Scouting 2007 Centenary

The Scouting 2007 Centenary comprised celebrations around the

world in which Scouts celebrated 100 years of the world Scout
Scouting 2007 Centenary
movement. The original celebrations were focused on the United
Kingdom, such as the camp on Brownsea Island, the birthplace of
Scouting, and the 21st World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford, Essex.

National Scout movements added extra celebrations in amongst the

international ones, including the Australian Scout Jamboree held 1–13
January 2007 at Elmore, Victoria, Australia, and KanderJam at the
Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland.

The badge for the 2007 Centenary,

Contents worn by Scouts around the world

Global activities Country All countries of the world

Scout and Guide Spirit Flame Website
Sunrise ceremony Scouting 2007 (https://web.archive.
World Jamboree 2007 org/web/20090601170144/http://en
Brownsea Island camps g.scouting2007.org/)
Activities by national Scout organisations
Scouts Australia
Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique (Belgium)-JAMbe
Scouts Canada-11th Canadian Scout Jamboree
Asociación Scouts de Colombia-National Centenary
Gathering
Scouts et Guides de France-Sunrise Ceremony on Mont
Blanc
Federação Escotista de Portugal-Acanac
Swiss Guide and Scout Movement-Igloo village and
KanderJam
The Scout Association of the United Kingdom
Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (United Kingdom)
Other activities
Gifts for Peace
Maize maze
See also
Notes
External links

Global activities
The Centenary celebrations began on 1 January 2007, and members of the World
Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) were encouraged to start their
programme on that day, and continue right through the year. In London, there
was a New Year's Day Parade of Scouts. In towns, flags were flown to celebrate
Scouting. Europa postage stamps were issued monthly throughout 2007 for the
celebration.

Scout and Guide Spirit Flame

On 22 February 2007, the 150th anniversary of Robert Baden-Powell's birth, a

torch was lit at his grave in Nyeri, Kenya. Several thousand Scouts and Guides
Flags in Sincil Street,
from around the world attended the ceremony that included a procession from
Lincoln, UK
Baden-Powell's old home nearby.

The flame was carried by Scouts and Guides through Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt,
Greece, Italy, France, Belgium and finally the UK to arrive on Brownsea Island, UK on the eve of Scouting's
Sunrise. The spirit flame was brought to Brownsea Island via Sea Scouts that rowed a small boat across Poole
Harbour. After the Sunrise celebrations on 1 August 2007. the flame continued onwards to the 21st World
Scout Jamboree.

Sunrise ceremony

The first Scout Camp opened on 1 August 1907 by the Movement's founder
General Baden-Powell. At 8am, he blew a kudu horn to gather round the 20
boys that were on the island for that camp. Exactly one hundred years later,
around 400,000 Scouts in the UK took part in an event to commemorate this. On
Brownsea Island, a Scout read out Baden-Powell's words of 100 years ago,
calling for peace, comradeship and co-operation.[1] Members of Scout
associations worldwide renewed their promise at 8am local time; and Scout
troops organised a "good turn" in aid of their local communities. Additionally, at
8am Western European Summer Time, Scouts internationally used the Internet to
celebrate and communicate with Scouts on Brownsea Island as part of the World
Scout Jamboree. Scout groups turned the event into a day-long celebration. Scouting's Sunrise
Ceremony,
A flame that traveled from Africa was used to light a campfire that burned Oeschinensee,
through the night, marking the passing of the first 100 years of the Scout Switzerland
movement.

The Chief Scout of the United Kingdom, Peter Duncan, blew the same kudu
horn, and one Scout from each Scouting country passed over a "Bridge of
Friendship", and shook the left hand of every other Scout as they passed.

World Jamboree 2007

The 21st World Scout Jamboree was the main event of the year, with more than Actor reading Baden-
40,000 young people from around the world taking part in a 12‑day event in Powell's final words to
Chelmsford in the south of England. The event started on 27 July 2007, where Scouts at a Sunrise
the camping participants celebrated the Scouting Sunrise in one place. While this Ceremony
is not the largest encampment of Scouts ever held (over 50,000 young Scouts
camped in Birkenhead at the Coming of Age Jamboree in 1929), it is expected that the large numbers of day
visitors and the concurrent camps around the world made this jamboree the largest Scouting event since the
movement started 100 years earlier.

