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This is part 2 of the international resources pack (part 1 can be found here), from a CD provided as part of Greater Manchester North leader training.

Whereas the first part focused on different international festivals, this part is generally more cultures and customs focused.

The files are split into multiple zips to keep each file under 100mb for uploading. The best way to sort them is one folder for part 1 (international festivals) and one folder for part two. You can download all files at once here.

International Resources – Part 1

International Resources – Part 2

International Resources – Part 3

International Resources – Part 4

International Resources – Part 5

International Resources – Part 6

The Woodlands Junior School site is a great resource for planning as you may wish to find out details about calendar events in order to help with your programme. They Mandy (it’s just one person!) must spend hours updating the site.

Just click ‘Calendars’ on the right hand side menu.

Woodlands Junior School

Posted by MikeJ.

My county, Greater Manchester North, runs leader training as a series of weekends throughout the year – Way Ahead.

I was on Way Ahead 4, and as part of Module 19 (International), we were given a CD packed full of international resources. There are more general things, as well as various resources for different international festivals. And I’m making it available for download!

The CD is just over 600mb, so I’ll be posting it in two parts. The links to download the first part (international festivals) are below. Stay tuned for part two!

Update: Part 2 is available here.

International Festivals – Part 1

International Festivals – Part 2

International Festivals – Part 3

International Festivals – Part 4

International Festivals – Part 5

“The Dump” is a Canadian site listing hundreds of older scouting books in electronic format. They’re high quality PDF scans of books which are no longer in print. Of course the older stuff has some of the best ideas!

There are books for beavers, cubs, scouts and rovers. Books full of games and entire series runs (e.g. The Scouter). There’s also an audio section, with clips of the man himself, Baden-Powell.

The Dump

There are a lot of sites with Scouting resources once you start looking. But not all of them are updated and you probably won’t look again unless there’s a lot of things to look at. These sites aren’t all UK specific, but should keep you busy nonetheless.

Scouting Resources

Scouting Resources is run by an ACSL from 9th Barking & Dagenham Scout Group. It’s packed full of stuff, including sections on badgework, camping, codes/signs, compass work, cooking ideas, different countries, games, jungle book, knots, mapping, pioneering, songs, skits and weather.

They also have programmes from as far back as 2001, and camp programmes from even further! Well worth a look.

Scouting Resources

Shurdington Scout Group

My groups Scout Leader swears by the stuff on the Shurdington Scouts site, most of the stuff he uses his from here.

For members of their group, it’s got plenty of information about what they’re doing, how to join etc. But it really comes into it’s own for other leaders. There are 8+ pages packed full of programme ideas and other resources. Just click the RESOURCES or DOWNLOADS links.

15th Cheltenham (Shurdington) Scout Group Website

Scoutorama

This site is aimed at Boy Scouts of America, but has loads of resources which apply to ANY Scout. The best bet (for a food lover, anyway!) is the massive list of camping recipes. Also of note are the EAGLE PROJECTS and SCOUT SONGS links.

Scoutorama

Erith and Crayford District Scouts

There are some different resources on this district site, including instructional knot videos, a scouting quiz and a few ides for Scouts Own.

Erith and Crayford District Scouts

MacScouter

Another American site, has various campfire cookbooks, stories (including how Scouting reached America), and a selection of Scouting clipart and fonts.

MacScouter

ScoutBase UK

Seemingly obvious, but a great resource nonetheless. The more ‘public’ Scouts.org.uk seems to have overshadowed this recently. But it’s still the best place to find POR, factsheets, badge requirements and programme information.

ScoutBase UK