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What's New

This website is updated regularly (At least twice a week). This page however is usually forgotten about and may not show the most recent additions and changes.

Due to the size of this website and the frequency of it's updates, We now no longer update this page. This page does give an account of the updates from the creation in 2000.

January to February 2004

Winter camp pictures added to scout and explorer areas.

Survival camp, robot wars, mechanics badge and disco photos added to the scout section.

Gift aid form added to forms area.

October to December 2003

Lots of reports added to all sections. We haven't kept this page up to date so not many lines added here.

Reports added on the Group communications weekend

Scouts HQ activity camp report added.

Scouts battle of the bands report added.

Explorers Bored of the rings video added.

12th September to 12th October 2003

Have added Robot wars report to Scouts pages.

Have added reports on the fitness hike 4, drama night, and global challenge activities.

Added Explorers Bored of the rings video

Added Explorers report on Phasels Wood Camp 2003.

Added Explorers Sikhism report done as part of their award work.

18th Aug to 11 September

Added scrap book entries onto this years summer camp pages.

Updated communications weekend pages with logos, letters and more...

Some section programmes have been uploaded and all of the Scouts information pack has been put on the website.

updating the inter@ctive activity day pages, ready for next years event.

10th July to 17th August

Scouts and Explorer summer camp page has been updated with reports, photos and more...

Details added on our communications weekend in October.

Cherokee Cubs fire safety videos added.

21st June to 10th July

Added photos of the Beaver and Cub Gilwell fun day.

Updated the Sherwood summer camp pages.

13th to 20th June

Added new communication station chat room. Chat room has been upgraded and now has a web cam and internet radio integrated.

27th May to 12th June

Photos of the Scouts Ready Steady Cook added

Updated Scouts Fusion Service site.

13th to 26th May

Updated some of the agm report pages.

Photos of the Scouts skiing trip added.

updated the sherwood 2003 pages with a bit more information.

3rd May to 12th May

Photos and report of District Cubs Sixers and Seconders camp

Photos of Explorers Swansea trip

15th April to 2nd May

Added lots of photos and recordings to the music activity weekend website.

Added details of the Scouts fear factor camp.

Added information pages on the 1st Stotfold Ridgway Scout troop Fusion service. a new communications service using sms, email, wap and internet.

Photos added of the St Georges Day parade

11th to 14th April 2003

Added lots of photos, webcam pictures, recordings and radio shows to the music activity weekend site.

We broadcasted a live radio show from this website. You can listen to it again from the music activity weekend website. www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk/music.

2nd to 10th April

More details added for the music activity weekend.

26th March to 1st April

Added photos of the District Activity challenge camp to the scouts section.

23rd to 25th March

New Health & Safety area uploaded into the leaders area.

Report and photos on the generation game nights from Scouts

Report on the District Tug of War on the cherokees page.

9th to 22nd March

Added details and photos of the Scouts Jail Break hike.

Added photos of the Chickasaw Beavers bring and buy sale as well as a report written by the Scout Shout team.

More information on the music activity weekend added.

6th March to 8th March

Added photos of the Cherokee Cubs Pancake Night.

24th February to 5th March

Ridgway Scout Troop, Scout Shout Newsletter issue 2 launched. Added reports to relevant pages as well as placing a copy on the web.

Chickasaw Beavers robot making night photos on the web site.

Scouts Scrap Heap Challenge Night photos added.

21st to 23rd February

Updates to the scout shout newsletter pages and preperation for their next issue in a week. Reports by the team are also being added to the relevant pages on the website.

Reports and photos added to the scouts section on the leisure centre visit and the fitness hike 2.

13th to 20th February

Information on Scouts District Survival Camp

Report on Beavers trip to space centre.

More information and logos added on the scouts music activity day page. www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk/music

7th to 12th February

Updated the media page (videos) with high resolution copies of the Explorers videos.

Information on Scouts Jail Break has been added to the Scouts area.

2nd February to 6th February

Added photos of Chickasaws Road Transport night.

22nd January to 1st February

Updated the Sherwood 2003 pages.

Added details of the computer badge and the xmas party to the Cherokee pages.

New wallpapers added to the scouts area.

