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Manage actions

Guide and training clips on how to view, create and edit actions

Guide last reviewed: May 2025

View my actions

Who can complete this action: All volunteers

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Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On your welcome page: 

1. Click ‘My membership’.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right):

2. Click ‘Actions’

3. Click ‘My actions’.  

4. Click ‘Grid view’ or ‘Kanban board’ to select your preferred view option.

 
Create action list 

Who can complete this action: All volunteers

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk. 

On your welcome page: 

1. Click ‘My membership’.

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right): 

2. Click ‘Actions’. 

3. Click ‘Action list’. 

On the ‘Action list’ page: 

4. Click ‘Create’.  

On the ‘Create action list’ page: 

5. Type the action list name into the box. 

6. Type the ‘Purpose’ into the box. 

7. Select ‘Team’ from the drop-down menu. 

8. Click ‘Create’.


Create and assign action

Who can complete this task: All volunteers

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk. 

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right): 

1. Click ‘Actions’. 

2. Click ‘Action list’. 

On the ‘Action list’ page: 

3. Click the action list title.  

On your action list page: 

4. Click 'Create’. 

On the ‘Create actions’ page: 

5. Type the ‘Title’ into the box.  

6. Type the ‘Action owner’ and select their name from the drop-down menu. 

7. Type the ‘Due date’ into the box. 

8. Select the ‘Status’ from the drop-down menu. 

9. Type your ‘Notes’ into the box. 

If appropriate, swipe the toggle button to ‘Allow escalations’

10. Click ‘Create’.  

A message will appear at the bottom of the page confirming you've successfully created the action.

  

Edit action and change action status

Who can complete this action: All volunteers.

Start by signing in to scouts.org.uk.

On your welcome page: 

1. Click ‘My membership’. 

On the left-hand side menu (if you’re using a phone, click the menu button on the top right): 

2. Click ‘Actions’. 

3. Click ‘Action list’. 

On the ‘Action list’ page: 

4. Click the action list title.  

On your action list page: 

5. Click the task title

On the ‘Edit actions’ page: 

6. Edit the ‘Title’, ‘Action owner’, ‘Due date’, ‘Status’ and ‘Notes’, as needed. 

If you’ve completed the action, change the ‘Status’ to ‘Completed’ and type the ‘Completed date’ into the box. 

7. Click ‘Update’.  

A message will appear at the bottom of the page confirming you've successfully updated the action.