Category: River Reader

Wednesday night saw our participants rocking out in our main arena to two fantastic acts. Redonizm opened with a rocking rendition of ‘Chelsea Dagger’ that drew our participants in and rapidly the field was bopping! When the fabulous Channy took over later in the evening our main area, the party...

The Event Services Directorate is big, "there's 200 in Subcamps alone!", says Rachel Kemp, "and it also includes, International, Registration, Learning & Development, Staff, and the Info Desk". Before the event Rachel also took the lead on the Website and Newsletters. Rachel started in Guides in...

Monday afternoon was a busy time for the guest hospitality team here at EIJ 2024, who are tasked with taking care of the various guests who come to visit our temporary village. But one guest was important enough that our camp chiefs decided to give him a personalised tour – Carl Hankinson, the UK ...

Come and shoot, fire, chuck, throw, kick, fling, heave, lob, hurl, and launch every kind of object at every kind of target! Our Target Zone has it all! Basketball, soft archery, frisbee golf, soft crossbows and slingshots gives the participants the choice to practice their target.  Caroline and...

-Pippa Allen It’s CHRISTMAS TIME! On the 31st of July? 🎄🎅 Many of the Scout Troops and Guide Units have gone above and beyond with theming at Essex International Jamboree 2024. We’ve seen, Eiffel Towers on Seine Subcamp, Torii Gates on Shinano Subcamp, even a Galactic theme, and many other...

Have you ever dreamed about riding in a tank or on a segway? Well the Motion Zone has brought your dreams to life! There are many exciting activities for you to try out, such as dodgems, segways, cycling and so much more. If you love dodgem cars or riding on a segway as much as […]...

The Yangtze river is the largest river in Asia stretching 3,915 miles (6,300km) long. In China it is known as the ‘Changjiang’. There is also a song about the Yangtze river called “Yangtze Kiang Song”. The lyrics to this is: We love the Yangtze, Yangtze-Kiang, Flowing from Yushu down to Chin...

At Essex International Jamboree 2024, we are honoured to host St John Ambulance and their enthusiastic Youth Team, who have been delivering an invaluable session on lifesaving skills to Scouts and Guides in the Survival Zone. This engaging workshop showed how everyday items a Scout or Guide would ca...

By Susie Williams and Kaitlyn Lafferty Just kidding! Last night the Seine and Amazon Subcamps hosted their food festivals and we had the chance to try all their groups' chosen foods. Everyone was dressed up, trying new foods and dancing, they even had their own Ali G dancing the macarena and Cotton ...

Tucked in at the edge of the site, there's a small pile of wood set up ready to host campfires for all who wish to attend. There was a great turnout on Tuesday evening, with many sporting their camp blankets and voices ready to sing. The evening was coordinated by James, Welfare Officer for Seine [&...

As we have all heard, Dunabe's daily newsletter is a wannabe The River Reader, but it could never compare to our outstanding web-based publication. The Danube Daily is produced by the Subcamp hub team and Nick Webb from this team said “it is very cheaply made”. Originally the newspaper started a...

Citrus Creams, chocolate truffles, and orange creams… doesn’t that sound delicious? Well at the Enterprise zone, you can make these sweet, sweet, treats yourself! The Enterprise zone gives participants the opportunity to create their own sweet shops, as a tasty, yet educational, experience. You ...

Putting an event together like this takes a lot of planning, a lot of teamwork and a lot of work work. The EIJ Exec Members have been busy planning this event (on and off) for just less than 8 years. So in "Meet the Makers", The River Reader will meet with some of them (the […]...

Last night was a sea (or a river) of neon colour, did you spot the 90s outfits, tutu’s, coloured paint and wigs? The House of Music was alive with beams of coloured lights and music attracting people in like moths to a flame. I managed to pull a few people away from the fun to […]...

The membership policy for Noa's Club is extremely exclusive. Like most elite clubs, it's about who you know. All the members know a member of staff, because this club exists as a day care and activity area for all the children of Staff at EIJ. Noa's club allows Staff members to freely volunteer thei...