24th World Scout Jamboree

North America 2019

Units 84 & 85 Warwickshire Scouting & Midlands Guiding

Agenda

•  Who are we? •  What is a Jamboree? •  What are we going to do? •  How much? •  What do I do next? •  Then what? •  What else do you want to know?

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Who are we? Mike Barrett •  Age: 30 (Jamboree age 32) •  Scouting Role:

–  County Safety Advisor, Nights Away Advisor, •  Scouting History:

–  Started as a Beaver in 1993 and haven’t looked back. –  Various roles with District and County –  Member of the Queen Scout Working Party –  4 World Scout Jamborees

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Who are we? John Bennett (Beno) •  Age: 49 (Jamboree age 51) •  Scouting Role:

–  GSL •  Scouting History:

–  Starting Cubs in 1977 and never stopped –  Qualified rock climbing instructor –  Been GSL in Dunchurch since 2007 –  Met my wife through scouting –  IST in Japan in 2015

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Who are we? Lucy Miller •  Age: 23 (Jamboree age 25) •  Scouting Role:

–  Assistant Scout Leader •  Scouting History:

–  Moved from Guides to Scouts aged 11 –  Ran Cardiff’s SSAGO club, Beaver Leader, Group Committee

Member, YSP –  Plenty of international experience: 2 World Scout Jamborees, 1

World Scout Moot, 2 European Scouting events

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Who are we? Tom Ind •  Age: 29 (Jamboree age 31) •  Scouting Role:

–  Scout Leader •  Scouting History:

–  Joined in 1994 –  Explorer Belt in Italy 2009 –  Queen Scout Award holder

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Who are we? Lesley Allen •  Age:56 (Jamboree age 58) •  Scouting Role:

–  Assistant ESL •  Scouting History:

–  Guide and Sea Ranger (Queen’s Guide!) –  Started as parent helper and became a Beaver Leader –  Helped at many Beaver and Cub camps –  “Kip’d on a ship” for CUB100

–  Lived in Holland for 5 years, where my eldest was born –  Plenty of overseas travel both before and with kids –  Looking forward to first Jamboree!

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Who are we? Paul Blackmore •  Age: 22 (24 during Jamboree) •  Scouting Role:

–  Media team within West Warwickshire

–  Marketing and Logistics manager for #GetInCamp

–  County exec member •  Scouting History:

–  I started at Beavers and I won’t be leaving for a looooong time!

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Who are we? Hannah Foxon •  Age: 25 (Jamboree age 27) •  Guiding Role:

–  Rainbow Leader –  Assistant Brownie leader –  County International Advisor (equivalent of ACC)

•  Guiding History: –  Been in Guiding since I was 5 –  I was the Head of Contingent for the Scout Association and

Girlguiding joint contingent at Roverway 2016 –  I am on the steering committee (planning team) for Roverway

2018 in the Netherlands –  I have visited 3 continents so far with Girlguiding

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Who are we? TBC - remaining leader vacancy •  Age: ? (Jamboree age ?) •  Scouting Role:

–  ? •  Scouting History:

–  ?

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What is a Jamboree?

•  A Global party •  A once-in-a-lifetime experience •  Truly international •  A chance to camp with 45,000 other

Scouts •  Bigger than the Olympic Games •  FUN!

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What is the 24th Jamboree?

•  “Beyond borders, beyond limits, beyond expectations”

•  The biggest ever WSJ: 45,000 people onsite

•  Jointly hosted by American, Canadian and Mexican Scout Organisations

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Organisers’ video - https://youtu.be/jHLvQyw2Z5s

Take a look at the organisers video

The UK Contingent

•  4,000 Participants and Unit Leaders -  100 Units of 40 people -  2 Warwickshire Units:

-  36 Scouts + 4 leaders -  27 Scouts, 9 Guides + 3 Scout leaders, 1 Guide leader

•  750 International Service Team •  ~20 Contingent Support Team •  15 Contingent Management Team •  2 FTE members of staff

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UK Contingent Programme

•  Travel to USA: ?20th July 2019 •  ‘Big City Experience’ in North America •  22nd July – 2nd August: Jamboree •  2nd August: UK Post Event •  5th August: HoHo in Canada or USA 3 days •  Travel back to UK

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Jamboree Site Summit Bechtel Scout Reserve

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Jamboree Site Summit Bechtel Reserve •  West Virginia, USA •  14,000 acres of forested mountains •  70,000 acres of national park

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The site is large!

•  14,000 acres is 56.66 km2

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Jamboree Weather

•  Daily highs of 26.1⁰C •  Daily lows of 16.6⁰C •  Moderate to high humidity •  Possible thunderstorms and rain

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Jamboree Programme

•  ‘Uniting the world’s Scouts to promote peace, mutual understanding and respect’

•  Based around Peace, Friendship and Adventure

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Jamboree Programme •  The Barrels – rifle, pistol, clays, airsoft •  The Bows – archery •  The Cloud – presenting robotics, forensics,

aerospace, communications, IT, science •  The Trax – BMX free-style,

downhill and pump tracks •  The Park – skateboard training

and ramps, skate bowls

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Jamboree Programme

•  The Rocks – climbing, bouldering, rappelling •  The Ropes – high ropes and challenges •  The Zip – five 930m zip lines

•  The Canopy – zip lines, bridges and rappel tour

•  High Gear and Low Gear mountain biking

•  The Pools – scuba and swimming

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Sustainability •  Sustainability Treehouse

- 126 feet high living centre

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Personal Development and Friendships

•  Faiths and Beliefs •  Global Development Village •  Cultural Exhibits and Cultural

Exchange Day – a carnival of countries

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Why Jamboree?

