IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. Basically it is a network of text chat rooms run, moderated, and managed by scout leaders and WOSM.

You can join different rooms, and message scouts from across the world on large open channels in safe environment.

Getting connected to Scoutlink IRC is dead easy.

Just go to webchat.scoutlink.net put in a nickname, don't tick the nickserv password box, and click connect.

You are now connected to scoutlink and in one of the #english channels

To send a message to the channel just type in the box at the bottom of the page where it says "Write to #english" and press enter to send.

To join another channel, click on the "+" next to scoutlink on the left hand panel and type in the channel name, then click "join".

To leave a channel just click on the "x" next to the channel name on the left hand panel.

On mobile you can join, leave, and switch between channels by tapping on the burger menu in the top left to open the channel menu ("1" on the picture to the left).

Press the "+" next to scoutlink ("2" on the picture to the left) to join a new channel (just leave the password blank, none of our channels have passwords).

To leave press the "x" next to the channel you want to leave.

To switch to another channel you have open, just tap on that channel.