Cub Scouting started officially in 1916 when "Junior Scouts" became "Wolf Cubs". The original activities were constantly being changed and developed until, in 1966, a number of major changes were introduced into the Scout movement as a whole and "Wolf Cubs" became "Cub Scouts". New Activity badges were added to the Training Scheme with the emphasis now on the individual to reach their own level dependant on their individual talents and abilities.

True to the original ideas of Robert Baden-Powell, Cub Scouting still seeks to meet the Aim of The Scout Association to encourage the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people so that they may take a constructive place in society. By offering Adventure and Challenge through the Progressive Training Scheme that leads the young Cub Scout through a series of tasks and duties that will test and extend their individual abilities and prepare them for their move into the Scouts.

Cub Scouts are youngsters usually aged between 8 and 10½ years old who are members of a Cub Scout Pack. The Cub Scout Leader runs the Pack with a team of Assistants who all give their time freely and have had special training to help them do an effective job. Because Cub Scouting, by tradition, has adapted many ideas from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" many of the Leaders are known to the youngsters by the names of the animals in this book.

The youngsters usually call the Cub Scout Leader Akela, and other Adults may be Baloo, Bagheera or Kaa. The Adult Leaders are responsible for planning and running the programme of games and activities for Pack meetings and special outings and events. The youngsters work in small groups called Sixes which are led by older Cub Scouts called Sixers.

The Cub Pack has several simple ceremonies, one of which is the Investiture to which you may be invited, when your youngster will be asked to make a promise.

The Cub Scout Promise is :-

I promise that I will do my best,
to do my duty to God, and to the Queen,
to help other people,
and to keep the Cub Scout Law.

The Cub Scout Promise is adaptable to suit the religious beliefs of the individual Cub Scout and their parents. The Cub Scouts are a multi-cultural, multi-faith organisation as are all the Sections of the Scouts from the Beaver Scouts through to the Explorer Scouts and beyond.

An alternative promise is available for those with no affirmed faith or humanists :-

I promise that I will do my best,
to uphold our Scout values,
to do my duty to the Queen,
to help other people,
and to keep the Cub Scout Law.

They will also be asked to try and keep the Cub Scout Law which is :-

Cub Scouts always do their best,
think of others before themselves,
and do a good turn every day.