Award Programme Sections
- Service
- Adventurous Journey
- Skills
- Physical Recreation
- Residential Project (only applicable to Gold Award Participants)
Service
Purpose:
- To develop a sense of responsibility to the community and become better citizens
- To experience community building and bonding through service
- To learn through helping others
Examples:
- Volunteering in a Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Fund-raising projects (eg. Job Week and Donation Draw)
- Environmental protection and nature conservation projects (eg. WSEP or SWA)
- Caring for animals
- Helping out in homes for the elderly or in children’s homes
- Volunteering in local hospitals
- Working with the disabled
- Or pursue an activity of your own choosing
The Challenge:
To offer service regularly
- Bronze: 15 hours over a period of 3 months
- Silver: 30 hours over a period of 6 months
- Gold: 60 hours over a period of 12 months
Adventurous Journey
Purpose: Adventure and discovery
Examples:
- Canoeing
- Camping
- Jungle trekking
- Mountain biking
- Sailing
- Scout Explorations (eg. CCAET or VCET or SWA –overseas mission)
The Challenge:
Plan, train for and undertake a venture
- Bronze: 2 days/1 night
- Silver: 3 days/2 nights
- Gold: 4 days/3 nights
Skills
Purpose:
- Develop and expand personal interests
- Gain useful knowledge and skills and set a foundation for future learning
Examples:
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The Challenge:
Show individual progress and sustained interest
- Bronze:6 months
- Silver: 12 months
- Gold: 18 months
Physical Recreation
Purpose:
- Healthy body, spirit and mind
- To develop strength, stamina, endurance and perseverance
- To empower you with confidence and self-esteem to help you face challenges in daily life
Examples:
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The Challenge:
To show improvement in overall performance
- Bronze: 20 hours spread over 8 weeks
- Silver: 30 hours spread over 10 weeks
- Gold: 40 hours spread over 12 weeks
Residential Project
Purpose:
Cross physical and cultural boundaries to help communities bear out extremities and hardship
Provide community service at home or abroad through residential projects
Become global citizens by helping others
The Challenge:
To undertake or initiate a project that will have a beneficial impact on the community at large, be it at home or abroad.
Travellingto foreign countries exposes one to exciting sights, sounds and smells. The residential project allows the participants to live the local lifestyle, not as a mere traveller, but as a resident.
