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Information kit 1 - August 2011 | Page 1

INFORMATION KIT

We meet each otherWe change the world

I develop myself

21 to 29 July 2012www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk


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Get ready for Jamboree Denmark 2012

Are you ready to leave for Jamboree Denmark 2012? At least we hope that you have begunlooking forward to it even though it still takes some months before the jamboree opens!

It is now time to start considering your attendance and your preparations for the camp. One of

the things to decide is which members of your group will go and for how long.

Furthermore you need to inform the parents about Jamboree Denmark 2012. When you haveregistered for the event, you will get in contact with a Danish host group if you do not have aDanish friendship group already.

This is the rst information kit, which gives you the information needed for your preparationsuntil the initial jamboree registration in November 2011. You will receive three informationkits altogether. The next one will be published in December 2011 before the nalregistration for the jamboree. The last information kit will be emailed in the spring of 2012. It

contains the information needed for the nal preparations by the groups.

Enjoy your reading!Jamboree Denmark 2012

Dear scouts and guides

You have just received the rst information kit from Jamboree Denmark 2012. We are veryproud to introduce you to the many possibilities at the jamboree; we can hardlywait to see you next summer.

The jamboree is being organised by a large staff of skilled volunteersfrom the ve Danish scout and guide associations. They have alreadyworked for almost a year to give you what is probably your largestcamp experience ever. They work with all kinds of tasks from thetoilet facilities to the huge opening show where you will get therst opportunity to meet all the other 35,000 scouts and guidesvisiting Holstebro from 21 to 29 July 2012.

We hope that you will follow the development of the jamboree

preparations at our website at www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk. Youcan also add your own comments and share your personalpreparations at our Facebook page.

We are convinced that Jamboree Denmark 2012 will be a lifetime experience andalso a huge boost for Scouting and Guiding in Denmark. That is the reason why we haveagreed to be Jamboree Chiefs. We hope that you and your scouts or guides will feel thesame way and have already booked the last weeks of July 2012 or intend to do so.

See you at Jamboree Denmark 2012.Miriam Madsen and Erling BirkbakJamboree Chiefs


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When and where

Jamboree Denmark 2012 will be held from 21 to 29 July 2012 at Holstebro in the

western part of Denmark.The jamboree site leaves enough space for 35,000 scouts and guides, and thearea provides ample opportunity for lots of activities.

The port of Struer, a nearby town at the strait Limfjorden, has been booked forsailing activities organised by the sea scouts, and in the port of Thorsminde between theNorth Sea and Nissum Fjord there will be water activities and sailing in dinghies.

Jamboree fee

The fee for participating in the full jamboree event is EUR 240 (DKK 1,775). The fee includesfood during the camp, activities and transport from your host group to the jamboree site.Travel costs to and from Denmark and from the airport, port or border to your host family arenot included. You also have to organise camping equipment and pioneering poles yourself, ortogether with your host group.

In case you want to participate in the jamboree part of the time only, there is a special price

Number of nights at the jamboree Fee

1-2 nights DKK 8153 nights DKK 1,065

4 nights DKK 1,315

5 nights DKK 1,565

6+ nights DKK 1,775

Get more information at www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk

The planning of Jamboree Denmark 2012 develops every day. The most important informationis emailed to those who have registered as participants, but you can nd much moreinformation at www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk.

The contents are updated regularly. At the site you will also nd the forms for initialregistration, nal registration and activity booking when the registration periods open.

Use the website to keep you informed. At the website there are various possibilities: There isan online symbol generator for camp symbols, and you can sign up for the newsletter. It willbe published as an email to all subscribers.

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Whenever you have a question that is not answered at

www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk, you can contact the Jamboree Denmark2012 Call Centre. Send an email to [email protected] withyour question and we will answer it as soon as possible. You can alsosend a text message with your question to +45 8111 2012.

A bit closer to the camp it will also be possible to make telephone callsto the Call Centre. The phone number will be published atwww.jamboreedenmark2012.dk.

FactsAsk the Call Centre

The address is:Jamboree Denmark 2012Arsenalvej 10DK-1436 Copenhagen K

Email: [email protected]: www.jamboreedenmark2012.dkFind Jamboree Denmark 2012 at Facebook: www.facebook.com/Jamboree Denmark 2012

Contact information for Jamboree Denmark 2012
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Everybody lives in a housing estate

Each housing estate at the jamboree will accommodate all guides and

scouts from a municipality in Denmark as well as their guide/scoutfriends from abroad. The smallest Danish municipalities with only fewscouts and guides will be paired with a nearby municipality. And fewof the largest municipalities may have to be divided because thosehousing estates at the jamboree would otherwise become too big.

