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Hylands Park – July 27, 2007 – From today until the 8th of August 40’000 Scouts from over 160 countries from all across the world are gathering at Hylands Park near the city of Chelmsford, UK, 30 kilometers northeast of London. For the next 12 days...

Corpo Nacional de Escutas (National Scouts Corp - Portuguese Catholic Scouting) is marking the Centenary by organising a bike ride that will see 11 representatives of CNE cycle nearly 800km. They will travel from the birthplace of Catholic Scouting...

The night of June 30th until the morning of July 1st marked the beginning of the commemorations of the worldwide Centenary of the Scout Movement for the Scouts from Rio de Janeiro state. Supported by Rio’s Archdiocese, IBAMA, Rio’s Military Police...

Luxembourg will be celebrating twice in 2007. Not only has Luxembourg-City, along with the Greater Region Saar-Lor-Lux-Rhineland-Palatinate-Wallonia/GSCB, been chosen as European Capital of Culture for 2007, but the Representation of the Luxembourg...

1,300 Scouts joined in an International Agoonoree on Jeju Island in Korea as part of the celebrations of 100 years of Scouting from 24 - 27 May, 2007. It was a great opportunity for Scouts and Scouts with special needs to learn about Jeju Island and...

On the occasion of the 2007 Scout Association of Japan's (SAJ) Annual Meeting, the Reception to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the World Scouting took place at Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan on 26 May 2007, with more than 530 leaders attending the...

Carrie Gibson form Greenock, Scotland has accomplished the ultimate challenge – reaching the top of Mount Everest. Carrie reached the summit at approximately 1am BST on Wednesday 16 May and she is only the fifth Scottish woman ever to do so. This...

The launch of centenary celebrations at the capital of French Polynesia was a grand gathering on 12 May of over 200 Scouts and leaders together with government and local dignitaries. Some 60 years ago, the first Scout camp of French Polynesia was...

The launch of centenary celebrations at the capital of French Polynesia was a grand gathering on 12 May of over 200 Scouts and leaders together with government and local dignitaries. Some 60 years ago, the first Scout camp of French Polynesia was...

With the aim of commemorating a 100 years of world Scouting, a team of Scouts from Mauritius, St Jean, Quatre Bornes conducted an expedition of 100 hours – to symbolize the 100 years of the movement – from 16 to 19 april 2007, covering the distance...

2007 is already shaping up to be a special year for all Scouts, past and present, and it is a hope that they will take the opportunity to to celebrate the Movement and to look forward to the future with renewed enthusiasm for all that Scouting can...

Scouting is often associated with many stereotypes: Scouting=military; Scouting=religion; Scouting=followers. Using billboards around the streets of Geneva, and a camp this week in the countryside, these issues will be explored to show that contrary...

On March 17-18, about 500 Swiss Scouts gathered at an altitude of 2800m on the glacier of the “Plaine Morte” near the mountain resort of Crans-Montana, to build 216 igloos in order to mark the Centenary of the Scout Movement. It was a global village...

Over 200,000 Scouts joined the peace campaign relay, through the Rover Peace Baton, in 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific while highlighting the 100 years of Scouting. The journey started in August 2006 from the South Pacific, northeast Asia, and south...

Scouts in different parts of the world are composing songs in celebration of the Centenary. Some of these can be heard by clicking on the links below. If you know of others, send us your songs or links so they can be shared worldwide. 'Here's to...