{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"","standfirst":"The Scouts beta website has been updated to include a host of exciting features, including a new sample Group Finder search and improvements to our programme planning feature.","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/7028/group-finder-image.png","width":2588,"height":1610,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EIn a new release, the website now gives visitors the chance to\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/groups/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Find your local Scout Group\u0022 aria-label=\u0022search sample data (opens in a new tab)\u0022\u003Esearch sample data\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003Efor Scout groups in their area, providing details on the sections run there, what day of the week they are running and contact information for the section leaders. Currently, the system uses \u2018dummy\u2019 information to demonstrate future functionality, and users are warned of this when searching on the site. This will, however, be updated with live information, and we hope this simple tool will be incredibly useful to new and existing members.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/programme-planner/plan\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022Scouts programme planner\u0022 aria-label=\u0022programme planning feature (opens in a new tab)\u0022\u003Eprogramme planning feature\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003Ehas also seen its fair share of updates, with the inclusion of staged badges in the badge and activity search pages, and the ability to delete activities in planned programmes. These changes help to make the creation of interesting and varied programmes even easier for section leaders.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"gridImageBlock","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass","image":"/media/7027/programme-planner-image.png","width":2584,"height":1610,"altText":"","caption":"","link":null},{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003ETo help showcase the\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://digital.scouts.org.uk/group-finder-programme-planning-and-digital-webinars/\u0022\u003Enew features\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003Eon our\u003Cspan\u003E\u00A0\u003C/span\u003Ebeta website, the Digital team held two webinars in June.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHosted by our Digital Product Manager Rachel Davidson, UK Cub Scout Advisor Matthew Longden and Programme Sponsor Andrew Sutherland, they covered in detail how to use elements of our website and gave users the chance to ask questions about content and functionality of the website.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor those who couldn\u2019t attend the webinars, you can watch a recording in full below:\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"value":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FE7w9dhlJWQ?feature=oembed","gridType":"embed","gtmId":"gtmId","gtmClass":"gtmClass"}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"12 July 2019","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[],"relatedLinks":[],"id":48486,"nodeName":"New release: Group Finder and updates to Programme Planning","title":"New release: Group Finder and updates to Programme Planning","type":"blogEntry","image":{"url":"/media/7028/group-finder-image.png?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1d9becd338d1f40","caption":"Group Finder Image","type":"png","size":1193182,"width":2588,"height":1610,"altText":""},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"New release: Group Finder and updates to Programme Planning","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"Update form the digital transformation team on group finder and programme planning","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80ODQ4NiJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2019/july/new-release-group-finder-and-updates-to-programme-planning/"}