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Welcome to Merseyside Scout County’s webpage for the 22^nd World Scout Jamboree! Merseyside is pleased to announce that the UK Contingent has granted Merseyside its own unit for the 2011 WSJ, which means that every district will be able to send at least two Explorers to the Jamboree as part of the Merseyside unit.

The Jamboree will be hosted in near Rinkaby, outside Kristianstad in Sweden and will take place between 27^th July and 7^th August 2011.

Following the 21st World Scout Jamboree, Sweden is inviting 32,000 scouts from across the globe to participate in the experience of a lifetime. The theme for the Jamboree is Simply Scouting – find out more at the official 21^st WSJ site

Who Can Participate?

To be a participant at the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden 2011, you need to have turned 14 but not yet had your 18th birthday at the start of the camp. That means you must have been born between 25 July 1993 and 27 July 1997.

District Involvement

The Merseyside unit are keen to enlist the support of groups and districts in promoting the Jamboree and in supporting individual Scouts and Explorers in their applications to be a participant. If you would like to help the team with preparations, please contact Chris Hughes, Unit Leader.