Several housing estates together will form a neighbourhood.

The jamboree is also for 6 to 10-year-olds

Jamboree Denmark 2012 is open to participants of all ages. There will be activities foreveryone, also for the youngest scouts and guides.

All participants are to live with their own local group. It will create a familiar base for theyoung children that they stay together with older scouts/guides and leaders whom they knowfrom home.

Activities will be held all over the jamboree site. Some of the activities willbe challenges adapted specically to the youngest participants. Therewill also be special large events for all young participants at the

jamboree.

Participants

Meeting with jamboree neighbours

All Danish leaders who are to live in the same housing estate at the jamboree will meet in theautumn of 2011 in their hometowns. They will be given information about the jamboree andabout the role of their own housing estate. It is also the intention that the groups are to planthemselves how they want to how to collaborate on various tasks before and during the

jamboree.


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Hosts of international participants

A lot of international participants are expected to join Jamboree Denmark

2012. It is the intention that all foreign scouts/guides are to be paired witha Danish host group. This arrangement will also give Danishscouts/guides the opportunity to experience the international aspectsof Scouting/Guiding themselves.

The host role begins a few days before the camp with homehospitality. The international scouts/guides and their leaders willvisit the homes of their hosts or stay at a local scout/guide hall.It is intended that home hospitality will be offered from 18 to 21July, which is just before the jamboree, but some international

participants may have different preferences. The host group willplan the home hospitality programme. On Thursday, 19 July it will bepossible for all international participants and their Danish host groups toattend a large event in a couple of Danish cities.

Flexi camp

All guide and scout groups and other groups of participants will live in ve neighbourhoods at

Jamboree Denmark 2012. The sixth neighbourhood is a exi camp. It is open not just tojamboree staff, but also to Danish parents.

In the exi camp, participants can stay in both tents and caravans. But other types ofaccommodation will also be available. More information will be given atwww.jamboreedenmark2012.dk.

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Initial registration

The registration for Jamboree Denmark 2012 has two steps. For planning reasons, partici-

pants are asked to make an initial registration in the autumn of 2011. The registrationprocedure opens on or before 1 November 2011, and the form will be available atwww.jamboreedenmark2012.dk. We hope you will stay informed by visiting the website. Thereyou will also be able to nd more information about the registration procedure.

For initial registration you will be asked about the name of your group, your scout/guideorganisation, the age of the scouts/guides that you intend to bring to the jamboree and thenumber of scouts/guides. You will also be asked whether you already have a Danish host groupand whether you want to join the home hospitality programme.

Furthermore we need contact information of the group leader (postal and email address). Thiswill allow us to send information kits and other communications from the jamboree.

Transport to and from the jamboree

Shared transportation will be offered within Denmark to and from thejamboree, that is, transport by bus or train from the home town of yourhost group to the jamboree site on 21 July 2012 and back again on29 July 2012. However, it is also possible to organise your owntransport.

During the jamboree, there will be a shuttle bus service betweenthe jamboree site and central Holstebro (the host town), andefforts are being made to set up a circle bus line around the

jamboree with a number of stops. There will be no bustransport inside the jamboree area.

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Dates to remember

Date Activity

1 November 2011 Initial jamboree registration opens

15 December 2011 Initial jamboree registration closes

January 2012 Registration for all-day activities and planned activities opens

1 March 2012 Final jamboree registration opens. Please register as early aspossible

1 May 2012 Activity registration closes

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All camps need to have a great programme. This will also be the case at Jamboree Denmark

2012. There will be activities all day long and sometimes also both day and night.

The activity programme contains both planned and drop-in activities. Toparticipate in a planned activity, you have to sign up before the jamboree,whereas drop-in activities are open to you at all times during the jamboree.

The planned activities are organised in large theme-based activity bubbles with acapacity of 1,000 scouts/guides at the same time. This will really let you feel the thrill ofbeing 35,000 scouts and guides at the same camp. 12 to 15 activity bubbles will run everyday. There will also be offered whole-day activities for all scouts/guides aged 6 to 25 andplanned activities for scouts/guides of specic age groups.Drop-in activities of all kinds will be placed all over the jamboree site.

There will be activities specically designed for the youngest scouts/guides,some for the oldest and some for those in between, but also activitiesin which everybody can participate. There will be activities for you nomatter your interests.

