Oatlands Members Area

You are attempting to access a part of the site which is available only to Oatlands parents and leaders. Please use your OSM user-name and password to log in.

If you do not have a login to OSM, please request one from your section leader or GSL

Click on the button below to be taken to OSM for logging in.


This area gives access to information relevant to parents and leaders about the working of the group, including telephone and email contact details for parents in the same section (subject to permission).

Parents can also see details of money owed and payments made to the group.

Leaders can see a summary of progress towards Chief Scout Awards in their section, and can monitor the collection of subs and fees.

Online Scout Manager

The same login that gives access to the members area also gives access to Online Scout Manager (also known as OSM). This is web-based software used by Oatlands Scout Group to manage a variety of information about running the group. This software is used by over 100,000 Scout, Guide and Boys Brigade leaders all over the world to keep personal information safe and accessible.

A parent's login to OSM gives access to information relevant to your child or children. This includes forthcoming meetings and events, your child's progress towards badges and guidance on where to place them when awarded. It also allows you to make sure that the contact details, medical details, and permissions are up to date.

How to get a login

If you already have a login to OSM but have forgotten the password, please use the 'forgotten password' link on OSM's login page. The OSM web site does not allow you to create a login. (The 'sign up free' button on their home page is for a person registering a new beaver section, cub pack or scout troop.)

If you are an Oatlands leader, you should ask Andrew for an OSM login. You should receive an email inviting you to create a login within 24 hours; this login will give you access to records for all young people in your section as well as allowing login to this website.

If you are a parent or scout, your section leader will need to send you an email containing a link to the OSM Parent Portal. The link can be to any part of the portal (Noticeboard, Programme, Events, Badges, Personal Details, etc). These links work only with the address to which the email was sent, so don't try to re-use anybody else's link. When you follow the link you will, if you don't already have an OSM login, be invited to create one; otherwise you will be invited to log in.

Beavers and Cubs do not usually have OSM logins, and scouts will only be able to get a login if their email address is present in their Member record in OSM's Personal Details. (A good idea anyway, as that ensures they receive their own copy of emails sent from the troop.) Warning: do not put a parent's email address in the Member record, use the Primary Contact for that, otherwise your login will not give you the full rights that a parent login usually gets.