Brownsea Island camps

There were several camps on the famous birthplace of Scouting, including a Sunrise Camp, a Replica Camp,
and a New Centenary Camp.[2] The replica camp was held twice, each 4.5 days camping running around the
August celebrations. The activities included historical 1907 activities, several with a modern twist. The first of
the replica camp's was for purely Boy Scouts and the second included a patrol of girls. As well as Scouts there
were boys from the Boys Brigade, as in the original 1907 camp.[3] The changes made to the modern
Brownsea Camp did not always draw positive attention in the media, some reports suggesting that elements of
the original spirit of Scouting had been lost.[4]

Activities by national Scout organisations

Scouts Australia

Scouts and Scouting supporters in Australia gathered at public venues to

celebrate the Dawn of the New Scouting Centenary. In Canberra,
Australia's capital, local Scouts joined the Chief Scout of Australia to
renew their Scout Promise in a commitment of world peace and social
betterment. Other events occurred in Sydney at the Opera House and in
Chief Scout and Governor for
Melbourne. NSW, Marie Bashir, leads
assembled Scouts renewing their
During 2005 and 2006, Australian Rovers developed the Centenary of
promise at the Sunrise ceremony,
Scouting Peace Boomerang which completed a journey of over Sydney Opera House
18,000 km around Australia spreading a message of peace and unity
leading up to the Centenary. Australian Rovers developed the boomerang
as a Gift for Peace project that would involve Rovers, Scouts and the general public, and raise awareness and
generate discussions amongst young people about peace. The boomerang, an Australian Aboriginal wooden
ceremonial tool, returns to the person who throws it, making it a fitting symbol as it traveled for 18 months
around Australia.[5]

Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique (Belgium)-JAMbe

On 28 and 29 April 2007, 95,000 members from the five Belgian Scout and Guide associations gathered in
Brussels to celebrate. The final show was attended by the Belgian crown prince, Prince Filip, who was a
Scouting member in his younger days. They had to play the show twice because King Baudouin Stadium has
a capacity of only 50,000 people. This was the biggest gathering (in numbers at one day) of any of the
festivities anywhere held by Scouting.

Scouts Canada-11th Canadian Scout Jamboree

The 11th Canadian Scout Jamboree (CJ'07) was held from 25 July 2007 to 1 August 2007 at Tamaracouta
Scout Reserve just north of Montreal. On 1 August there was a sunrise ceremony commemorating the first 100
years of Scouting.
Asociación Scouts de Colombia-National Centenary Gathering

About 5.000 Colombian Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Rovers gathered in the Simón Bolívar National Park, in
the heart of Bogotá, Capital City of Colombia, in the National Rally "Mapialsancla: A trip to the Fantastic
dreams world", the National Jamboree "Sliders Live100Scout", and the National Rover Moot "Challenge
Colombia". The participation of many young people who took Bogotá for 7 days with fun and varied activities
for celebrating the centenary of World Scouting.

Scouts et Guides de France-Sunrise Ceremony on Mont Blanc

A team of Scouts and Guides from the Savoie districts celebrated Scouting Sunrise from the peak of Mont
Blanc. Eduardo Missoni, Secretary General of WOSM, visited the team's first preparatory weekend and
presented them with a flag to take to the summit. Guillaume Légaut, president of Scouts et Guides de France is
participating in the expedition.

Federação Escotista de Portugal-Acanac

In Portugal, a one-week Acanac ('acampamento nacional, meaning 'national camp') was held where Scout
troops from Portugal got together to celebrate the 100 years of Scouting worldwide. They also celebrated the
sunrise ceremony.

Swiss Guide and Scout Movement-Igloo village and KanderJam

On 17 and 18 March 2007, Swiss Scouts planned to build an igloo

village with each construction representing one of the member countries
and territories of WOSM. The event was held on the glacier of the Plaine
Morte near the resort of Crans-Montana, in Switzerland. A total of 130
igloos were built, short of the planned number, but this still beat the
previous world record of 100 igloos. Additionally, every team composed
a message of peace for the Scout organisation represented by their igloo.
These letters will be sent including a photo of the igloo village taken at
night-fall, when the igloos were illuminated by torches laid out in the 7th Donnybrook Scout Troop
snow spelling out the word peace. The public was encouraged to attend (Ireland)[6] celebrating Scouting's
the event, in order to show how igloos are made and to involve them in Sunrise at Oeschinensee, high in
the construction. the Swiss Alps above Kandersteg
village, 1 August 2007
A large gathering of Scouts from forty countries took place at Kandersteg
International Scout Centre, the Scout centre run by the World
Organization of Scouting Movement. Having taken place at the same time as the world jamboree, 1,800 guests
stayed at the centre where on 1 August 2008 Scouts from around the world celebrated the Scouting's Sunrise
and Swiss National Day at Oeschinensee, overlooking the town of Kandersteg, high in the Swiss Alps.[7]

The Scout Association of the United Kingdom

Despite hosting a large number of international centenary events, including the World Jamboree, a large
number of county and district level events were also organised by members of The Scout Association.

