Anyone attending Eurojam?

[MalIrl]

Anyone out there a scout leader attending Eurojam in Chelmsford next week? We'll be travelling over from Ireland with about 20 scouts. Not strictly bushcraft, but as I'm unlikely to get to attend any UK bushmoots, might be an opportunity to get together...

Slan,
Mal

 

[Goose]

Sorry, couldnt afford to go to that one, hope you have a good time though.

 

[Womble]

A few of the scouters in my district were asked to help out at eurojam, but were expected to pay £300 for the privialage of doing so! Needless to say...

 

[Goose]

We found the same thing, one of our explorers is going on the service team and district is helping to pay.
We were told to do fund raising to send a group but how can you explain to people you need so much money to go to a uk camp for a week?
I know the thinking behind the cost but I think some people aren't in the real world!

 

[MalIrl]

A pity you found the cost prohibitive. I've been looking at our camp Troop list, and they're from every corner of the globe. The program looks very good as well. Still, it does cost a lot, we've been fundraising aggressively since last September.

Mal

 

[ScottC]

Chelmsford as in Chelmsford, Essex? What exactly is it Mal is it only open to scouts?

 

[MalIrl]

Hi Scott,
Yes it's in Chelmsford Essex, and it's an International Scout Jamboree (so only open to scouts!) There's about 15,000 scouts attending from all over the world, though most will be from the UK.
I was just wondering whether any other forum members, some of whom are obviously scouts/leaders would be attending.

Slan,
mal

 

[jamesdevine]

Enjoy it mate. I attended the World jambree in Korea in 1991 (I was 16) it was awsome. I have also been to a few smaller ones here in Ireland and on the continent and they have all been great fun.

Say hello to Orla McCarthy for me if you meet her.

James

 

[Womble]

A pity you found the cost prohibitive.

hm, yeah. The cost I was quoting (£340) was the price for a scouter who was there to help run the event - not as participant.

 

[ilovemybed]

I'm not in Scouting but I live in Chelmsford - If you feel like having a get together I'll pop along. Be good to put faces to names! Can certainly point you in the direction of some good pubs.

I've got a valid CRB from Essex Scouts too, so if you need a hand for anything during the meet I might be able to help out?

Cheers,
Neil

 

[MalIrl]

Nice one, Neil. I'll PM you my contact details. I'll also check how they are about visitors, in case you're interested in popping in for a look.

Slan,
Mal

 

[Goose]

Mal didn't mean my last post to sound the way it did sorry.

I think it was in the region of £700 to attend as a participant then on top we would have had transport and food to pay for, my comment about real world was aimed at the organisers rather than the participants.

I think it will be an outstanding camp and would have loved to take a group, but I think fundraising in the region of £8000 to send ten explorers to Essex for a week would have stretched our credibility for future fundraising!

Hope you have a great time as I had when I attended a camp in Cork a few years back(for a lot less money!)

Just checked the prices and I was wrong! It is £461 to attend as a participant I think I just doubled the staff fee when I looked it up But even £5000 for ten to go to Essex would be streching fundraising.

 

[MalIrl]

No worries Goose,
We were planning an International trip this year anyway, so Eurojam was a no brainer. Every scout usually gets just one shot at a proper Jamboree during their scouting years, so this one was worth pushing the boat out for. As you've pointed out, it's a lot of fundraising, and you can only do that once every few years. We are the biggest single gorup attending from Ireland: only about three other groups are coming from here. Clearly it's not a stretch that everyone can justify.

Slan,
Mal

P.S, James D, I will mention you to Orla when I see her.

 

[Scoops]

Hi Scott,
Yes it's in Chelmsford Essex, and it's an International Scout Jamboree (so only open to scouts!) There's about 15,000 scouts attending from all over the world, though most will be from the UK.
I was just wondering whether any other forum members, some of whom are obviously scouts/leaders would be attending.

Slan,
mal

i think it only about 8000 going to eurojam

 

[ilovemybed]

Mal,
I've sent you a PM.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[KIMBOKO]

Then there is the World Jamboree same place in 2007.