An Award recipe for leadership development
A recipe: Take a bunch of the immediate next generation of movers and shakers in the The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award‘s worldwide family. Add kimchi. Stir vigorously. And this is what you get…
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How powerful is your passport?
This superb infographic, designed by Rosie Spinks for GOOD Magazine, was then adapted for use on the MoveHub website. The map shows you which countries have the most powerful & least powerful passports in terms of gaining visa-free access to other countries. The United Kingdom, Sweden and Finland top the list with 173 countries granting them visa-free…
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Golden experiences
As I write, goodbyes are being said at the airport and our emerging leader delegates are heading home to their families around the world. They’ve just spent ten days in Korea, as guests of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Korea, learning what it means to be a leader in the 21st Century. They’ve examined…
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Digital ambitions
We’ve been talking a lot about ambition at The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award recently. Our new strategy talks about a long term ambition that by 2026, when the Award celebrates 70 years, every eligible young person should have the opportunity to participate in the Award. As a charity we are ambitious for young people,…
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Top ten sweets
I turned 50 this week. Inevitably, I got a bit mushy and nostalgic with a few friends and, as usual with a group of people of my age, the conversation led to discussions about children’s television (it was better in the seventies) and the sweets we used to eat, bought with the pocket money…
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A tribute to Luc
On Friday 15th August 2014, at the World Scout Conference, I was honoured to be able to make a speech in tribute to Luc Panissod, the former Secretary General of WOSM. I spoke in English and French, so include both versions below… I am not quite sure when I first met Luc Panissod. He is…
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Words from Lech Walesa
At this morning’s opening session of the World Scout Conference, being held in Slovenia, I delivered the following keynote address on behalf of Mr Lech Walesa: Ladies and gentlemen, Dear guests, I was extremely happy to receive the invitation to the 40th World Scout Conference in Slovenia, as matters concerning the upbringing of the young…
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A little Seventies nostalgia
I have a bit of a milestone birthday coming up in a few weeks, so I thought I’d put together a short montage of childhood memories…
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