Added photos of the Scouts fitness hike 1.

14th to 21st January

Added patrol leader guidance sheets to the troop leadership forum pages of the scouts area.

All of the Scouts information pack jan to mar 2003 has been added.

7th January to 13th January

Added reports over the weekend for the Scouts and Explorers Gilwell Winter Camp 2003.

Cheyenne Beaver Programme added.

31st December 2002 to 6th January 2003

Added programmes for the cherokee cubs and chickasaw beavers.

Updated icons/images for internet radio station and webcam.

Added wallpapers to the scouts page.

8th to 30th December

Loads of changes to the website. Main areas of change have been the adding of some communications features. We now have a internet radio station and a webcam. These have been tested by the scouts over the Christmas period and will be used for special online events in early 2003.

Changed the look of the homepage to show more information and more links to the main areas of the site.

Minor updates all over the site with corrections, updates and change of graphics.

14th November to 7th December

Photos of the Beaver IT night

Photos of scouts november camp, scout hut activity camp and soap box derby.

New internet radio section and webcam section started development

6th October to 13th November

I really should get into the habit of updating this page.

Added photos of remembrance day parade.

Added photos of the MADD Make a difference day that the Ridgway Scouts took part in.

Videos have been added for the Scout Drama night.

Music video has been added to the media page that some of the Scouts produced on the trial music activity day.

Chickasaw Beavers firework night.

Supporters bingo evening report and photos.

New chatrooms installed on the scout and explorer pages. These are now hosted on our own server.

21st September to 5th October

Lots of updates all around the site.

Added photos of creative challenge nights at scouts

Added all of the letters and flyers from the scouts information pack

Have a new intranet area for use in the scout hut computer network and intranet.

Added photos of the Chickasaw beavers hand and feet painting

Added a couple of photos of the Cherokee cubs line dancing night

10th to 20th September

Added photos of the interactive 2002 day at the Scout hut.

New scout email alert service is launched

Updated legoland pages with details and letters of this years trip.

5th September to 9th September

All the beavers pages are now updated with the new look.

Working on updated email alerts on the scouts site.

A couple of the explorers have updated the colour scheme and title of the explorer site.

24th August to 4th September

We have run out of room. We currently have a 50mb server that is now full. We will be upgrading to a 500mb server in the next couple of months and adding lots of extra services and facilities.

Removed lots of old graphics files from the site to gain some space

Found and removed some old pages that were not being used anymore. General clean up of the site

New website advertising posters have been produced and are displayed in the scout hut.

Legoland and interactive 2002 pages updated with new information and letters.

22nd to 23rd August

Currently replacing all of the forms on the site with a form from a different provider as the previous one has now closed down.

16th to 21st August

New chat rooms added to the scout and explorer pages. New group chat room will appear soon.

10th - 15th August

New graphics and layout implemented on the Scouts area.

8th to 9th August

Implementing new materials graphics and colours to the cubs and beavers pages.

11th July to 7th August

Added photos of the Cumbaree 2002 Scouts and Explorer Summer Camp. Also added daily online reports throughout the week away.

Added photos of the District camp.

Lots of extra tweaks and extra facilities being added this summer, ready to be in operation in September.

added photos of weston woods and mad hatters tea party to Chickasaw beavers page.

12th June to 10th July

Blimey has it been a month since I've updated this what's new page. Well I have been very busy and so has the website.

Photos have been added for the carnival and gun run for all sections. What a great turn out.

Photos added for the Gilwell Beaver and Cub Funday 2002.

Soap box derby pages have been updated with 2002 details. Posters, letters and diagrams.

Award work pages have been updated for all sections and details of the new awards will be added shortly.

Added details of inter@ctive 2002 activity day that is being organised by the Scouts and Guides. www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk/interactive

Added a new form to the group forms page, p5 medication form.

8th - 11th June

Added pages on the Scouts weekend patrol camp.

Added clipart page to the leaders area.

Am working on slimming the website down. I will be moving the videos to another server and will be removing some old downloads (old certificates and wallpapers)

5th - 7th June

updated the experience 2002 pages

added details of new badges and award programme to the scout area.

31st May to 4th June

Scouts went to Experience 2002 camp in leicestershire and we have added some photos of the camp.