•  Personal development •  Experiencing other cultures •  Life skills •  Learning about the world and issues that

affect other young people first hand •  Celebration of World Scouting

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How much?

•  The all-inclusive cost will be no more than £3,550 –  £3,495 Contingent fee –  £55 Unit funds

•  Warwickshire Scouting will not charge any additional fees for the training events as a £7,000 budget granted

•  It is the responsibility of the participant to ensure that all payments are made on time

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Cost Breakdown

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When? Payment in installments 4 December 2017 £300 15 January 2018 £300 19 February 2018 £420 21 May 2018 £630 15 October 2018 £635 11 February 2019 £650 20 May 2019 £615 There is assistance available

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It’s all-inclusive!

•  Jamboree Fee –  Attendance and participation in the 24th

World Scout Jamboree in USA, arriving around 20th July and departing around 8th August 2019 (Exact Dates TBC)

•  All Travel –  Transportation from a local UK airport to USA –  All transfers outside the UK – to the pre-event

experience, on to the World Scout Jamboree and finally to our Home Hospitality destination

–  Transfers to the airport and return flights to the Unit’s point of origin in the UK

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It’s all-inclusive! •  Food and Accommodation

–  All included for Big City Experience, the Jamboree, Post-event, HoHo and Training

•  Most Kit –  Tents, cots, dining equipment at the Jamboree –  UK Contingent clothing and kit

•  Insurance for Duration –  All training, travel and throughout the event itself

•  All Training Events –  Introductions day and 4 training weekends plus other

events

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Selecting Participants

Eligible Birthdays: 22 July 2001 – 21 July 2005 32

What do I do next? Applications by post and due in by 31st October 2017 Pick up a form tonight or download it from: http://www.warwickshirescouts.org.uk/jamboree

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What do I do next?

•  2 Selection days on either – Saturday 17th November 2017 – Sunday 18th November 2017

•  Offers out during the week commencing 19th November 2017

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Then what?

•  It should be noted that all training dates are compulsory

•  The training sessions come before

anything else in your calendar – clubs, sporting engagements, family events etc.

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Then what? 20 Jan 2018 Training Day – Getting to Know You

Evening - Participants & Parents Meeting

9-11 Mar 2018 Training Weekend – Building the Unit

6-7 Jul 2018 Training Weekend – Skills Training

16-18 Nov 2018 Training Weekend - Working as a Unit

5-7 Apr 2019 Training Weekend - Mini Jamboree

6 Jul 2019 Participants & Parents Meeting

Plus other social and fundraising events…

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In summary..

•  World Scout Jamboree truly is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

•  Applications need to be in

before 19:00 on 31st October 2017 •  Applications to be posted / hand delivered

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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IST - International Service Team

• Opportunity for adults to attend • A service crew for the Jamboree • Apply via

https://ukcontingent.co.uk/jamboree-2019/wsj-ist-zone/

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Information for Prospective Participants

•  AnincredibleEuropeanadventurefor16-22yearoldswithsupportbyIST(aged23orolder)

•  HostedbyScoutingNederlandandorganisedwiththeEuropeanRegionofWOSMandWAGGS

What is Roverway?

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•  TheUKContingentwillbemadeupofpatrolsofparticipants,theirpatrolleaders,anInternationalServiceTeamandaContingentManagementTeam.Wehopetohaveacontingentof350people.

•  Theeventwillbe12daysinJulyandAugust2018includingaUKContingentpre-event(tbc)

What is Roverway?

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In The Netherlands

Pre-Event* OpeningCeremony Paths CentralCamp Closing

Ceremony

Amsterdam TheHague AcrossTheNetherlands

InternationalScoutCentre,Zeewolde

Kick-startyour

adventurewiththeUKContingentfortwodaysinthecapital

ofTheNetherlands.

Join3,000participantsfromacrossEuropeforaneventpackedwithmusic,

funandDutchculture.

Embarkona5dayjourneywithyourpatroland

newinternational

friends.

Reunitewithfriendsoldandnewaseveryonecomes

togetherforjamboree-

styleactivities.

SaygoodbyetoRoverway

withanunforgettablecelebrationbefore

returninghome.

*Pre-EventissubjecttoapprovalParticipationfeeswillbeannouncedinApril/Mayandwillincludeatraveloption.YoucanviewavideorecapofRoverway2016here. 43

Patrols

•  Roverwayiscompletedinpatrolsof6-8youngpeople(aged16-22),includingaPatrolLeader(over18)

•  Counties,orneighbouringcounties,willrecruitandformpatrolssothatpatrolmembersareclosetoeachother

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•  Summer2017–Countiesrecruit/selectpatrolmembers

•  February2018–TheGrandRoverTourbriefings•  April2018–PLAcademy•  21July–2August2018–Roverway2018(includingproposedUKContingentpre-event)

Key Dates

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Get in Touch! You can find out more information by:

–  Visiting www.ukcontingent.co.uk –  Visiting the event website at www.roverway2018.nl –  Following @ukcontingent on Twitter –  Liking “Roverway 2018 – UK Scout Contingent” on

Facebook For an application form email: ACCInternational@warwickshirescouts.org.uk Places allocated first come, first served. Absolute deadline 6 October.

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