Managing Sections

Section Management#

Sections in Scoutworks represent the real sections in your group — your Monday Beavers, your Thursday Cubs, your Saturday Scouts. Each section has its own members, events, badges, and programme.

Navigate to Settings and find the Section Management section. The subtitle tells you what you can do:

• Admins see: "Create and manage custom sections for your group"
• Leaders see: "Manage the sections you lead"

Creating a section#

Admins can create new sections from the Section Management area. Each section needs:

Why the age group matters#

The Age Group (section type) determines which badges are available for that section. Beaver Scouts see Beaver badges, Cub Scouts see Cub badges, and so on. Setting this correctly ensures badge tracking works properly from day one.

Editing sections#

Click any section to edit its details. You can change the name, colour, meeting schedule, location, and assigned leaders at any time.

Leader visibility#

• Admins see all sections across the group.
• Leaders see only the sections they are assigned to.

This means a Beaver leader cannot accidentally see or modify Cub data, keeping everything tidy and secure.

What's next#

• Group Settings — other group-level configuration.
• Managing Users and Roles — assign leaders to sections.