24th to 30th May

Added Group Jubilee Competition Page

Updated the District Soap Box Derby pages with instructions on how to build a kart.

Added report on the Beavers Fire Station Visit

Added Scouts backwoods cooking scores.

21st to 23rd May

Finished the new group communications page

added some agm reports

added photos of the explorers in derbyshire

31st April to 20th May

Almost finished the group communications page.

Added photos of the Tuesday scout troops weekend at Phasels wood.

Added photos of the Cherokees Cubs at District Sixers and Seconders camp.

Added photos of Jed at the District Cyclocross.

18th to 30th April

Have added photos from the Scouts photographer night and generation game night.

Added photos of the Cheyenne beavers trip to the London Eye.

Added photos of the St Georges Day parade.

11th to 17th April

Working on new group communications page giving links to live chat, message boards, votes and contact details. Will launch late this month or early may.

Added the explorer newsletter edition 2.

Scouts went tobogganing so I have added a page of photos.

10th march to 10th April

Loads of changes in the last month. Trying to organise the main part of the site.

Have updated the Group HQ pages to now reference different Group activities, like millennium celebrations, parades, carnival, jubilee celebrations etc....

AGM area updated and reorganised.

The Explorer Area has been tidied up.

New parade pages.

New district area under construction.

Soap Box Derby page has been updated and moved to www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk/soapbox

Working on Jamboree pages to show details of past and present representatives at the world jamboree.

Lots of updates to the Scouts area with more photos added, more reports of events. New 'how to' guides added to the camp planning kit.

Removed lots of redundant pages and pictures. Trying to free up space as we don't have much room left on our server.

9th March

Updated the supporters area with new heading and quick links. Added photos of barn dance.

22nd Feb to 8th March

I will have to learn to update this page more regular.

Erased the venture area now. All reports are now added to the explorer area.

New prize draw added on the scouts area.

Updated some areas of the site that refer to uniform. Welcome packs, now have info on new uniform.

Updated the Summerfield nursery page.

12th to 21st Feb

New Virtual chat meetings organised in the scout area.

Karting report and survival camp report with photos added to the scout area.

7th Feb to 12th Feb

Added the Mount Longdon Explorers Newsletter. Made by them on a evening.

Working on new camp planning kit and badgework pages for the scout area.

2nd Feb to 6th Feb

New Group Forms added to the forms page.

Updated the comanche cubs contact page

Added photos of the cheyenne paper aeroplane night

24th Jan to 1st Feb 2002

More improvements added to the site. Reorganised the Cherokee cubs pages and currently working on the Comanche cubs pages.

Will hopefully finish the minor improvements on the site over the next week. Trying to increase the websites benefits with added information pages, more submission features and as a communication medium.

19th - 23rd January 2002

Added lots of stuff. Have added photos in the scouts photo album.

Sorted out and reorganised the beavers area. Cheyenne and chickasaw.

Working on distributing email addresses to all leaders. So far have cherokee cubs, ridgway scouts, chickasaw beavers and mount longdon explorer scouts.

Trying to make the site easier to navigate and find things. Pages have been moved about physically to make it easier to update pages. (This may mean that the search engines may give out some dead links. But we can live with that)

15th January to 18th January

Added photos to the scouts activity world and shooting pages.

Added details about change of dates for survival camp.

Sorted out some of the main pages in the explorer area and added new programme.

12th January to 14th January

Minor tweaks to the Scouts page. Links to the uniform info sheet from the letters page and uniform page.

Recommendations on the chat room and message board pages.

4th January - 11th January

Added loads more to the Scouts Page. Message Board, Links Board, Photo centre, contacts list.

Also added details of this years winter camp as well as the de-briefing day competition.

Added Xmas tree competition photo on chickasaw beavers page.

Cleaning up and tidying site and promoting it more within the sections.

8th December to 3rd January

A brand new structure to the Scout Area

New communications area with chat room, sms alerts, email alerts and more.. Also tweaked the look and redid the menus.

added magic eye pictures to the fun pages.

Minor tweaks all round the site.

Working on the transfer over to explorers so we are currently organising the explorer site.

