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Explorer Scout Support Team The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW Tel: 0845 300 1818 ADVERTISING Richard Ellacott richard.ellacott@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258 Cover image: David Morris

WELCOME

Teenage globetrotters Welcome to this special international issue of Explorer.

As you will notice, this month sees the launch of Join-in-Jamboree, a resource that enables Scouts around the country to take part in the excitement leading up to the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden next year.

GET ONLINE, GET MORE

You can read all six magazine supplements on the main Scout website at www.scouts.org.uk/magazine

The Jamboree forms a central part of Scouting for many Explorers. As we have seen in the last couple of issues, those that are lucky enough to be going are already busy meeting their Units, raising money and generally getting very excited. Even those Explorers that are not going to Sweden can play a central part in the celebrations that surround the event. With a year’s worth of activity ideas, Join-in-Jamboree is a great basis for an International themed programme that will get all of your Explorers excited about the Jamboree. Learn about different cultures, cook and eat myriad different foods and even communicate with other Scouts from across the world!

Going global In this edition, we put a spotlight on Units that have undertaken once in a lifetime trips across the world. Their stories highlight the amazing opportunities that are available to Explorer Scouts and also show that they do not just have to be a dream. If your Unit wants to jet off to discover new cultures and meet new people, there are many opportunities to do so and plenty of realistic ways to make it happen – be as creative as you can when it comes to ideas, fundraising and build up activities!

Contents 4 News Training updates, event reviews and bright sparks; plus, diversity dates for the months ahead

6 Journeys with purpose We take a spin around Planet Earth to see where some intrepid Explorers have been blazing trails, reaching heights and making a difference. From Devon to Denmark, and from Cricklade to Bombita, these young adventurers have been making a mark on more than just their passports

Don’t miss Your Join-in-Jamboree resource, free with this supplement

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News

Explorer A round-up of what’s happening in and s Scouting. Send your stories, report ts.org.uk cou @s ine gaz opinions to scouting.ma

TRAINING MODULE UPDATE

Module 16 (Nights Away) is changing. It will now be known as Introduction to residential experiences. A full summary of the changes will appear in the next issue of Explorer, but please talk to your Training Adviser or local training team for more information in the meantime.

Murray’s mint

A 16-year-old Explorer Scout from Livingston represented the UK at the international Geography Olympiad at Taipei, Taiwan. We have the scoop When West Lothian Explorer, Murray, set off at the end of July, he knew it would be the trip of a lifetime. As part of Team UK, he would join students from Salisbury in the four person party of geography wizards to pit his wits against the best young geographers from across the world.

The seven day competition involved a mixture of written and fieldwork tests that took them across the city and further south to central Taiwan. These included the National Palace Museum, a preserved earthquake site and the elegant Taipei 101 tower.

In the end the team came 17th, the best result ever attained by the UK. Murray said: ‘My Scouting skills 4

undoubtedly helped me get selected in the first place, as I completed map working tasks at the selection in North Yorkshire. The best bit by far was meeting the other participants who had come from 27 countries, covering five continents.’

Faith and awareness events for December/ January December 1 World AIDS Day 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2-9 Hanukah (Jewish) 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities 5 International Volunteer Day 7 Al-Hura New Year’s Day (Muslim) 8 Bodhi Day - Rohatsu (Buddhist) 10 International Human Rights Day 16 Ashura (Muslim) 25 Christmas Day (Christian) January 2011 1 New Year’s Day 4 World Braille Day 5 Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh (Sikh) 6 Epiphany (Christian) 7 Christmas (Orthodox Christian) 16 World Religion Day (Baha’i) 19-21 Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) 20 Tu B’shvat (Jewish) 27 Holocaust Memorial Day

SPIRIT LEVEL

For more help with getting spiritual development activities in your Unit Programme visit www.scouts.org.uk/faith

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NEWS

Non-stop adventure Gilwell Park was the scorching setting for a 24-hour Explorer Scout event, that barely paused for breath while offering some 100 activities to over 2,500 participants.

Taking in trapezes, brushboarding and a massive disco, the sound of hyperactive Explorers boomed around the hundred acre site.

