireland
Age range	6–8
Headquarters	National Office
Location	Larch Hill, Dublin 16
Country	Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Chief Scout	Christy McCann
Affiliation	World Scout Movement
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Website www.scouts.ie/beaver_scouts/what_we_do-10.html

Beaver Scouts (commonly known as Beavers) are the youngest age group in Scouting Ireland and are boys and girls aged between 6 and 8 years of age. The personal progressive scheme is broken down into three stages 'Bree' (Year 1) 'Ruairc' (Year 2) and 'Conn', Adventure skills, Special Interest Badges and the Chief Scout Award also form part of the progress scheme.^[1]

Structure

A group of Beavers is called a Beaver Scout Colony. The colony is run by a team of Programme Scouters (often with a "Section Leader" as the head) and often Venture Scouts. The beaver colony operates a very loose form of the Patrol System, in accordance with the Scout method, whereby Beavers are divided into small groups called lodges. The head beaver in a lodge is known as a lodge leader who is helped by an asst lodge leader. These positions are changed frequently within the lodge.

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