19th November to 7th December

Lots of changes happening in the scout group.

I have been working on a new 'leader resource cd-rom' for our leaders. We now have new forms in the group as well. I will try to include all of the forms on the website shortly.

Added a couple of reports to the scouts page.

I am working on a reorganised site for the new year so stay tuned.

29th October to 18th November

Been very busy and haven't updated the site as much as I should have.

We won the soap box derby. I have added photos and scores as well as a video on the media page.

6th to 28th October

Updated the look of each section page and cleaned up front page.

Added details of the scoutcar race being held at stotfold

Added details of Scouts Pathfinder and Challenge hikes.

14th September to 15th October

Added details of the legoland trip

Updating the look of the front page.

New email redirecting system has now been implemented so that email for each section is directed straight to their leaders personal email.

5th to 13th Sep

Updated some of the scouts camping pages. They have returned from water activity weekend so I have adapted the pages to incorporate last years and this years. Will have photos soon.

Added report on the closing of the Comanche Cub Pack.

2nd to 4th Sep

Added report on falconry display by Ben one of our cubs.

Added photos on the cheyenne beavers trip to shefford maze.

30th August - 1st September

Updated the supporters association page to make it easy to find details of fundraising events and easier to update.

24th to 29th August

Updated the look of each section website to make it easier to find information and easier to update.

Removed news pages from each section websites as these were not being used

Added a summer camp index page to the scouts site.

20th August to 23rd August

Made changes to the Scouts page.

22nd July to 19th August

Been on summer camp with scouts. Added charnwood 2001 page with photos. Working on some visual updates over the site.

Fine tuning the site and adding reports so that the site in ready for september.

21st July 2001

Added Patrol camp page with photos.

Added Chickasaw beavers independence night photos.

Added Cherokee cubs london eye visit.

Added Cherokee cubs district camp photos.

4th June to 16th July

Forgot to write things here for a while.

No major changes but there are new pages with photos of:-

Cherokees on District Sixers and Seconders camp

Cherokees on District Cub camp.

Photos of the carnival 2001.

This website had a mention in the Sunday Times newspaper.

Updated some of the sections programmes.

29th May to 3rd June

Added to photos of the younger scouts hike and camp to the Scouts camp page

Added page with photos on the Phasels wood camp of June 2001.

Added photos of the AGM

Working on a World Jamboree area.

5th to 28th May

I've got my Laptop back. It's only been away for 1.5 months to fix a hinge. I am now starting an anti Tempo campaign.

Added photos of london aquarium visit and sainsburys bakery visitto the cheyenne beavers page.

AGM page added and most reports added.

2nd May to 4th May

Added photos and details of the Chickasaws Cress head making.

Lightened the photos of the st georges day parade.

28th April to 1st May

Updated the Scouts area.

Added details of Activity World as well as details on our Census 2001.

Added winners of the Supporters beetle drive.

20th to 27th April

Added details on scouts radio hike

Added Cherokee programme for may to july.

Updated discriptions of sections on each section page.

Added St Georges day photos and write up.

18th April to 19th April

More photos of the isle of Wight venture 2001 added.

RSPB page added to the Cherokee site

Who wants to be a millionaire page added on the Scout site.

15th March to 17th April 2001

No major changes have taken place over the past month due to the lack of computer. The webmasters computer is currently with Tempo.

Have added details of the Ventures trip to the Isle of Wight.

Added photos of Ventures on the Isle of Wight

Added details of Supporters Beetle Drive

I am working on a revamp of the Ventures website.

7th to 14th March

Updated supporters pages with totals of money raised.

Added a new guest book. Please sign in and give your comments.

20th February to 6th March 2001

Not a large amount of updates recently due to a change in internet service provider and a update of operating system to windows 2000. I installed a firewall on my network which caused problems in uploading the website.

Added photos of the Supporters jumble sale and barn dance.

A few small tweaks around the site.

Finishing off the wap site.

15th - 19th February 2001

Added egg race to scouts page.

Won another award.

Added some reports to the beaver sites.

12th - 14th February 2001

Updated Beaver Colonies sites.

We've won a golden web award.

8th to 11th February 2001

Updated the leaders page with more links and information.

