Hello, this is 6th Benton Beavers

 We meet every Tuesday at 6pm in St Bart's Church, Station Road, Benton

Beaver Scouts are the youngest section in The Scout Association and are aged 6 –8 years old.

Beaver Scouts have lots of fun doing different activities which include making things, going on visits, making friends, doing badges and going away for a night on a sleepover

Scouting began in 1907 when Robert Baden-Powell, Lieutenant General in the British Army, held the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island in England. Baden-Powell wrote the principles of Scouting in Scouting for Boys (London, 1908)
 

The first recognized overseas unit was chartered in Gibraltar in 1908, followed quickly by a unit in Malta. Canada became the first overseas dominion with a sanctioned Boy Scout program, followed by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Chile was the first country outside the British dominions to have a recognized Scouting program. By 1910, Argentina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Malaya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States had Boy Scouts. The first Scout rally, held in 1910 at The Crystal Palace in London, attracted 10,000 boys and a number of girls.
 

While Beaver Scouting was an informal part of some Scout Groups' programmes during the 1970s, The Scout Association did not give formal recognition until 1982, and even then the section was not given full membership until 1986.

Since then, Beaver Scouting for 6-8 year olds has been a major part of the Scout Programme in the United Kingdom, and has a large participation rate across most of the country. Most Scout Groups have at least one Colony, and can have as many as three or four.

The Beaver Scout section currently has the largest proportion of members within Scouting in the United Kingdom, with many colonies servicing waiting lists, some of which may have several times as many waiting as there are actual members.