Greater Manchester North Scout County

Resources Area
This section is a directory of useful information to help you make the most of your Scouting. See below and the Leaders menu items for more resources.

Useful Links


To the Scout Brand Centre - click here

To the OSM login page for leaders - Click here


Programme planning

There are a lot of resources available to assist you in programme planning, but some of the key ones are:


The Scouts web site. Click on any of the section names in the purple box and that leads to all sorts of information and activities.

Easier Scouting. This is an external site and you need to pay a yearly fee to access everything. But there are many free resources here to get you started.

Online Scout Manager. A full management system for all of Scouting, and includes programme plans uploaded by leaders.

Scouts RAM - a very handy tool for creating and sharing Risk Assessments.

Scouts Badge Finder / - a useful tool for finding out what activities will gain what badges


Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR)

Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) defines the structure of Scouting in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and provides information about its management and training. It can be found here



Did you know GMN groups can get a free license for OSM Gold Plus? Please click here and enquire if you need more information.