Survival camp page updated with pictures.

Jumble sale page updated.

5th to 7th February 2001

Loads new.

Each section area has had a revamp as well as the cub and beaver page. They have been designed to make it easier to get the information you are looking for.

New programmes online for the comanche cubs and the chickasaw beavers.

Venture scout added to the front page photo.

Meeting dates added to the leaders page.

New website promotion pack is being distrubuted to all the group leaders.

1st to 4th February 2001

Re designed the venture area, canging the colour as well as added some graphics.

24th to 31st January 2001

Added Red Nose Day page

We won an award

updated supporters area. Added quiz sheet winners page.

21st to 23rd January 2001

Changed the opening page. Added new photo and changed some of the layout.

Added Scout Programme.

15th - 20th January 2001

Changed some of the index page.

Added a few more photos to the winter camp page and ventures page.

Some new programmes now online.

13th - 14th January 2001

Added details of the jumble sale.

Trying to inprove the usability of the site (any suggestions?)

12th January 2001

Organised the venture area and added a few pages.

Added the new scout logo to the opening page.

11th January 2001

Added a camps page and photo gallery to the ventures page

17th December - 9th January

Lots of changes to the site over the Christmas Holidays.

New Online Shop page to help raise funds for the Scout Group. (so far over £15 has been made)

New World news page which will be improved over the next couple of weeks.

New wap page coming soon.

The Scouts Winter camp pages have changed and a Winter camp 2001 page has been added with photos.

A report on the District shooting competition was added.

Added a photo of the scout hut in the snow to the Group HQ page.

10th - 17th December

Added Scouts co-op table

Added report in the paper on our gsl leaving

Working on a shopping page.

4th - 9th December

Lot's of little changes to the web site. (Icons, Menus and Links)

Tidied up the join now, what is scouting and links pages

Added report for the chickasaws lord mayors parade visit.

Working on a new world news page.

Working on a wap site, viewable on mobile phones.

New Stotfold Information Page on the links page.

29th November - 3rd December

We have moved server (New Linux 50mb server)

Changed the heading and join now pictures on each page.

Added a email/header bar to the top of each page.

Moving server has given us a chance to reorganize the website. You can now get to each sections pages direct by following www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk with the name of the section. (ie www.stotfoldscouts.org.uk/cheyenne

Added some donated photos to the remembrance day page.

I am working on a new competition, which will be running by the end of the week.

23rd - 28th November

Added photos of the scouts ready steady cook night

Added a 360 degree photo of the scouts November camp campsite.

Trying to sort out some of the broken links

Added beavers Halloween photos

Added Scouts games night photos

20th - 22nd November

I am working on improving the layout of the website, as you may have noticed from the slight redesign on the front page.

Have a big problem that I have run out of space on our web server.

11th - 19th November

Changed some of the layout to the front page

Updated the supporters page

Games night was run and the page updated.

Updated the opening page to each section.

6th - 11th November

Added more photos to the scouts camps page.

Remembrance Day page added

Fixed all of the forms on the site as these have not been working for the past month.

1st - 5th November

Fireworks night has been moved due to bad weather.

Ventures have added there Stotfold Witch Project page with a trailer they made on a venture night.

Now have past summer camps on the Scout Camps page, with photos.

15th - 30th October 2000

New website newsletter released now

Worked on the Scouts camp page

Scouts entered the challenge hike and we now have a page on it.

Added video of raft race.

11th - 14th October 2000

We now have a link to the biggleswade scout site and they have a link back.

Put GSL's AGM report online.

Have new minutes and reports page on the leaders page.

Added meeting timetable to the leaders page.

10th October 2000

Added Webb ivory page

Updated the supporters page

Updated the media page and uploaded video clip of the gun run.

4th - 9th October 2000

Finished Scouts Children in need page

Added comet article to the news page

Cubs won the challenge hike. Added report.

3rd October 2000

Had lots of problems with the website over the past week so I have not managed to upload anything. We ran out of space on our dedicated server, so we have moved some of the items to another site and corrected the links.

Added Scouts Children in need page

26th September 2000

Added new Scout programme

25th September 2000

Added the Comanche programme for Oct - Dec 2000

22nd September 2000

Added new animated flash banner to the top on the front page.

