The Scouts system places a high emphasis on honors and awards, boasting hundreds of different badges to reward outstanding youths, with varying degrees of difficulty for obtaining these badges.
The easier ones,
for example, spending a day camping independently can earn you the "Basic Campfire Badge," visiting five museums and writing a 500-word scientific essay for each one will earn you the "Basic Science Enthusiast Badge," and helping an old lady cross the street can earn you a "Basic Kindness Badge," and so on.
Some badges, however, carry very significant value.
UK Scout badges are categorized into four levels: basic, third-class, second-class, and first-class.
Both basic and third-class badges are relatively easy to obtain if you have enough volunteer hours and frequently participate in relevant activities.
However, obtaining a second-class badge is quite difficult,
and a first-class badge is even rarer.
