21st World Scout Jamboree
Join us for the 2007 World Scout Jamboree held at
Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, in the heart of England,
the birthplace of the Scouting movement.
Your South Texas Council has 8 spaces avaliable for this "once in a lifetime" experience. Contact Bart Gentry 361-814-4300 X18 bgentry@stxbsa.org. Spaces we don't use will be allocated to another council and they won't last long.
The 21st World Scout Jamboree will be hosted by the Scout Association of the United Kingdom from July 27 until August 8, 2007. It will bring together 40,000 Scouts, Venturers, leaders, and staff for 12 days. They will share adventure, international friendship, personal growth, and development.
In 2007, the centennial year of the founding of the Scouting movement, the jamboree theme will be "One World, One Promise." Sir Robert Baden-Powell, who founded the Scouting program, also pioneered the very first jamboree at Olympia in London in 1920.
The Boy Scouts of America participated with 301 Scouts and leaders at the First World Scout Jamboree, and 3,200 American Scouts/leaders are invited to return to the birthplace of Scouting during the summer of 2007.
View the Jamboree Bulletin Issue #1 or Issue #2 for the most up-to-date information about the 2007 World Scout Jamboree
Where Is the Jamboree?
The 21st World Scout Jamboree will take place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, England. It is within easy reach of both central London and the airports surrounding London.
- Hylands Park is a large area of rolling green parkland, with patches of woodland and an English country house. It offers an ideal location for the jamboree site.
- Chelmsford is a local town and has a history stretching back thousands of years. Chelmsford Borough Council owns Hylands Park and is strongly supporting the jamboree.
- Gilwell Park is the home of Scouting in the UK and is close to both Hylands Park and London. It will be the focus of adventurous activities in the Gilwell Adventure, which is one of the jamboree program venues.
- The United Kingdom is a diverse and multicultural society that combines tradition with high technology. The UK has the honor of being the country where Sir Robert Baden-Powell founded Scouting. His first experiment was with an encampment on Brownsea Island in 1907 with 22 Scouts from the London area.
The Jamboree Program
The jamboree program will combine proven elements of previous world Scout jamborees, such as the Global Development Village, with new concepts and ideas that will have been tried and tested during the European Scout jamboree—EuroJam—in 2005.
The jamboree program is based on the eight World Objectives for the Centenary of Scouting, as agreed by the World Scout Conference. The program also aims to motivate, challenge, and excite Scouts/Venturers, leaders, and the International Service Team.
The jamboree program combines Baden-Powell's insights—learning by doing, working in small groups, and giving responsibility to Scouts/Venturers—with the realization that different people learn in different ways, at different speeds, and with different styles.
Key elements of the jamboree program are planned to include:
- World Village—Six areas on the jamboree site that Scouts will explore in order to experience activities ranging from creativity to technology and culture.
- The Gilwell Adventure—An action-packed day of adventurous and challenging activities at the home of Scouting in the UK at Gilwell Park.
- Global Development Village—A chance to explore many of today's key world challenges through practical workshops run by specialists from the United Nations and other organizations.
- Community Action Day—Helping to make a difference in the community through involvement in local projects in partnership with Scouts and community groups near the jamboree site.
Jamboree Travel
The Boy Scouts of America contingent will meet at a series of "gateway cities" in the United States prior to departing for the jamboree. Transportation from the participant's hometown to their gateway city will be the responsibility of each Scout, Venturer, and leader.
The Southern and Northeast regions will depart from their gateway cities the evening of Monday, July 23, 2007. They will arrive at either London Gatwick or London Heathrow airport on Tuesday morning, July 24, 2007. These two regions will tour London July 24 through July 26 and arrive at the jamboree site on Friday, July 27. The Western and Central regions will depart on Thursday evening, July 26, and upon arrival in London go directly to the jamboree site on Friday morning, July 27.
On Wednesday morning, August 8, the U.S. contingent will depart the jamboree site. The Southern and Northeast regions will depart for home, arriving in the United States on the same day. The Western and Central regions will depart the jamboree site and tour London Wednesday, August 8, through Friday, August 10, departing on Saturday, August 11, and arriving in the United States on the same day.
The Tour
The Boy Scouts of America has reserved a fleet of 80 modern tour buses for transportation to and from London airports to the jamboree site and touring. All buses will have a tour guide assigned to each troop or crew.
The Boy Scouts of America has contracted with the Hertfordshire University Conference Center outside of London to provide meals and housing for our BSA contingent. The university is on a modern campus with excellent accommodations. All housing is in modern single-person living quarters with private showers/baths.
