Awards are used to celebrate our members, volunteers, and helpers. There are a wide range of different awards that are available, which you can find more information about below.

Scouts Good Service Awards

These are awarded by the Scout Association to full adult members, for their contribution to Scouting. They include:

• Chief Scout’s Commendation for Good Service
• Award for Merit
• Bar to the Award for Merit
• Silver Acorn
• Bar to the Silver Acorn
• Silver Wolf

You can find out more about nomination criteria on this page: Good Service Awards

Good Service Awards are nominated through the Membership System. You can find a guide on how to complete this here: Digital Tool Guides – Awards

South London Scouts Shining Star Awards

These are awarded by our County, South London Scouts, to people and groups of people whose outstanding commitment and achievements exemplify the positive impact we always strive to make within our communities.

You can find out more about the nomination criteria, and submit a nomination for our adult volunteers, on this page: Shining Stars – Adult Awards

You can find out more about the nomination criteria, and submit a nomination for our youth members, on this page: Shining Stars – Youth Awards

Commendation Awards

These are local awards, given by our Lead Volunteers or Youth Leads, to celebrate amazing achievements by our young people, volunteers, or other helpers. To find out more and submit a Commendation Award in Lambeth, visit this page: Commendation Award Nomination

Missing Awards

If you have an award that was not presented to you, please complete the following form to let us know, so we can arrange this: Missing Awards