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The world begins to arrive
ByJohn MayThe nations of the world (or at least the Scout representatives of those nations!) are beginning to arrive on Jeju. I went up to the International Conference Centre with the rest of the UK team that had already arrived to register and saw a fair number of old friends. Before that, however, I got up…
From a field in Essex
ByJohn MayI arrived this morning and, despite the rain in other parts of the country, am now a delightful shade of lobster red. The Jamboree site is truly enormous. It takes about an hour to walk from one side to the other. The staff restaurant, designed to feed 8,000, is the largest structure of its kind…
Northumberland, the cradle of Scouting
ByJohn MayEveryone thinks that the first Scout camp was held on Brownsea Island. (Well, those that think about Scouting at all, I guess, think that.) But the first uniformed Scout Camp was actually held in Humshaugh in Northumberland a year later – and the Scout County is understandably very proud of the fact. It was a…
Examining diversity in Scouting
ByJohn MayDiversity Today I had the opportunity to speak to adults and young people from the South East region of England at their day-long conference held at Gilwell Park. They had spent their morning exploring how they could improve links with local communities and how they might better engage young people in their corporate decision-making…
Kenya’s National Youth Service
ByJohn MayThere is much talk in the UK at the moment (and has been since the last election) about the creation of a National Citizenship Service for young people. Kenya got there first, nearly 50 years ago. Kenya’s National Youth Service was established on September 1st 1964, through an Act of Parliament. It was charged with…
Government announcements
ByJohn MayThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced today that it will support every school in developing and running its own business through the Enterprise Champions Programme. I welcome the announcement which supports my belief (and that of Young Enterprise) that young people of all ages deserve the opportunity to develop the enterprise and…