London is known as a city of villages, so large (over 600 square miles) that it must be visited in more intimate sections. Westminster is "young" London's center and dates from the 11th century, when Edward the Confessor founded Westminster Abbey. First-time visitors are drawn by London's most famous sites: Big Ben, Parliament, and Buckingham Palace. Art lovers delight in the National and Tate galleries and the Queen Gallery at the Palace.
The "City" is approximately one square mile in the heart of London. It is one of the world's most important centers of finance. The City dates to Roman times, and, in spite of major fires throughout the centuries, it is still home to medieval architectural treasures such as the interior of the Guildhall and St. Bartholomew the Great, London's oldest church.
No one can miss seeing the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Other sights of interest will be the famed Tower of London fortress built in 1078 by William the Conqueror and St. Paul's Cathedral, where Prince Charles and Princess Diana were married.
The Greenwich Tour will take you to the Royal Observatory. This was the home of the first astronomer royal, John Flamsteed, and is the site of the prime meridian. This line of longitude runs around the world through the North and South poles and determines Greenwich Mean Time. You can stand in both the Eastern and Western hemispheres at the same time, with one foot in each hemisphere!
You will visit the Cutty Sark, the famous tea and wool clipper ship, before boarding a riverboat for a journey up the River Thames into central London. Landmarks along the boat ride will include the Millennium Dome, Tower Bridge, and the Big Ben clock (depicted on the cover of this brochure).
The West End is the place to be and to be seen in London. It has grand hotels and swank restaurants, department stores and art galleries. St. James's and Mayfair are the fashionable patrician sections of the West End, home to Victorian mansions and Piccadilly Circus. In Soho and Covent Garden one can find ancient churches, whimsical museums, and colorful shops. West London is graced with Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. It has quiet residential streets and fine shopping in Knightsbridge, home to Harrods, a huge department store that takes up a full city block.
Tour activities will include a visit to Windsor Castle and Runnymede. Windsor is the oldest continually inhabited castle in the world, having been lived in by kings and queens for almost 1,000 years.
Who May Attend?
- Participants. Scouts and Venturers between the ages of 14 and 17 years old on July 27, 2007—that is specifically those born between July 28, 1989, and July 27, 1993—may take part in the jamboree.
- Participants' Age. Age requirements are set by the World Scout Committee and are not negotiable.
- Leaders. All Boy Scouts of America leadership must meet the requirements listed on the adult application. In addition, councils must first give their approval to applicants. Once regions have selected potential leaders, regional jamboree committees and the national office will conduct in-person interviews for final selection.
BSA assistant Scoutmasters and Venturers who are 18 years of age may serve (if selected) as the jamboree third assistant Scoutmaster.
- International Service Team Staff. There will be job opportunities for another 800 Americans to serve on the International Service Team. Specific information is listed on the application.
Cost and Payment Schedule
Participant costs depend on which gateway city is designated by your region. The cost of the package plan includes the jamboree fee established by the Boy Scouts of America, travel and tour cost, all meals, lodging, unit and patrol equipment, accident and sickness insurance, prejamboree weekend training, regional/national office administrative/program support, and buses for ground transportation prior to and after the jamboree.
Cost does not include travel to or from the prejamboree training site, travel to and from the gateway city, or ticketing due to early or late departure from the world jamboree site or while on tour due to medical emergencies, family emergencies, and/or problems based on our code of conduct.
A payment plan schedule is listed on both the leader and youth application forms. The estimated cost for the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex, England, is $3,975 per person.
Tour prices are subject to change based on the final transportation contract and participation.
Jamboree Badge/Logo
The official badge of the 21st World Scout Jamboree approved by the World Scout Committee represents the sunrise of a new century of Scouting over the rolling green parkland of the jamboree site, together with a dove that symbolizes peace. It will be worn by our contingent above the right pocket of the Scout/Venturing uniform shirt.
The official Boy Scouts of America contingent emblem represents a salute of appreciation to the United Kingdom and Lord Baden-Powell for starting the Scouting movement. The campaign hat was part of the first official uniform worn by the Boy Scouts of America at the First World Scout Jamboree. The contingent emblem is worn on the right pocket of the Scout/Venturing uniform shirt. The official neckerchief of the BSA contingent is representative of the stars and stripes of our American flag.
Both the 21st World Scout Jamboree emblem and the BSA contingent emblem are trademark protected by their respective Scout organizations and may not be used without written consent of the Jamboree Division.
Application Forms
Download the following forms to apply:
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