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Awards Information

ESNAT – The Awards Specialists

ESNAT are the award specialists and form part of the Network Fellowship. We are here to give you support and advice on the different awards available to Network Members.

The ESNAT team have all achieved the Queen’s Scout Award so are well equipped to guide you through the award system. You can contact us by

What can ESNAT do for you?

• Give presentations on all the major awards
  
  
• Tell you about our own experiences

• Guide you through the awards as a group or on a 1-1 basis
  
  
• Plan and run evenings on certain topics such as route cards, for example

• Organise weekends away and run satellite drops

• Provide answers to any questions you may have relating to the award scheme

• And much, much more

We can attend Network meetings and events as often as you would like us to and are more than happy to work with you from start to finish.

Most of you know who we are so feel free to contact us at anytime !

The Awards

		The Chief Scout's Diamond Award
		The Queen’s Scout Award The Queen's Scout Award: Requirements Checklist The Queen's Scout Award: International, Environment and Values Activities List
		The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
		The Explorer Belt
		Personal Record Sheet

Hints, Tips & Suggestions

The following are suggested activities for the challenge part of the awards. They should give you some idea of what you can do and use for the awards.

SKILL

• Learn to play a musical instrument and take one of the graded music exams

• Attend evening classes at a local college

• Learn to drive and pass your driving test

• Any hobby such as painting, dancing, drawing etc… Where you can improve as you go along

• Learn to become a climbing and abseil Instructor

PHYSICAL RECREATION

• Join a local sports team or club

• Belong to a Gym and complete a programme of fitness improvement with the help of an instructor

SERVICE

• Help within another Scouting Section and complete the “Getting Started” part of the Training Program

• Assist with a Brownie or Guide troop

• Help out at a local youth club

• Work for a charity by helping out in a charity shop, for example

• Work as a Volunteer (details can be found in your Local Job Centre).

• Help with a conservation project

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

• Help out at a camp with a Group or Section other than your own

• Help out at a Special needs camp/event
  
  
• Go on a BTCV working environmental project holiday. They have international and UK holidays available. Website: www.btcv.org
  
  
• A training experience that encourages personal development

• London Sailing Project. Website: www.lsp.org.uk

The following are some hints and tips we have picked up from our own experiences of doing the awards.

• When planning your expedition make sure you record every meeting as this will help you when putting together your projects or presentations

• During the planning and execution of your expedition make sure that you can demonstrate that every team member has had an equal share of the workload E.g. Draw up a job list at the end of each meeting

• You can add the QSA expedition onto the Explorer Belt expedition and do a 14 day expedition in a foreign country

• Use the support that’s available to you. This will help to keep you on the right track.

• Keep a diary of your expedition as this will be a way for you to let your feelings out during the expedition and will enable you to relive the experience afterwards

• When planning your practice expeditions make use of local areas which are unfamiliar to you. You don’t need to go too far away!

• Doing the awards can sometimes be a bit of a roller coaster ride with dips and highs. There may be times when you hit a dip and want to give up. If that happens just remind yourself what achieving the award would mean to you.

• ENJOY YOURSELF THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE!