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ByJohn MayIt’s not often you leave a school visit feeling quite so uplifted. This morning, I was able to meet the Ambassadors for Change at The Bicester School – a brilliant group of young people who’ve been working throughout the year to build resilience and strengthen community within their school. They were articulate, passionate, and utterly…
An Award Adventurous Journey – Lego style.
ByJohn MayCongratulations to the Cambuslang Universal Connections group from Scotland, who spent over 140 hours working on this video. I think it is truly brilliant!
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ByJohn MayIf you are involved in Scouting, you may know of the team of Ugandan Scouts who decided to ride their bicycles from Kampala to Rinkaby in Sweden last summer, as their way of getting to the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. What you may not know is that the team undertook the challenge in order to…
Another international experience
ByJohn MayI returned home from Delhi at 7:00am and immediately traveled on to Gilwell Park to help with the organisation of the second Heads of Contingent meeting for the World Scout Jamboree. Over 60 countries represented from all over the world and over 150 delegates. We provided them with logistical information about the Jamboree, took them…
A visit to a school in Jordan
ByJohn MayFatima has just turned 14 years old. She is small for her age, still waiting for the adolescent growth spurt which will propel her towards adulthood. Her hijab is bright blue and her new teeshirt, emblazoned with the logos of both the El Hassan Youth Award and The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award is snowy…
