Life changing Scouting happens every week in village halls, churches, fields and communities, but the chance to go on an international Scouting trip will leave you with lasting memories, skills for life, friends and contacts all over the world and give you experiences you couldn’t have dreamed of in a “once in a lifetime” opportunity.
In the next month applications open for you to be part of a couple of UK Scouting international opportunities; we are traveling to Poland for the 26th World Scout Jamboree and Madagascar for an expedition based around community support. These international experiences are both in the summer of 2027, but now is the time to get your application in to be involved.
Madagascar is home to rainforests, coastlines and scrublands with hugely diverse wildlife (which sadly doesn’t include penguins). The expedition will see participants spending three weeks working with local communities to develop facilities such as orphanages and schools. There is a chance to work with local scout groups with this project and help develop local scouting by improving facilities such as campsites and Scout centres. Environmental work is also part of this trip and on this years trip participants assisted with the Re-forestation of over 14040 trees alongside exploring the Rainforest.
The deadline for applications to be part of this trip close on the 4th October for Leaders (25+) and 18th October for Participants (18-24). There will be a number of preparation weekends which will help attendees learn about the culture of Madagascar, give you chance to do a UK community project (which this year was working with the Canal and River Trust) and also give you chance to learn some important travel skills to prepare you for this adventure. This opportunity can also be used as one of the ICVs to assist in gaining your Top Awards too!
Once every four years, the pinnacle event in Scouting occurs and now is the chance to apply to be a member of either the Contingent Support Team (CST) or International Support Team (IST) in Poland as part of the UK Contingent at the 26th World Scout Jamboree. Helping make the Jamboree an unforgettable experience for the 14-18 aged participants takes an army of volunteers, from cleaning the toilets, to running activities, to shepherding people on to trains and planes, Our CST take on the key elements of logistics and supporting units pre-event and building the jamboree journey for the whole contingent both before they go and during the event and the IST volunteer during the event from helping to put up marquees to dishing out dinner. The chance to join with over 100 other National Scouting Organisations every four years in one place is truly something incredible to be part of and Poland will provide a perfect backdrop to this adventure with its lakes and mountains.
The deadline for both CST and IST applications is the 26th September, with a CST selection day happening on the 25th October and regional IST selection days happening throughout October November.
Links to the application forms are here:
Madagascar Expedition:
26th Worlds Scout Jamboree CST:
26th World Scout Jamboree IST: