The BBC's daily interactive discussion programme 'World Have Your Say' arrives at the World Scout Jamboree on 3rd August. Broadcasting to the globe on the BBC World Service radio station, we'll let young people from all corners of the world set the...
Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General Message to 21st World Scout Jamboree - Chelmsford, 1 August 2007 Dear young friends, As scouts from all over the globe taking part in this world jamboree, you have much in common with the...
I salute the Scouts of Romania and Scouts from all over the world on the special occasion of celebrating 100 years of Scouting. 100 years ago, in England, a group of young people were initiating a new educational method. And only a few years later...
The 96 year old Milos Miovic is the oldest person camped at the 21st World Scout Jamboree. He is from Slovenia and this is the second World Jamboree he is enjoying. This Wednesday, the Jamboree general manager, Aidan Jones, went to the Slovenian tent...
To make Scouting more visible, and in breaking with the stereotyped image of uniformed boys who just perform good deeds, is the objective which has been successfully achieved through the communications campaign “I want to be a Scout” - an ambitious...
Seven Mini Coopers, a Harley Davidson motorbike, abseiling Explorer Scouts and a ‘coat of many badges’ were just some of the wonders that joined a cast of 3,000 on-stage at Saturday’s LIVE 07, Festival of Scouting in London. Over 20,000 Scouts and...
A massive thank you to everyone who worked to make the Centenary of Scouting such a success. Thank you to all the volunteers who gave their time to run activities and programmes for Scouts worldwide. Thank you to our supporters and all of you who...
His Majesty, the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, has taken part in the adventure at the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Hylands Park, UK. The Swedish Monarch, who plays an active role in World Scouting, visited the site which accommodates more than 40...
31st July 2007, on the eve of the Scouting Centenary, members of the Committee and World Bureau staff present on the Jamboree site, accompanied by the volunteers working at the World Scout Centre, joined together to give Eduardo a surprise this...
Global Development Village opened by Evelyn Herfkens from the Millennium Campaign “They often say youth is the future, I say youth is the present!” This is how Evelyn Herfkens, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals...