The Links area provides links to obtain further information on subjects contained in Scouting Resources. From here you can go on to websites related to your area of interest, pick up some further reading in related books and jot down some contact addresses.
Scoutbase
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The official UK Scout Association site. Covers all things Scouting related. Highly Recommended
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk
Scouts Canada
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An excellent and well designed site
http://www.scouts.ca/
Scouting Ireland
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Contains many useful resources. Info on camping, pioneering, knots, countryside and much more. Idea banks and programme ideas for all sections and many leader resources.
http://www.scouts.ie/
Campfire Chaos
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A mine of information on campfire songs and skits and the fires themselves
http://www.campfirechaos.org.uk/
Camp Trails
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A good site with plenty of scouting links
http://www.netwoods.com/d-scoutcraft.html
Guiding Works
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A good Guide site with plenty of resources for all in Scouting
http://www.guidingworks.com/
Knotting Dictionary of Kannet
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Excellent source of knots and related resources
http://korpegard.se/knot/
The MacScouter
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Americanized but a very good source of resources and ideas
http://www.macscouter.com/
Mohawk Wolf Cub Pack
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A pack site but with some very nice ideas and links. Look deeply
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/1066/
Pine Tree Web
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An absolute wealth of information. Must see
Pioneering Projects
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Nice simple site with plenty of ideas
http://www.pioneeringprojects.org/
Pow Wow Online
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A good resource site
http://www.cubbobwhite.net/
Qedoc
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Qedoc includes a free quiz maker and quiz player (that is, it is free if you make the quizzes available under a creative commons license). This quiz software is fully featured and very easy to use and can be used to provide a wide range of resources for Scouting.
http://www.qedoc.com/
Scouting Milestones
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An excellent collection of early Scouting material. An exhaustive and unparalleled chronology and history of Scouting
http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/
Scouts Australia
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A nicely designed site with plenty of information
http://www.scouts.com.au/
Scouters Notebook
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Excellent source of information for a variety of items including fires, first aid and cooking.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/scoutnotebook/
Virtual Cub Scout Leaders Handbook
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A very good site for cub leaders to look for resources and ideas (Americanized)
http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/
Ultimate Camp Resource
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An excellent site with a wide variety of useful camping related resources
http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/
Boy Scout Trail
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Although strongly American based it has some useful ideas and activities
http://www.boyscouttrail.com/
CUSAGC
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The Cambridge university scout and guide club. Contains a good deal of clipart
http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/cusagc/
E-Quartermaster System
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E-Quartermaster is a Microsoft Access based inventory system, designed for use by scout troops.
http://www.leicesterwalk.co.uk/eqm/
Maximum Velocity
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All the information and bits you need for a Pinewood Derby
MSSAGO
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The Manchester university scout and guide club. Info on their activities and links to other student scouting clubs.
http://www.umu.man.ac.uk/~manssago/
OUSGG
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The Oxford University Scout and Guide Group. Includes some useful programme ideas
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ousgg/
Pinewood Derby Pro
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Useful information on building the 'cars' and a useful links section
http://www.pinewoodpro.com/
Radio Scouting
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Interesting and informative information on Radio Scouting in the UK.
http://www.radio-scouting.org.uk
Route Cards
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A good source of info for route planning...promises to be a very useful site
http://www.routecards.co.uk/
Excel Route Cards (D of E)
An excellent route card system ... very useful
http://www.sys-tech.co.uk/dofe/
Scout Badges
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An excellent site for those collectors among us
http://www.scoutbadges.org.uk/
Scoutboard
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A good collection of Scouting forum pages
http://scoutboard.com/
ScoutDocs: Resources for Scouting
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Canadian specific but a great deal of document related resources
http://ScoutDocs.ca/
Scouts on Stamps Society International
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Interesting site for collectors
http://www.sossi.org/
Scouting Resources Online
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Lots of information including some good links
Scouting Jumpstation
Scoutbases's Jumpstation - Ok but not a huge amount of links
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/direct/jump/
Scouting the Net
A scouting portal - American orientated but useful
http://www.arkie.net/~scouting/
Scoutnet's Scouting Spider
A good search engine for scouting information
http://www.spider.scout.net/
[Broken link: Last checked: January 2008]
Notes
Each page of links contains a number of links, each with the site name, a brief review and a URL. The link will take you straight to the site. ( This does mean that you will have to use your Back button on your browser, or equivalent, to return to Scouting Resources).
The star rating is an overall rating for the site. Please note that the star rating is a subjective view taken by the Scouting Resources site and a low (or high) rating should not be taken too seriously. It is merely a simple way of ranking the sites to decide upon which order you should look at them. In keeping with the Scouting spirit I suggest that, if you have the time, you look at all the sites listed. However it certainly is true that some sites could be better and the star rating does serve a purpose.
The reviews of the websites are subject to the above comments. Please note that this site is UK Orientated and contains mostly UK sites unless they are considered to be outstanding and useful to Scouters worldwide.
It would be impractical to list every Scouting site, this is a job best served by search engines and directories. Only sites that are 'relatively easy to find' are featured here. Obscure sites, sites that always seem to be down or completely ridden with mistakes, sites that are very outdated and sites under construction will (hopefully) not feature in these pages.
The sites are checked every month to ensure that the review maintains a fair comment and that the link is active. If you think that the review or star rating is an unfair representation of a site, or have a site to add, then please contact me
If you find a broken link then please use our Broken Link page to report the fault.
