A Beaver Scout Colony has both boys and girls aged between 6 and 8 years.

Beaver Scouting is about:

• having fun
• making friends
• keeping the Promise
• sharing
• making progress
• using a variety of groupings
  
  These underpin all that is done in the Colony. Using a variety of methods, Beaver Scouts are guided to:
  
  
• learn about themselves
• get to know people
• explore
• care
• be creative
  
  Leaders are encouraged to approach each of these areas in a variety of ways by including activities sometimes close to the Beaver Scouts' own experiences, sometimes based in the local community and sometimes introducing them to issues in the wider world.