What is St John Ambulance Cymru Badgers?

Each week our Badgers, who are aged between 5 and 11 years old, meet up with their Badger Sett Leaders and Helpers to play and learn. We do this by following one of our Badger Subjects and its activities. For example, in Green Badger we made a collage of what we would like the park to look like and chatted about how to make our ideas become reality.

In each Badger Subject, we try to learn either about ourselves or the world around us. As future first aiders, we want to make sure that we are (and everyone else is!) as healthy and happy as possible. The main way we always do this is through play!

Here’s our full list of Badger Subjects!

Caring, Communicate, Community Action, Cymraeg, First Aid (5-9), First Aider (9+), Green, Healthy, Helpful, Performance, Safety, Science, Space, Animals, Adventure.

Super Badger Awards

Recognising hard work and success!

Series of badge logos featuring a cartoon badgers head as the background.

Each time you complete a Badger Subject, you earn a badge! Each of our badges can be worn on your Badger uniform and remind you of all your hard work.

Once you have earned three badges, you gain a Stage Award. Eventually, you can become a Super Badger! You are also awarded these badges to wear on your Badger uniform!

Series of badge logos featuring a cartoon badger's paw in various colours

Bertie’s Helping Paws

Rewarding our youngest volunteers.

Many of our older Badgers can be promoted to the role of Follow Me Badger and take on a leadership role in their units.

Just as with our Cadets and adult volunteers, we track and reward the volunteering time our Badgers put into St John Ambulance Cymru.

This might be helping out with a Division organised litter pick in the park, working with other Badgers to decorate the Division Hall for an event, or joining an SJAC stall at a fayre.

Once a Badger reaches 100 volunteering hours, they’re awarded a Bertie’s Helping Paws award to add to their uniform.

Follow Me Badger

Leadership opportunities for older Badgers.

Many of our older Badgers can be promoted to the role of Follow Me Badger and take on a leadership role in their units.

These Badgers help their peers with organising and running games or making sure new members feel welcome.

They are selected by their Badger Sett Leader and wear a stripe on their shirt so other Badgers can recognise them.

This prepares Badgers to move up into Cadets and for the leadership opportunities available there, such as the Young Leader Foundation course and Lead Cadet role.