13th September to 21st September

Added Water activity weekend photos

Started on a new off site activities page

New Venture programme added

Major changes in the code of the pages

12th September 2000

Added Scouts in the news page

11th September 2000

New and improved games page

Added colouring book to beavers page.

8th September 2000

Descriptions added to Kandersteg 2000 photos

Updates all round.

1st September to 6th September

Added new Cheyenne beaver programme

Added all of the pictures of summer camp

Added more activities to the activity page

Now have a map of the area with hotspots where you can click to see what activities we do in that area.

30-8-00

Added pictures of Kandersteg 2000 scout summer camp.

29-8-00

Enhanced the programme table at top of opening page

23-8-2000

New weekly programme added to the top of the start page

Added camp page to the Scout area

22-8-2000

New Chickasaw beaver programme now online

21-8-2000

Updated Kandersteg 2000 area after there return.

5-8-2000

Added letters page to scout section

Added a little walking man to the Scout Programme

4-8-2000

Added description of beetle drive to the supporters page

3-8-2000

Added a on site activities section giving details of what activities we can offer at the Scout hut.

Done some minor tweaks to the site. I haven't had a huge amount of time to work on the site at the moment as I'm planning the Scout summer camp to Switzerland.

Added new site rating awards to front page. Family friendly site.

2-8-2000

Updated Scout and venture programmes

Working on some new areas to add to the site.

29-7-2000

Added Cherokee cubs programme for the new term.

28-7-2000

Started work on a news article page showing any articles that have been in the news recently regarding the 1st Stotfold Scout Group.

24-7-2000

Added page about the possibility of the Scout Troop splitting into 2 Troops.

Added a little dancing dot to the Scouts page.

22-7-2000

Made some major changes to the code of the website. It should now be compatible with even more browsers. Thank god I don't do this for a living.

20-7-2000

Added Beetle drive page

Made some corrections

18-7-2000

Added all AGM reports to the sections

Added Scout programme

17-7-2000

Added both beaver colonies agm reports.

16-7-2000

Added more photos to Scouts raft race and carnival pages

Added more photos to comanche carnival pages.

15-7-2000

Added Put young people first document on leaders page

Added a couple of icons

Added email update form box on front screen.

Added the winner to the search and explore competition.

12-7-2000

Had a play about with the look of the site (Might not look like much of a change to you but it was a lot of work for me)

11-7-2000

Added plea for more help with Monday Scouts.

Removed web ring graphic from front page.

Added information/news to Scouts page

9-7-2000

Added the scores for the Supporters treasure hunt

8-7-2000

Added graphics to the venture page

added a clue to the competition

Put temporary programme on the Scout page

7-7-2000

It's been one week since launch and we have had a huge amount of positive feedback.

Now got pictures of the millennium campfire

Photos of the carnival on the comanches and chickasaw pages.

More photos on the scout raft race page.

6-7-2000

Added more photos of gun run and carnival

Tweaks to venture page

5-7-00

Added concept models of plans for the Scout hut on the Group HQ page.

4-7-00

Added a games page as requested by the Scouts

Minor tweaks and updates

3-7-00

Minor updates

Starting to add a group HQ page

30-6-00

Launched Today!!

Added photos of the raft race

Added more photos to the gun run

Added photos of Scouts at carnival

29-6-00

Got the site ready for launch

Added Welcome note

Finished competition site

28-6-00

Finalising the site ready for launch.

We are now added to Yahoo! and other search engines.

26-6-00

Added more pictures of carnival

Added Welcome pack for beavers

25-6-00

Added pictures of the carnival found in the papers.

Added millennium celebrations page

Added pictures of millennium camp.

24-6-00

Added icons on main pages

Changed font size

Added more photos to cub and scout photo galleries.

23-6-00

Added instructions for competition launch on 30th

Added new jokes page

Added picture of scout hut

22-6-00

Added pictures of cub packs

21-6-00

Added this what's new page

Added News page to scouts and cherokees

Added Welcome packs to Scouts and Cubs Pages

New! What is Scouting Page

New! who meets when and where page so you can find out meeting times and who to contact details for each section.

   
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