{"alias":"contentPage","byline":null,"standfirst":null,"content":{"layouts":[{"type":"sidebar","areas":[{"items":[{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELower Good Service awards\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Chief Scout\u0027s Commendation for Good Service\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Award for Merit\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Bar to the Award for Merit\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Silver Acorn\u003C/li\u003E\n\u003C/ul\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#088486","title":"Awards covered in this process","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStage 1: \u003C/strong\u003EOnce the decision to\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003Eapprove\u003Cspan\u003E a lower Good Service Award nomination via \u0027My Membership\u0027 is made locally, the nomination is automatically passed to the UK Headquarters \u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:awards@scouts.org.uk\u0022\u003EScout Awards Team\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;for further checks and processing.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStage 2:\u003C/strong\u003E Suitability check performed by UK Headquarters Vetting Team.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStage 3:\u003C/strong\u003E 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).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStage 4:\u003C/strong\u003E At this point it\u0027s recommended that \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/learning-development-and-awards/awards-and-recognition/timely-presentation-of-awards/\u0022 title=\u0022Timely presentation of awards\u0022\u003Elocal congratulations\u003C/a\u003E 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.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStage 5:\u003C/strong\u003E On a quarterly basis (two months after the quarterly award mail out), the award is uploaded to the relevant members profile.\u003C/p\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#f1f1f1","title":"The Process","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETimeline\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere are four award decision submission deadlines throughout the year for lower Good Service Awards (noted below).\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the month after the quarterly awards mail out, Silver Acorn award recipients will directly receive a congratulatory letter from the UK Chief Volunteer.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocal award approval deadline:\u003C/strong\u003E 31 March\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAward dispatched:\u003C/strong\u003E By 31 May\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESilver Acorn congratulatory letter sent:\u003C/strong\u003E By 30 June\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAward uploaded to members profile:\u003C/strong\u003E By 31 July\u003C/p\u003E","link":null,"colour":"#f1f1f1","title":"First Deadline","image":null,"imageFocus":"","imageId":0,"imageKey":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","imageCrop":"","gridType":"card","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"type":"Promo","cta":"","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocal award approval deadline:\u003C/strong\u003E 30 June\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAwards dispatched:\u003C/strong\u003E By 31 August\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESilver Acorn congratulatory letter sent:\u003C/strong\u003E By 30 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calendar year (January - December) will be published in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/learning-development-and-awards/awards-and-recognition/previous-award-recipients/\u0022 title=\u0022Previous Recipients\u0022\u003ERoll of honour\u003C/a\u003E in March of the following year\u003C/strong\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESilver Acorn recipients will be invited to a \u003Cstrong\u003Esuitable national event\u003C/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Ein the future \u003C/strong\u003Eto celebrate their award. 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