Rover Heritage Award

The Heritage Award is one of the Rover Proficiency Awards that a Rover can earn. The requirements are as follows:

1. Think about what you perceive heritage to be and compare that to other people's understanding.
2. Choose two of the following topics and hold a short discussion with your Crew on the topics selected.
   1. Why should we be preserving Heritage?
   2. How can the presentation and interpretation of Heritage (objects and site) be used to create a biased view of the past?
   3. Why should historical, archaeological and heritage objects in foreign museums be returned to their country of origin?
   4. Why is it important to protect historical objects, sites, monuments?
3. Do one of the following:
   1. Assist a younger branch in completing the requirement of their Archaeological or Heritage themed badges.
   2. Run a program for Meerkats, Cubs or Scouts on the theme of heritage awareness. This can be done in a presentation, or any creative way.
4. Choose one of these options:
   1. Volunteer at a museum or historical site for at least 30 hours (This can include one of the Scouting Museums).
   2. Maintain the history for your Crew for at least 1 year. In this time, you must create a display of the Crew's history and heritage including a list of past Crew Chairs and BP Recipients (if any) and explain why it is important to maintain the history and tell the story of their Crew. This is to be displayed at the Group AGM or a District event (if a district Crew).
   3. Raise awareness of the importance of heritage within South Africa. This should be done to a non-Scouting audience and should focus on two of the following themes:
      1. Sustainability
      2. Education
      3. Responsibility

Note: This badge is based on the Derbyshire Scout Archaeology Badge. For more information and activities relating to Archaeology and heritage please visit https://www.derbyshirescouts.org/activity/Archaeology.