The King’s Scout Award (KSA) is the highest award youth members can achieve in Scouting. Recipients are invited to join the St George’s Day service at Windsor Castle. To complete the award, you will need to commit to developing and challenging yourself in many new ways.

You will spend time in new places, meet new people and learn new skills. You will develop your communication, organisational and teamwork skills. Skills that are needed for life.

Getting Started

Step 1: The first step on your KSA journey is to sign up, please complete our online form to register:

Humberside Scouts King Scout Award Registration and Request a Mentor – Fill in form

There is no requirement to register with HQ, but to ensure you receive full support while you are completing your KSA, we ask you to register. We’ll assign you a mentor and you will have a local support network to make completing your award easier and more fun.

Step 2: Think about what activities you are going to complete or have already completed for each of your sections. Discuss these with your mentor.

Step 3: Get started with your chosen activities.

Step 4: Keep your KSA Logbook up to date with your activities as you complete them.

Step 5: When you and your mentor are happy for your KSA Logbook, please email your logbook to top.awards@humbersidescouts.org.uk for local review and approval. This will then be submitted to Scout HQ for their review and approval.

Support Available

Support is primarily available through your KSA mentor, although any leader can support you to achieve your KSA. For those that are completing Gold DofE you can also receive support through our County DofE Lead (dofe@humbersidescouts.org.uk) . For those completing, the KSA challenges you will need each of the challenges to be signed off by an assessor and registered in the KSA logbook. An assessor is someone who can vouch for the activities you have undertaken and provide some evidence (like a short statement) about your participation. An assessor is often your Explorer Leader or 14-24 Lead, but it can be anyone who has witnessed the activities you have taken part in.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the County Top Awards Team Lead (top.awards@humbersidescouts.org.uk), who will be happy to help you in the planning, organising and assessment of your award.

There are five main areas; Membership, Nights away, International, Community and Values activities, Challenges and Presentation. To complete the Award you will need to:
    • Be aged 16-25 and be a member of Explorer Scouts (from aged 16) or Scout Network for at least 18 months
    • Complete 18 nights away, 12 of which must be camping
    • Complete six activities in total, two from each topic area of the International, Community and Values activities list
    • Complete the Gold DofE or Complete the 5 King\'s Scout Award Challenges
    • Make a presentation to a suitable audience about your award, in the hope that they are inspired to do theirs
King\'s Scout Award Detailed Badge Requirements
Completing Gold DofE as part of your KSA journey

Gold Duke of Edinburgh\'s Award is strongly encouraged as part of the King\'s Scout Award (KSA) journey. By completing both awards, young people develop valuable skills in leadership, resilience, teamwork and community service, while gaining two of the UK\'s highest recognitions for personal achievement. The overlap between the awards also allows participants to maximise their efforts and get the most from their Scouting experience.

For more information on completing your Gold DofE with Humberside Scouts see our DofE webpage.

Useful Resources
Ideas and Opportunities
Opportunities within Scouting 
  • Young Leaders Scheme (More info at: Young Leaders)
  • Volunteering with one of our local campsites
  • Complete an Expedition with Humberside Scouts
  • Complete your Residential at one of the Jamborees across the UK e.g. Poacher, Larkin, CamJam, Essex International Jamboree, Charnwood