Category: River Reader

Have you been down to the land of inflatables and teamwork yet? It’s a knockout has everything you could dream of, inflatable slides, water, dancing and more slides! Did you know it is run by Southend Gang show ASU? They really show it with their dance inn and energy! The song choices are very nos...

A major aspect of this Jamboree is the active participation of Scouts and Guides from overseas. These delegations from across the world would not have been possible without the tireless work of EIJ's International Team, led by Lynne and Louise. They have been answering questions, solving issues, and...

If you can't go over it, you have to go under it! Whether you find the prospect of heights scary or exciting, there will be something for everyone at Up & Under! This zone is filled with an abundance of activities for you to enjoy from inflatable obstacle courses, slides, trampolines, zip lines,...

The Amazon Subcamp connects Guides and Scouts from around the world, promoting both the global environment and sustainability. Beautiful gateways, using recycled materials and representations of native animals, decorate the length of the Subcamp. Displays of many international flags on the gateways,...

Bonjour! Seine Subcamp, like the real Seine in France, hosts many Olympic decorations on their gateways. Some using recycled materials, custom fonts and even including their own Peggy (we see you 10th leigh on Sea Guides). 1st Shenfield Scouts hung flags from many countries highlighting their inclus...

One of our Activity Zones is not what you would expect for a field near Chelmsford - the Tech Lab focuses on all things techy. Our participants can try out all sorts of technology from morse code to chroma key bluescreen, for presenting the weather. This was the first activity zone for Ganges subcam...

From 7:00 pm the Subcamps began to make their way into the Main Arena to participate in tonight’s Opening Ceremony. The Essex International Jamboree opening ceremony started off with a rich tenor voice filling the crowd, accompanied by the song ‘We are EIJ’.  The hosts kicked off the even...

Today we have welcomed our 8,000 participants to our site, but did you know there have been members of the build team here for almost a month already? There have been more and more people arriving to help set up our fantastic event every day since the end of June. One of those people is […]...

International visitors have come to play! Today our international friends arrived and we asked them about their journeys and first impressions of Essex. In airports everyone thinks #willmybagmakeit? - but apparently not for some of us! Four of the Romanian Scouts have lost their bags at the airport!...

It’s here! Arrivals Days at Essex International Jamboree 2024. Over 8,000 people have come together to celebrate Guiding and Scouting across the world. With arrivals day in full swing, we spoke to a few groups from four of our Subcamps, who told us about their international and domestic travel exp...