2007 The Centenary of Scouting
2007 was the Centenary of Scouting.
These pages record some of the events that took place to record this great achievement and to look forward to the next 100 years of Scouting.
2007 - Memories of a Fabulous Centenary Year
Top left Centenary Camps
Top right Centenary Celebration
Bottom left Sunrise at the World Scout Jamboree
Bottom right Centenary Ball
2007 - the Centenary of Scouting in Movies
Centenary Ball Movie 12Mb
Centenary Picnic in the Park Movie 6Mb
Centenary Celebration Movie 4Mb
Centenary Dinner Movie 8Mb
Watch the Centenary of Scouting video now. This is a large movie file (16Mb) so a little patience may be required.
Centenary Events
Berkshire Launches Centenary Programme for Adult Volunteers
Scouting's Centenary
In 2007 Scouting marked its centenary - with
World Celebrations ,
National Celebrations , and the
21st World
Scout Jamboree in the United Kingdom, where Scouting was founded one
hundred years ago. Find out more about the achievements of the past 100
years in an overview of
Scouting’s
history.
The year-long Scouting celebrations around the world during 2007 inspired 28 million Scouts for peace.
National and International Celebrations
There was a year long Join-in-Centenary Programme in the UK and a fabulous array of events up and down the country. In August, the UK joined in with the World-wide Scouting's Sunrise and Berkshire was represented at the World Scout Jamboree by 72 young people and 8 Adult Leaders.
The
theme of the 21st World Scout Jamboree in 2007 was “One World, One
Promise” – which captures the aspirations and hopes of young people
for the future.
40,000 young people camped, lived and worked alongside each other, They came from a variety of different cultures, backgrounds, and religions. More
Brownsea Island was were it all started. So naturally it was part of the 2007 programme. . More