Planet Essex Issue 1 - Saturday 26th July 2008

Issue 1

Official newspaper of the Essex International Jamboree

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Essex 2008 takes shape Transforming the site from field to a place of fun

by Kirstie Wright AN enthusiastic team, known as Site Services have been busy marking out and building the site since July 12.

Visually the site started to appear from July 14, when the marquees in the Market Square were being put up to house all the main entertainments and communications within the Jamboree. But most importantly toilet blocks and showers were starting to be put in very early, ready for 10,000 people to use them.

The build has been supported by about 40 to 70 people each day since July 16, when all the volunteers started to arrive.

There was plenty for everyone to do with jobs ranging from plumbing in toilet blocks to running electricity cables around site, as well as jobs such as sorting out the communications systems which are essential for the Jamboree to run smoothly.

Trying to keep the build moving on is no easy task but as head of Site Services, Mike Cook, said: “It has always been going in the right direction; we just have to overcome new challenges every day.”

A lot of hard work has gone into making the site look like it does today.

The site has more than 50 marquees, 3.2km of fencing and it took five people three hours to build the main stage. And so far, more than 10,800 toilet rolls have been delivered.

However, the team have still found time to have fun and make friends.

Dan Jeffery, a volunteer on Site Services has been on site since last Saturday and said, “The week has gone really quickly and all the tents went up really early which was a bonus. We all had great fun and are thankful to the IT team for their help.”

Today’s weather Sunshine and showers Minimum temp: 16C Maximum temp: 24C UV index: 5 Sun rises: 5.17am Sun sets: 9.01pm

Keeping everyone safe and well THE sun’s shining (well sometimes anyway), the activities are in full swing, food is being prepared for the next break and all’s hunky-dory in the micro community that is the Essex International Jamboree 2008.

Then, disaster, an accident happens and someone’s injured, or your mate’s suddenly taken ill. You need help. What do you do?

Well, assistance is close at hand. First aiders from your own group or Sub Camp will probably deal with most minor ailments and injuries.

However, throughout the week of the Jamboree, a dedicated medical team is also on duty, 24 hours a day.

This group comprises doctors, nurses, paramedics and advanced first aiders from the National Health Service and St John Ambulance.

A fully-equipped field hospital is on site and located adjacent to Market Square. There is also a fleet of St John vehicles is on standby to convey sick and hurt patients if necessary.

So if you are in any doubt, contact a first aider in your Sub Camp or elsewhere on site.

Can you help Barnaby and his furry friend?

MEET Barnaby Bear. He’s been adopted by Hilltop Primary School in West Sussex and is attending Jamboree with his new owner, 6 year old Henry Weller.

And the pair of them have been given some summer homework that participants at the Jamboree can help with.

Barnaby and Henry have been given the task of collecting as many different badges to show off to their Year Two class when they return to school in September.

So please help. You can drop things off for Barnaby in the Media Centre. After all you wouldn’t want him to become another endangered animal would you.

Welcome to this year’s Jamboree Welcome, wilkommen, bienvenue!

This year the Essex International Jamboree is hosting the largest, County-run, Jamboree in the UK. I would therefore like to welcome the 10,000 Guides, Scouts and adults, from more than 30 countries, who are all on site and looking forward to a week of fun and friendship.

So, what is the Essex Jamboree all about?

For me it is an opportunity for members, of Guiding and Scouting, to join together in a way that is not often seen in other parts of life today.

A chance to meet, talk with, befriend and live with each other, in an atmosphere of harmony, peace, co-operation and celebration.

It should also be a chance to try new experiences and have fun while we explore some of the issues faced by our world today.

During this week I hope that each of us will get the chance to:

Talk with people we have not met before; Meet people from another country; make a friend (at least one); Learn about global issues in the Global Development Zone; Try an activity we may not have had a chance to experience fully before; Learn about a different culture to our own; as well as, have lots of FUN and LAUGHTER! I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of those volunteers who have spent nearly three years organising this event.

I think you will agree they have all made an amazing contribution so far, and are continuing to give of their time, energy and enthusiasm, to make this a truly international success.

All I have left to say is have a fantastic Essex International Jamboree and keep smiling,

Doing our bit to help the environment AT the Jamboree we will all be learning about our planet and some of the dangers we are facing as a global community.

This is why at the Jamboree we want to ensure that everyone does their bit to help the planet by reducing landfill waste.

Most of the rubbish we produce can be recycled. By following these four simple steps we can all recycle and help to improve the environment we live in.

Step 1 Wash and Squash: Food packaging such as tins, cans and plastic containers require cleaning before recycling, so use your old washing up water and give them a quick rinse.

Step 2 Sort and Store: At your group campsite you should have black recycling conta iners like the one pictured to put your recycling in. Items that can be recycled include plastic, food wrappers and milk bottles, paper, card, tin and aluminium cans and glass bottles.

General rubbish including food waste should be placed in black bin liners and put at the perimeter for collection. Don’t forget to make sure they are labelled so everyone puts the correct items in each bin or bag.

Step 3 Deposit: Take your recycled items to the recycling points located around the Jamboree site. They are easy to find as they are marked on all Jamboree maps with this symbol.

Step 4: Encourage: Try and encourage everyone in your camping area to think whether items can be reused or recycled before they are thrown away.

Recycling facts: When we recycle, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources. If used

materials are not recycled, new products are made by extracting fresh, raw material from the Earth, through mining and forestry. Recycling helps conserve important raw materials and protects natural habitats for the future.

Using recycled materials in making items uses considerably less energy than is needed to make new products from raw materials – even when you add in the costs of collecting the waste and taking it to plants to be recycled.

