Scout District Websites

Over the past 8 years, we’ve created what is now the most used online website platform, trusted by 150,000+ Scouts. Our focuses are ease of use, low fees and constant updates.

Working closely with the associations, we have produced on-brand frameworks that allow us to create websites for every area of Scouting.

We’re based in Cheshire, however our team work globally.

How will a website help your District?

A website for your Scout District made by Scout Websites will help by:

• Ensuring that you’re on-brand now and in the future – we work closely with the brand and marketing teams within the associations.
• Covering both GDPR and cyber-security compliance without your input. We have hourly backups and a dedicated firewall solution with 100% connectivity guaranteed.
• Giving you administration rights, allowing you (and others) to easily update your website – we use WordPress as a backbone to allow for easy changes, however we have built a core of functionality, meaning everything has been developed without using plugins.
• Having a presence which will improve communication, engagement and recruitment constantly within your organisation, for members, leaders and parents.
• Allowing prospective members and parents to find their nearest Group, giving you a location-based online directory of your District.
• Recruiting new members and volunteers, and add these into our waiting list system which is easy to manage and sends invitation emails.
• Allowing for news, events and activities to be published online, and events can be booked via our booking system, which can facilitate payments.
• Giving you the ability to create and manage complex bespoke forms, which can be used for tasks such as Nights Away Notifications.
• Showcasing adult training dates, and if you wish, take online bookings (and payments).
• Easily allowing you to showcase and take bookings/payments for your HQ, vehicles or assets, ensuring you can gain revenue without the management that goes with it.
• Showcasing Activity Centres and Campsites, and even giving the ability to check availability and take bookings online.
• Allowing donations to be made easily via your website, facilitated by on-site Direct Debit and/or Card payments.
• Easily showcasing products to be purchased online via an eCommerce shop, with a stock control system.

How does it work?

• View our pricing plans.
• Pick a plan that suits you best.
• Get in touch to discuss any questions and get started.
• We’ll send you an invoice for the one-off set-up fee via email.
• We’ll give you access to our project management platform, where you’ll be given a list of things we need to get your website set up (we’ll keep it short, don’t worry).
• We work on a staging link where only you can see your new website before it goes live.
• Once you love it, and after any final tweaks, we’ll push it live onto your domain name.
• We handle all of the techy bits, including your domain name, DNS and hosting.
• You’ll receive a log in to WordPress, and we can hold a Zoom call to show you how it’s all updated (or you can read our PDF guides).
• We’ll support you as and when you need us – just get in touch!

The Royal Greenwich Scout District website has a customised their homepage, allowing for clear signposting. Take a look now »

Across, the UK, we’ve now launched websites that are used by 150,000+ Scouts, and are proud to hold a 5 star rating on Trustpilot.

“Developing a new District website was a daunting thought for many members of the District, but Scout Websites did everything – with almost no time or effort for the members of our team!

The best part was that we could completely trust their team to develop a website that met our needs and include what we wanted to achieve with our online presence to support our members and help recruit more adults and young people. Their work has made a significant difference to our online presence.

We have already seen an increase in the number of our members and the public engaging with the site and making enquiries. When it comes to web site development there are so many companies that talk a good game, but Scout Websites understand our needs as Scouts and their team made our vision a reality!”

Matt Ellett, Royal Greenwich District