Scouts of the World Award

The Scouts of the World Award (SOWA) is a Scout Network only award that gives members the chance to undertake a project of their choice within the themes of Peace, Environment and Sustainability and take action on their chosen issue.

Through your Scouts of the World Award journey, you’ll develop skills and knowledge that will empower you to undertake a project that will make a sustainable impact on your local, national or international community, while developing your own skills.

You’ll learn skills including: independence, team work, project management, budgeting and communication skills, while gaining an understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. You can complete the award anywhere in the world, including your home country and this can be completed as a team, with each member playing a project management role and completing 80 hours+ of work towards the project.

If you are interested in working towards your Scouts of the World Award (and for anyone who is already working on it) you can find all of the requirements for the award here.

Once you have attended a SOWA Discovery session please inform the County Scout Network Team by filling out the following form

SOWA Registration Form