Plus recycling also helps save energy because more energy is required to extract, refine, transport and process raw materials ready for use compared with providing industryready materials.

And because recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying and logging), refining and processing raw materials, it also cuts down on air and water pollution. This in turn reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which

helps to tackle climate change.

Looking after our environment and planet should not stop once we leave the Jamboree.

Here are just a few of the things you can do when you get home: More than 40 per cent of CO2 emissions in the UK come directly from what we do such as heating and using electricity in our homes - and driving vehicles. Flights are the next biggest source of CO2 emissions. To discover how to reduce your carbon footprint, visit www.direct. gov.uk/actonco2 It is easy to take some simple steps at home to reduce the amount of energy you use.

To find out how you can make some simple differences, such as swapping your old light bulbs for energy efficient ones and save money in the process, log on to the Energy Saving Trust (EST) website www.energysavingtrust. org.uk

Working hard to deliver groceries to Sub Camps Turn on, tune in to Jungle Radio JUNGLE Radio is your radio station - available all day and into the evening, exclusively online.

Being YOUR radio, it’s time you got involved. So how can you?

You can listen online and via your sub-camp, as well as in all “good recreational areas”. Because the station is available online your friends and family can listen at home too. Find out the latest Jamboree news and listen to all your favourite music.

Requests and shout-outs are welcomed from all participants here at the Jamboree.

So don’t be shy. Requests can be submitted on the forms that are available online, by emailing the team or by visiting the media team centre’s reception (in the Market Square, opposite the stage).

You are also invited to bring along your own music as we would love to hear music from around the world.

Jungle Radio’s library has some 10,000 tracks, aiming to please all listeners on site, from the youngest participant to the oldest member of staff.

And all participants’ have the opportunity to be involved in Jungle Radio. For two hours a day you have control of the airwaves in ‘Let us Entertain You’, where you can create, and air, your very own show. You will be able to take part in groups of 2-4. Booking is available by emailing through the website or contacting the Media Centre reception. The idea behind ‘Let us entertain you’ is not merely to get you involved, but to let you and your friends hear and enjoy the show too!

The daily schedule will run from Sunday and should include the following... Morning Entertainment - with the news and the day ahead; Mid Morning Requests; ‘Let us Entertain you’; Speciality Show – topics and themes; The Entertainment Show with music from Jungle Radio and out and about onsite and Club Jambo.

by Emma Parker PREPARATIONS in the Jamboree Food Warehouse have been under way for several days.

A team of 12 hardworking volunteers have spent hours cataloguing more than 200 different food items, ready to be collected by the 170 groups that have pre-ordered their food online.

However, the hard work actually started and has been ongoing for more than 18 months.

With a spreadsheet to be envious of, all of the orders are organised in several different ways to ensure that nothing is missed.

Research and meetings led to the decision to use Sainsbury’s as the suppliers of the food in the warehouse and they have already delivered five artic lorries full of food to the site.

With the final order deadline three weeks ago, heads of the Retail department, Tony and Norma Groom had a huge task ahead of them.

Ensuring that the orders, which have already cost in excess of £50,000, are all present and correct.

Groups can, however, still visit the food warehouse and place bulk orders with staff who will try and get items to the Jamboree site within 24 hours.

The order in the food warehouse is apparent from the outset, with the food set up in the order of the online shopping list.

With 1,440 two-litre bottles of water, 15,000 packets of crisps, 250 boxes of Corn Flakes, 400 packets of chicken, 900 lettuces and

35,200 tea bags, it is important that the 24 members of staff keep everything in strict order.

It is their job to become personal shoppers for each of the groups that have ordered their food, daily selecting the items on the order

forms for the next day.

Groups can then collect the orders from the warehouse to take over to the Sub Camps.

So when you’re eating your dinner think about all of the hard work it has taken to get it to your plates.

on us forever One world, and we will stand united together

Essex Jamboree really is the place to be Live in peace and harmony, friendship for eternity Essex Jamboree, so many possibilities Scouts and guides and you and me at the Essex Jamboree

At Essex Jamboree we’ll find a way - start today Essex Jamboree really is the place to be Live in peace and harmony, friendship for eternity Essex Jamboree, so many possibilities Scouts and guides and you and me at the Essex Jamboree Essex Jamboree really is the place to be Live in peace and harmony, friendship for eternity Essex Jamboree, so many possibilities Scouts and guides and you and me at the Essex Jamboree

The Jamboree Song Written by Anna Pool and performed live during the event by the Jamboree House Band.

Today we’re gonna show the world just what it means to be A Scout or Guide who lives inside a worldwide familyIt doesn’t matter ‘bout your skin, your nationality Everybody sing along, it’s Essex Jamboree There’s one sky, and the sun will shine on us forever One world, and we will stand united together Essex Jamboree really is the place to be

Live in peace and harmony, friendship for eternity Essex Jamboree, so many possibilities Scouts and guides and you and me at the Essex Jamboree Today we’re gonna make the world a better place to be So everybody knows just how it feels to be free And as we face new challenges and new activities We’ll take away and build upon the Scouting memories There’s one sky, and the sun will shine

(Instrumental) We can’t turn back time but we can put the world to right

The Planet Essex team: Katherine Broomfield; Antony Weller; Abi Bousfield; Sarah Chandler; Kirstie Wright; Caroline Hill; Sarah Paget; Sophie Williams; Emma Parker; Becky Tompkinson; Cathy Burton; Caz Wilcox; Ellie Campen; Ian Guy; Layla Parry; Maxine Trick; Paul Traynier; Steph Anderson; Tim Browne and Tina Wing. The media team can be contacted in the Market Square, or via our roaming reporter team.