What is the Jamboree Experience?
- UK Units will leave home on either the 24th or
25th July 2011. Before they arrive in Sweden they will
visit the Danish Capital, Copenhagen where they will enjoy two days
of top secret activities to get the Jamboree started with a
bang.
- After Copenhagen, Units will travel across the Øresund Bridge
into Sweden where they will join with the rest of the world at the
Jamboree site.
- Finally, when the Jamboree ends on 7th August, the
3200 UK Participants will stay with families spread across 18
different European countries, from Iceland to Portugal, Finland to
Bulgaria.
What are the themes of this Jamboree?
Meetings and Gatherings
- The World Scout Jamboree will encourage meetings between those
from different cultures, religions, countries and contingents.
Participants will get to know those who live outside of their own
local community and find that strangers can become friends.
Meetings will take place everywhere, from module activities to
subcamp life, from small camp fires to huge arena events. All
aspects of the camp will encourage meetings: the schedule, the
programme and even the site design!!
Nature
- The World Scout Jamboree will be close to nature. Participants
will live in the middle of a massive natural landscape for the
duration of the event surrounded by trees and woodlands. The
Jamboree Programme will use the natural environment as a learning
tool, demonstrating both its vulnerability and what individuals can
do to better protect the world we live in.
Solidarity
- The World Scout Jamboree in Sweden will encourage solidarity
between Scouts of all ages, and promote the unity between Scouts
from around the world. It will also help us see that we share a
common responsibility to our world and to each other. The Jamboree
will promote respect for other people, emphasising equal rights and
peace and at the Jamboree itself, all are equal, independent of any
personal characteristics or background.
- In a very real sense Solidarity is also a hugely important
element of the UK Contingent's Jamboree vision. In particular, the
Contingent will be furthering the Association's partnerships with
Scouts from around the world by supporting Scouts from Papua New
Guinea, Armenia and Sierra Leone to attend the Jamboree.
The Jamboree in numbers
- 38,000Scouts will attend the World Scout Jamboree
- 31,000Young people attending from around the world
- 3,204Young people are in the UK Contingent
- 7,000Adults from nearly every county in the world
1,100 Adults are attending from the UK