Scottish Scouting ran a set of 12 camps open to members of the Explorer Section in the UK. These camps'
themes ranged from activity camps to Young Leaders courses.
Hampshire Scout County organised H007, held at New Park near
Brockenhurst, with over 8,000 Scouts in attendance. Amongst the range
of activities, the camp hosted members of the British Army and Royal
Navy.[9]

Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (United

Kingdom)
The sun rising above
The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association celebrated the Centenary of Oeschinensee bathing 2,500
Scouting by issuing commemorative badges and holding their own Scouts in sunshine at 09:00
Centenary Camp in Southampton.[10] (CET)

Other activities

Gifts for Peace

Mosaic made from Scouting
During the 36th World Scout Conference, it was decided that each pictures by Luxemburg Scouts.[8]
National Scout Organisation would present a Gift for Peace during 2007.
This Gift is expected to be the culmination of work by young people in
Scouting over the previous year.

Maize maze

British farmer Nick Lees and his family created a maze in a 10 acre
maize field in the shape of Baden-Powell and a Scouting logo. The maze
was open to the public until September 2007, when the maize was
harvested. Due to mediocre weather, the maize did not fully reach the
expected height of 4.5 m. The maze was at Bickleigh, near Tiverton,
Devon.[11]
Great Britain issued a
See also commemorative fifty pence coin
for the Scouting 2007 Centenary.
21st World Scout Jamboree
Brownsea Island Scout camp

Notes
1. "Centenary Scout go back to where it began -breakfast on Brownsea". The Times. 2 August
2007.
2. "Scouts in centenary celebrations" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6925312.stm). BBC. 1
August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
3. Harper, Alison (1 August 2007). "From small camp to global phenomenon" (http://news.bbc.co.
uk/2/hi/uk_news/6925794.stm). BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
4. "Scouts banned from eating burgers and bangers - because of religious beliefs" (http://www.dai
lymail.co.uk/news/article-472655/Scouts-banned-eating-burgers-bangers--religious-beliefs.htm
l). Daily Mail. London. 3 August 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
 5. "Centenary of Scouting Peace Boomerang" (https://web.archive.org/web/20060819111202/htt
p://www.rovers.com.au/boomerang/). Rovers Australia. Archived from the original (http://www.ro
vers.com.au/boomerang) on 19 August 2006.
6. "7th Donnybrook Scout's Homepage" (http://seventh.osits.com/). 7th Donnybrook Scouts
Homepage. 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
7. "7th Donnybrook Scouts Scouting Sunrise Kanderjam 2007" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=E0F_QJzPrbU). 7th Donnybrook Scouts. 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
8. "2007 -Scouting's 100. birthday" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050138/http://www.bet
z.lu/index.php/a/2007/01/18/2007_scouting_s_100_birthday). Charles Betz. Archived from the
original (http://www.betz.lu/index.php/a/2007/01/18/2007_scouting_s_100_birthday) on 28
September 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
9. BBC Report of Centenary of Scouting in Hampshire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/
articles/2007/07/27/scouts_hampshire_feature.shtml)
10. B-PSA UK History (https://www.traditionalscouting.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=182&Itemid=91)
11. "Maze celebrates Scouts centenary" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6898775.stm).
BBC. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2008.

External links
The Scout Association (UK) Interactive map of Centenary Events. (http://www.scouts.org.uk/20
07/plans/)
21st World Scout Jamboree English Homepage (http://eng.thejamboree.org/)
Centenary celebration at Ardington Stone Circle, England (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/o
xfordshire/6926477.stm)
Scouting 2007 Centenary English Homepage (http://eng.scouting2007.org/)
Baden-Powell statue on Poole Quay to celebrate the centenary of the first ever scout camp on
Brownsea Island (http://www.scoutsbadenpowellstatue.org.uk)
12 Camps of 2007 (http://www.theexplorerscouts.org.uk)
Scout and Guide Spirit Flame website (http://www.spirit-flame.com/)
In Pictures: Scouting centenary (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6925987.stm)
Scouting Sunrise Kanderjam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0F_QJzPrbU)

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