So, I’ve set the ‘out of office’ email, found the tent, mown the lawn and bought a new sleeping bag. No, not to prepare myself for the Harry Potter queue, but because from Sunday I’ll be helping to run the 21st World Scout Jamboree.
In just a few weeks’ time, thousands of teenagers will be traveling to Japan to attend the World Scout Jamboree. They’ll be flying in groups of around 36 young people, with each group accompanied by four long-suffering and truly wonderful volunteer adult leaders. If you’re one of those teenagers, or one of those adults –…
“On my honour I promise that I will do my best to uphold our Scout values, to do my duty to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law.” For Scouts and Guides around the world, today is Founder’s Day, or World Thinking Day. Countless young people and adults will be…
Yesterday, I had the privilege of leading a session with senior leaders from youth organisations across Oxfordshire, exploring the role of compassionate leadership in driving meaningful change. As we discussed our shared challenges and aspirations, I was asked to reflect on my own leadership journey and the ways in which compassion has been a guiding…
Young entrepreneurs need encouragement – Youth TV reports
Local government reorganisation is, by its nature, a conversation that can very quickly become dominated by structures. Which councils will exist? Where will the boundaries fall? Who will be responsible for what? How will services transfer? What will the new governance arrangements look like? All of those questions matter enormously. Here in Oxfordshire and West…
I know that I can sometimes (no, often) bore for Britain when talking about the differences between formal, non-formal and informal education. Pixar have just released a beautiful short film that portrays perfectly what I understand informal education to be. Required viewing, I think. Lasting just six minutes, the feature tells the tale…