ROVERWAY REGISTRATION For Explorer Scouts who will be aged 16-22 in 2012, Roverway offers the chance to travel to Finland for Europe’s premier Scouting gathering. More information is likely in the first half of next year, but Contingent Leaders will be recruited in the coming months. For more information, register at www.scouts.org.uk/finland2012

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INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS

DOM INICAN REPUBLIC | 9 CRIC KLADE SAM PSON ESU | 200 lorer Unit spent 14 members of the Sampson Exp bita working with two weeks in the village of Bom ciation on a Asso cha rity Com mun ity Partners £14,000, and had ed rais p grou The ect. building proj the friendliness 16, , Amy to adjust to the cult ure. For ure of the trip: feat ning defi the was of the villagers in the ing noth to t ‘The whole village had nex st, most dlie frien the of e som e wer world, and yet world a was It . met cheerful people we had ever here in ities mun com of est clos the apa rt from even ral seve sted inve p grou the UK.’ On the last day, the had they ing seat rete conc the members on t home mea nt the construc ted. And a delayed fligh a Caribbea n on xing rela t spen e fina l hou rs wer beac h, an unexpected bonus.

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equipment It’s not only the mental preparation, into the mix go that skills n planning and expeditio the endless but , rsion excu seas over when plotting an the ground fundraising efforts needed to get off ning these trips are often staggering. Leaders plan 0 to get everyone raised a combined total of £340,00 of which goes to h to only these six destinations, muc the countries involved. cooperation The need to raise vast sums requires and can ities, mun com l loca and dedication from trip itself. the as ting Scou l loca for be as beneficial nd Scouting, By engaging local partners to get behi great value in these relationships that form are of to help young delivering the purpose of Scouting, local, national their people understand their role in ities. and international commun

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PERU | ANDOVE R ESU | 2010 in Hampsh ire Explorers from Andover District itage Site of Her ld Wor SCO made it to the UNE yed the panoram ic enjo they re whe u, Pich chu Mac Trai l. The team of views and hiked the classic Inca ol for disabled scho 14 also helped out at a Peruvian old with ear17-y a met ‘I said children . Jack, 17, his own place in a to ing mov ’s who y pals bal cere ed me on Facebook. month, sings in a band and add us, the experience of It was an eye- opener for most never forget.’ will I ng ethi som of a lifetime and M | 2010 SWITZE RLAND | K2 ESU, WRE XHA uded a incl t Uni this for y awa ks wee Two week at Kandersteg whistlestop London tour and a re activities Internationa l Scout Centre, whe water rafting te whi ng, hiki n included mou ntai , 16, said: ‘It was Leah es. pfir cam s dres y fanc and and how they great to see other people’s cult ures us. The trip taught to d pare com ting Scou race emb ing out for me a lot about teamwork and look er rafting, wat te whi n whe ly cial espe rs, othe other.’ each on ed end dep where ever ybody mou ntai n hut a in ying ‘Sta , used enth ny Dan ntai ns was out of whi le hiki ng in the Swiss mou me to climb ired insp has hike The ld. wor this e.’ mor higher to see even

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DENMARK | | 2010 DEVON AND DORSET EXPLORERS from Dorset one and ts Uni on A group of five Dev badge r thei beca me the Dooby Doos (due to 0, a 20:1 SEE to nt inge cont a design) and sent nce arose after the cha The k. mar Den in e bore Jam boree were Devon Unit at the World Scout Jam struck up a and pitc hed nex t to Dan ish Scouts y said, ‘In Dais t Scou r lore Exp ip. strong friendsh e working wer ts no time, English and Dan ish Scou vities. acti ing shar and ls mea together cook ing ere at osph atm The best bit was the tremendous y.’ mon the closing cere

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INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITIONS

LORERS | 2010 UGANDA | BOURNEMOUTH EXP rs in the yea e thre ect proj a Nile 2010 was of Bou rnemouth plan ning. Twenty-six members of the Avon Explorer Scouting, including members d a vocational buil to Unit raised over £100,000 l village rura ly eme extr an in re trai ning cent north of Jinja, Uga nda . the loca l The project focused on helping sustainable tally men iron env me beco com mun ity ing mac hine. mak k bric rm by purc hasi ng a hyd ra-fo ing mud mak of t craf al ition trad the to Compared ent, the cem of y ntit qua bric ks, which uses a large bling ena , less ially tant subs uses new mac hine and buildings interloc king bric ks to be made will benefit the hine mac The ker. quic construc ted years to come the over school with furt her income n. atio situ – a win-win ding prog ressed Dur ing the five week project, buil ding the roof, buil ks, bric ng layi and with mak ing layi ng eight and s dow win painting and fitti ng the also bers mem e Nin d. han by rete tonnes of conc nda n Uga t eigh with Belt undertook thei r Explorer out loca l ying carr s, mile 100 over ng Scouts, hiki s of transpor t projects and sampling other form da. a-bo bod a including wel ls were said At the end of the sum mer, sad fare ed. The forg been had ips dsh frien as many new outh and rnem Bou in ts partnership between Scou edition exp t nex the with inue cont Jinja will recollections from plan ned for 2015 . Here are a few t: wen that ts Explorer Scou

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