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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Scouts and Guides have flocked to Essex International Jamboree, the biggest joint event for people in Guiding and Scouting in Europe this year. It has returned to a 120 acre green-field site at Boyton Cross near Chelmsford - with participants coming from over 40 countries, inc...

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...

[Content warning, This short advertorial is Toto-lly loaded with bad Soft Rock puns] You certainly won’t have an All-Time Low if you visit the Soft Rock Café. The drinks served are no Cheap Trick. In this Red-Hot (Chilli Peppers?) weather, it’s the perfect occasion to enjoy smoothies and milksh...

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,...

Why not swing on down to the jungle and visit the Amazon subccamp today? 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 len...

-Susie Williams Seine Subcamp are having a Seinesational time! 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 ...

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...

Being a teenager can be really tough. Our brains are changing, and we are put under increasing pressure from schools to succeed, from peers to fit in and even society as a whole. Carla and Romany are braving the heat today to talk about Kids Inspire, a local children’s mental health charity, who o...

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 […]...

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...

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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!...

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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...

As the sun began to rise above Boyton Cross, the first participants arrived at the entrance to EIJ Way, ready to check-in and pitch up their home-away-from-home for the next 8 days. Guided by EIJ's friendly Stewards, groups from Essex, Norfolk and Ireland passed through the front gate and onto their...