So that’s it then. I’ve just left the closing ceremony of the 21st World Scout Jamboree. Outside Jamboree HQ, in the arena, 40,000 young people and their Leaders are partying. We’ve handed the World Scout Flag on to Sweden, who’ll be hosting the next Jamboree in 2011; we’ve heard the Secretary General of the World…
We had our opening ceremony on Saturday and you will have seen the pictures of HRH Prince William in the press. My job, first thing that morning, was to find and organise 500 young people from all over the world to take part in activities we’d arranged for the Prince to see. As our international…
This morning Sarah Kennedy mentioned the Jamboree on Radio 2. I reminded her that not only is she listened to in far flung places like Australia and Singapore, we’re also listening in a field in Essex! She has agreed to read out this blog on her morning programme whenever I can update it, so what…
I 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…
