Lower Good Service deadlines and processing
Chief Scout's Commendation for Good Service, Award for Merit, Bar to the Award for Merit and Silver Acorn deadlines and what happens when these nominations have been approved locally via 'My Membership'
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Awards covered in this process
Lower Good Service awards
- The Chief Scout's Commendation for Good Service
- The Award for Merit
- The Bar to the Award for Merit
- The Silver Acorn
The Process
Stage 1: Once the decision to approve a lower Good Service Award nomination via 'My Membership' is made locally, the nomination is automatically passed to the UK Headquarters Scout Awards Team for further checks and processing.
Stage 2: Suitability check performed by UK Headquarters Vetting Team.
Stage 3: On a quarterly basis (in February, May, August and November), the award is posted to individual who holds the Awards Parcel Recipient accreditation for the relevant County/Area/Region (Scotland).
Stage 4: At this point it's recommended that local congratulations emails/letters are sent to the award recipient to notify them of their award and provide details of how they will be presented with it.
Stage 5: On a quarterly basis (two months after the quarterly award mail out), the award is uploaded to the relevant members profile.
Timeline
There are four award decision submission deadlines throughout the year for lower Good Service Awards (noted below).
In the month after the quarterly awards mail out, Silver Acorn award recipients will directly receive a congratulatory letter from the UK Chief Volunteer.
First Deadline
Local award approval deadline: 31 March
Award dispatched: By 31 May
Silver Acorn congratulatory letter sent: By 30 June
Award uploaded to members profile: By 31 July
Second Deadline
Local award approval deadline: 30 June
Awards dispatched: By 31 August
Silver Acorn congratulatory letter sent: By 30 September
Award uploaded to members profile: By 31 October
Third Deadline
Local award approval deadline: 30 September
Awards dispatched: By 30 November
Silver Acorn congratulatory letter sent: By 31 December
Award uploaded to members profile: By 31 January
Fourth Deadline
Local award approval deadline: 31 December
Awards dispatched: By 28/29 February
Silver Acorn congratulatory letter sent: By 31 March
Award uploaded to members profile: By 30 April
Event invites and Roll of honour
Names of all Good Service award recipients approved and sent out during the calendar year (January - December) will be published in the Roll of honour in March of the following year.
Silver Acorn recipients will be invited to a suitable national event in the future to celebrate their award. Invites to this event will be sent out when the event details have been confirmed.