Squirrel Scouts (The Scout Association)

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Squirrels
Owner	The Scout Association
Age range	4–6
Country	United Kingdom
Founded	2021
Membership	10,586 children, 860 groups (January 2023)[1]
Next Beavers
Website scouts.org.uk/squirrels
Scouting portal

Squirrels is a programme for four to six-year-old infant children, which is operated by The Scout Association in the United Kingdom. The programme was launched in September 2021.

Squirrels is a programme with aspects imitating Scouts for much younger, infant children (aged 4-6).^[2] Squirrels make a simple promise to suit members' young ages, wear neckerchiefs in group colours, have award badges, have short meetings with early finishing times and are taught moral lessons (The Scout Law) through games and stories.^[3] A group of Squirrels is called a "drey". Dreys form part of a local scout group. After reaching the age of six, a Squirrel can move on to Beavers.