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Scouting In & Around Huddersfield
Links to other sites
All the following links were checked at the start of April 2006. If any are broken or are no longer available, please let us know.
There are five types of links from this page:
| General Scouting | Programme Ideas | Groups/Districts | Other Organisations | Amusing/Interesting |
General Scouting
These are general Scouting links. Definitely worth browsing.
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk  |
Absolutely brilliant; second only to the BBC as the top site on the Internet. |
| World Scout Home Page | Information on a Global Scale. Lots of downloadable material. Be sure to send for the "Leaders' Library" on CD-Rom. [It's free!] I also recommend that you subscribe to their e-mail service. |
| Student Scout And Guide Organisation (UK) | Find out which Universities have Scout & Guide Clubs. I was a member at Reading, well worth joining. |
| Girl Guide Association | Our sister organisation. |
| Lord Baden-Powell Award for Scouting Excellence | |
| www.scoutingresources.org.uk/ | Lots of superb material here. |
| Scouting in Ireland homepage | A very good site with superb resources. |
| Scout Europe | Let me know what you think. |
| www.scoutingonline.org | Lots of superb material here. |
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Join this new and quickly expanding (UK) Scout Association initiative. |
| www.scouts.org.uk | HQ's corporate site |
| SBUKGroups | A ScoutBase service that allows Groups of Scouts/Scouters to converse in a secure environment, hosted by ScoutBase UK. |
| Getting Scouting Noticed | Part of the ScoutBase site designed to help you get Scouting Noticed. It allows you to access several tools to help you in your work.
Download the new "Getting Scouting Noticed" booklet. |
| A guide to the country's media | Local and national media organisations & contacts. |
Games & Activities
Ideas for games and activities.
| Tried & tested by us! | Our own "cribbed" and original section. |
| Dave's Campfire Songs | What I use at campfires. |
| www.scammonden.org.uk/ | Sailing and hostel - you must go here. |
| Songs & Stories for Scouts - The MacScouter's Homepage | Brilliant. |
| Scouting History and Traditions | |
| Flying Pigs Campfire Songbook | |
| Party Games | Loads of party games - excellent. |
| www.scoutingresources.org.uk/ | Lots of superb material here. |
| www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/ | Brilliant! |
| www.scoutingonline.org | Lots of superb material here. |
| www.insanescouter.com | Very good. |
| www.scoutlink.org.uk | |
| Boy Scout Trail | Choc-A-Bloc with information |
| The Dump | Do the less younger members remember those small 'Scout Series' books which cost 6d? Or the John Thurman pioneering books? Or B-Ps books? Well they're here, scanned and available in pdf format. Be warned, you'll need a couple of days to browse!! |
Other Organisations
The specialist organisations here are to help your Scouting. They range from games for meeting nights and special occasions, through legalities (ScoutBase) and activities, and on to links to outside Scouting.
| KID SAFETY on the INTERNET - The Police Notebook | Well worth visiting. |
| www.fundsraiser.com | Lots of money-making ideas - including an e-mail newsletter should you want it. |
| www.bbc.co.uk/health/first_aid_action | Self-learning programme on First Aid |
| www.ukcampsite.co.uk/tips/tentcare.asp | Tips for looking after tents |
| www.outdoors.ltd.uk | The Scout Association's "Outdoors" shops. |
| The Duke of Edinburgh's Award | Self-explanatory |
| Backpackers Club | |
| Youth Hostels Association | |
| Long Distance Walkers Association | |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| Ramblers' Association | |
| Huddersfield Giants (Fartown) | A bit of self- indulgence!! A truly great Rugby League side. Unbeaten in League 2002; Buddies Cup winners 2002. |
| Huddersfield Examiner | Our local paper |
| ZoneAlarm | Absolutely essential, everybody must have this personal firewall - it's really easy to install. |
| Moving free gifs | Loads of excellent moving images. |
| Cool text | Customise logos here. |
| Huddersfield Giants supporters' site | Check out the latest info on Fartown - always bang up-to-date. |
| Environmental Campaigns | Includes freebies, posters, occasional competitions. |
| Community Fund | Applying for money & grants. |
| www.childcarseats.org.uk | Check out the law with regard to seat belts & transporting youngsters in cars & minibuses |
| Holme Valley Mountain Rescue | |
| Finger spelling for the deaf, courtesy of Waterfall Rainbowshttp: | An excellent site for learning finger spelling. |
Local Scouting
Links to local Groups & Districts.
| 4th, Golcar | . |
| 9th, Crosland Hill | |
| 17th, Linthwaite | |
| 43rd, Crosland Moor | |
| Huddersfield North | What can I say about a neighbouring District |
| West Yorkshire County Scouts | Keep up-to-date with what's happening in the County. |
| www.sedate.org.uk | Huddersfield South-East District Scout Fellowship's Activity team. |
| www.1sthv.co.uk | Home page of the 1st Holme Valley Scout Group. |
| Huddersfield South East District | |
| 20th Huddersfield Scout Group | Milnsbridge Scout Group |
| Bradley Wood Campsite | Our local County site with excellent facilities |
| 7th Huddersfield, Clayton West | |
| 11th Huddersfield, Outlane | |
| Whitley Beaumont Campsite | A small local site for when you want to get away from it all |
Other Scouting
| Scout Notebook | Very good, lots of useful handouts & planning sheets. |
| 16th Harrogate | Their activities show what an active Group should be doing. |
| East Cleveland Scout District | Appears to be an excellent Activity Centre |
| Bowley Scout Camp | |
| Hebden Hey Scout Centre | |
| Walesby Forest Campsite | |
Amusing/Interesting
These links are nothing particularly to do with Scouting. They are here because I either found highly amusing or highly interesting!
| Huddersfield Giants (Fartown) | A bit of self- indulgence!! A truly great Rugby League side. Unbeaten in League 2002; Buddies Cup winners 2002. |
| The Museum Of Hoaxes | Some good stuff here - amusing AND interesting. |
| triv.net | Interactive trivia quizzes |
| BBC | Best site on the internet |
| BBC Radio Player - Radio On Demand | Listen to the previous week's radio programmes - now |
| Free text messaging - from your PC | ...it's true! |
| Quoteland | Need a quote? |
| Morecambe & Wise | Despite the rumours they're still alive & kicking - well, almost! |
| Sheep Game | Try the sheepgame |
| Splat The MP | Fancy custard-pieing your local MP? Then go here. |
| Alien Abduction Survey | Have aliens ever abducted & performed experiments on you? Take this test to find out. |
| Teenage Health Freak | Do you now all about drugs? Got a health problem? Here's the place to go. |
| British Pathe | Check all those old newsreels |
| Ghost Watch | Dare you go here? Nah, didn't think you would! Coward!! |
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