{"alias":"blogEntry","byline":"Charlotte \u2013 Content Manager at Scouts","standfirst":"","content":{"layouts":[{"type":"singleColumn","areas":[{"items":[{"gridType":"RichTextBlock","content":"\u003Cp\u003EAs you may be aware, when we launched our new website in autumn 2019, we told you that we wanted to think carefully about how we transferred old content from the Members site. We wanted to make sure that we improved content so members can find it more easily, understand it better and get rid of content that was out of date. We\u2019re excited to tell you that all that work has now been completed and we are ready to turn the old site off!\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOur research, workshops and surveys allowed us to propose new categories of information and relabel some existing content. You can learn more about this research within our blog \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2020/july/the-digital-transformation-of-our-website/\u0022\u003E\u2018The Digital Transformation of our website\u2019.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe\u2019re pleased to say that the content transfer is now complete and all necessary and improved information has been brought over to scouts.org.uk, this includes our \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022/activities/?name=adventure\u0022 title=\u0022Activities\u0022 data-anchor=\u0022?name=adventure\u0022\u003EA-Z of activities\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, our \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-your-section/programme-guidance/general-activity-guidance/\u0022\u003Egeneral activity guidance\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/por/\u0022\u003EPOR\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/\u0022\u003Enews\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince all necessary member resources have now been transferred to the scouts.org.uk, we\u2019ll be closing \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://members.scouts.org.uk/\u0022\u003Ehttps://members.scouts.org.uk/\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E on Monday 22 March 2021. All information should be found on \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk\u0022\u003Escouts.org.uk.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOur Info for volunteers section covers everything volunteers need to know to run a great movement. Including \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/\u0022 title=\u0022Staying safe and safeguarding\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Esafety and safeguarding\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/running-things-locally/\u0022 title=\u0022Running things locally\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Erunning things locally\u003C/span\u003E,\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022/volunteers/running-your-section/\u0022 title=\u0022Running your section\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Erunning your section\u003C/span\u003E,\u003C/a\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/learning-development-and-awards/\u0022\u003Elearning, development and awards \u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003Eand much more. Head to the main navigation and click \u2018info for volunteers\u2019 to see the wealth of information available.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOur info for parents sections tells parents about Scouts and \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/information-for-parents/what-do-scouts-do/\u0022\u003Ewhat we do\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E, \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/information-for-parents/scout-badges/\u0022\u003Ehow to earn badges\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/information-for-parents/stay-safe/\u0022\u003Ehow we keep young people safe,\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E and as lockdown continues, provides some \u003Cspan\u003Egreat ideas and activities to inspire young minds at home.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe hope the transition of information from the old Members site will benefit everyone. Our new website is more accessible, especially when using mobile. \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.scouts.org.uk/accessibility-at-the-scouts/\u0022\u003EYou can learn more about what digital accessibility means for us on our website.\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe know there is always room for improvement and we are working hard to make daily improvements and work closely with volunteers to ensure we are delivering the best quality and relevant content to the movement in an easily digestible way.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe hope you like our new site, but as always, we welcome your feedback, whether you\u2019re a parent or a volunteer we want to hear from you. Click the purple feedback button (which you\u2019ll see on the right-hand side of every webpage) and submit your valuable feedback to us. \u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you have any specific queries please \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:infocentre@scouts.org.uk\u0022\u003Eemail the info centre\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/span\u003E who are open 9am-5pm Monday to Friday.\u003C/p\u003E","gtmId":"","gtmClass":""},{"gridType":"callToAction","gtmId":"","gtmClass":"","buttonText":"Check out our other news this month","buttonLink":{"name":"February","id":null,"url":"/news/2021/march/","newWindow":false,"target":null},"colour":{"value":"002f6c","label":"002f6c"},"alignment":"left"}]}],"config":null}]},"searchDescription":null,"pageType":null,"location":null,"versionDate":"02 March 2021","reviewDate":null,"furtherReading":[],"relatedLinks":[],"id":48645,"nodeName":"Closing down of our Members site","title":"Closing down of our Members site","type":"blogEntry","image":{"url":"/media/12108/fdl-hp.jpg?width=800\u0026height=450\u0026v=1dab8e1b20252a0","caption":"Scouts purple logo","type":"jpg","size":93039,"width":1268,"height":664,"altText":"An image of a purple background showing the white Scouts logo"},"assets":null,"headerOptions":{"headerTitle":"Closing down of our Members site","headerSubTitle":null,"headerCta":null,"headerCtaText":null,"headerCtaLink":null,"headerBackgroundColour":null,"showSEOImage":false,"headerBackgroundImage":null,"quickLinks":null},"subHeader":"We\u0027ll be closing our Members site on Monday 22 March 2021.","browserTitle":null,"silktide":"eyJjbXMiOiJVbWJyYWNvIiwiZWRpdG9yVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9kLWNtcy5zY291dHMub3JnLnVrLy91bWJyYWNvIy9jb250ZW50L2NvbnRlbnQvZWRpdC80ODY0NSJ9","canonicalUrl":"https://www.scouts.org.uk/news/2021/march/closing-down-of-our-members-site/"}