Wood Badge request form

Wood Badge request form

NOTE: If you need to fill out this form for a lot of people, please email awards@scouts.org.uk to request an excel file that you can complete instead.

The purpose of this form is to notify the UK Headquarters Scout Awards Team about Wood Badges that were completed prior to the launch of the new membership system but the 'Recommend Wood Badge button on Compass was never pressed for a this Wood Badge.

All the requirements of the Wood Badge must have been achieved and members learning records will be checked to ensure their completion. If the member had modules in Compass that were not validated, the Wood Badge will not be awarded.

The person completing this form should hold the role of Volunteering Development Team Leader or Lead Volunteer.

This form is used to collect personal data about the person filling in the form and the Wood Badge recipient.

We take the obligation for personal data privacy seriously. The data you provide to us is handled and retained in accordance with our Data Protection Policy: https://www.scouts.org.uk/about-us/policy/.

Upon receipt of the request, the Scout Awards Team will process the data and approved Wood Badges will be sent out in the next quarterly awards mail out (February, May, August, November).

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please try to avoid using the auto fill function on this form because when you start to fill in the sections at the bottom of the form, it may override the details in the top of the form.

NOTE:

If you need to fill out this form for a lot of people, please email awards@scouts.org.uk to request an excel file that you can complete instead.

Details of the person completing this form

Membership Number*

Please do not include any 0's at the front of a membership number. For example, if the membership number is 0006789, please enter 6789.

Name*

Role*

Select

Wood Badge recommendation*

I confirm the individual listed below has completed all relevant modules appropriate to the role and identified in their Personal Learning Plan.

Details of Wood Badge recipient

Membership Number*

Please do not include any 0's at the front of a membership number. For example, if the membership number is 0000056789, please enter 6789.

First name*

Please copy this exactly from the Wood Badge recipients membership record.

Surname*

Please copy this exactly from the Wood Badge recipients membership record.

(The name printed on approved Wood Badge certificates will be as per the 'Certificate Name' listed on their membership record.)

Role Wood Badge was obtained for*

NOTE:

Please do not use any abbreviations.
The role you list here should be the role the individual obtained a Wood Badge for using the pre transformation role titles.

Date Wood Badge was obtained*

Are Wood Beads required?*

NOTE: Wood Beads are only sent out to the member if this is their first Wood Badge.

Select

County (England) / Area (Wales) / Region (Northern Ireland/Scotland), or Region, or Country*

Location where role is held for the Wood Badge that's been obtained.

Select

District (if relevant)

Location where role is held for the Wood Badge that's been obtained.

NOTE: Please leave this blank if the Wood Badge is for a role that was at a County (England) / Area (Wales) / Region (Northern Ireland/Scotland), or Region, or Country level.

Select

Group (if relevant)

Location where role is held for the Wood Badge that's been obtained.

NOTE:

Please copy this exactly from the Group name listed on membership system.
Please leave this blank if the Wood Badge is for a role that was at a District level or above.

Please detail here if there is any other relevant information relating to this Wood Badge request

Where the Wood Badge will be sent

After it's approved by UK Headquarters, this Wood Badge will be sent out in the next quarterly awards mail out to whomever has been assigned the Awards Parcel Recipient accreditation (or if no one holds this accreditation, then the Lead Volunteer) for the relevant location*.

*The 'relevant location' is based upon the location selected on this form as to where the Wood Badge was obtained. But please note that as Awards Parcel Recipient accreditations are only available at District level and above, if you have listed a Group as the location, then the Wood Badge will be sent out to whichever District this Group sits under in the hierarchy.

When the Wood Badge will be uploaded to the membership system

After it's approved by UK Headquarters and has been sent out in a quarterly awards mail out, the Wood Badge will then be uploaded to the relevant members profile on the membership system.

This process occurs quarterly:

Wood Badges sent out in February will appear on records in April.
Wood Badges sent out in May will appear on records in July.
Wood Badges sent out in August will appear on records in October.
Wood Badges sent out in November will appear on records in January.

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