There will be a wide range of activities. We already know thatthere will be sailing and water activities in the ports of Struer and

Thorsminde and in the large stream close to the camp. You canalso help spreading the Guiding and Scouting atmosphere to thetown of Holstebro, but there will, of course, also be many coolactivities at the jamboree site. No matter your choice, it will begreat, and you will feel how scouts/guides meet, develop themselvesand change the world.

Join us and feel the spirit of Jamboree Denmark 2012. We are a lot ofpeople who want to make it a very fun event for you.

Activities

At the jamboree

Symbol of drop-in activities

Symbol of planned activities


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Enough food and healthy food

The food supply at Jamboree Denmark 2012 will be made as easy as possible

for the groups.

Each housing estate will have a food supply tent where participantscan pick up all the food needed for their group while at camp. Youcan take exactly the food that you need. No payment is required; itis part of the jamboree fee.

There will be a wide range of basic food stuff, the focus being onorganic food whenever possible. There will also be specialsupplies for people with special dietary requirements for religiousor cultural reasons or because they suffer from allergies ordiabetes or are vegetarians. There will be enough for everyone sothere is no need to stock food.

Each day a certain type of meat will be offered; the other basic supplies willbe available every day. Each group will receive a standard spice kit with salt, pepperand other spices.

An online cooking book will uploaded at www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk before the jamboree.The recipes can be used at camp if you dont bring your own recipes.

Information about the types of meat offered will also be published at the website.

Lots of jobs

Many of the adults at Jamboree Denmark 2012 are voluntary leaders for at group of scouts,guides or other children. But volunteers are also needed for a lot of other jobs at the

jamboree.

Some jobs are short-term tasks that can easily be handled together with other jobs at camp.But there will also be jobs requiring many hours of work both day and night.

Volunteer jobs at the jamboree will be posted at www.jamboreedenmark2012.dk over the nextfew months.

There will be both large and small jobs. But they will all contribute to running JamboreeDenmark 2012 as well as possible and at the same time you will be offered the greatestcamping event ever.

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Jamboree programme

Some of the main events at Jamboree Denmark 2012 are listed in the overall jamboree

programme. More information about the programme will be published at the jamboree web-site.

Day Activity

Saturday, 21 July Arrival, setting up camp

Sunday, 22 July Ofcial opening of jamboree

Monday, 23 July Activity day for 6 to 10-year-olds

Tuesday, 24 July Activity day for 16 to 23-year-olds, party for 6 to 12-year-olds

Wednesday, 25 July Activity day and night for 12 to 17-year-olds, party forparticipants aged 18+

Thursday, 26 July Activity day for 10 to 12-year-olds, party for 12 to 17-year-olds

Saturday, 28 July Ofcial closing of jamboree

Sunday, 29 July Departures

Voluntary activities and activity bubbles (registration needed) will be open every day fromSunday, 22 July to Saturday, 28 July. There will be suitable activities for all age groups.

Apart from the above activities, the jamboree programme also offers many other options.Some are planned for certain age groups, but the activities will be so exible that guides andscouts can always go with their friends even though a few of the children are not included inthe target group.

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Holstebro the town of experiences

In the municipality of Holstebro we really look forward to hosting

Jamboree Denmark 2012. It will be a great experience for us tohave you visit us. We look forward to introducing you to some ofthe qualities of our town and municipality.

Culture

You will meet culture everywhere in the streets and in ourmany cultural halls. There is something for everyone, nomatter whether you prefer art, history, music, dancing,theatres, cafs or night life.

Nature

The wind, beaches and dunes at the North Sea.The unique moor. The widespread plantations.And the fertile and picturesque hills atLimfjorden, the strait across NorthernJutland, and along the Stor, the nearbystream. No matter whether you want to beactive or to relax, there are lots ofpossibilities.

Shopping

Holstebro has more than once been awarded the prizefor the best and most impressive shopping town. One of thereasons is the atmosphere in the pedestrian zones with hundredsof shops, cafs and restaurants, another the large departmentstores on the outskirts of the town. And at Bazar Holstebro youcan have items, smells, tastes and visual impressions from allover the world.

See and read more about the challenges that you mayexperience in Holstebro at:

www.holstebro2012.dkwww.visitholstebro.dkwww.holstebro.dk

Holstebro Municipality

First photo: Local scouts and guides with the most expensive lady in Holstebro the world famous sculpture made

by Giacometti Woman at a cart.

Second photo: Hjerl Hede, an open air museum in the eastern part of the municipality of Holstebro.

Third photo: The beach of Thorsminde at the North Sea where oating lines increase the safety for those who go

swimming.

Fourth photo: Summer atmosphere in the pedestrian zone of Holstebro.
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