Safety checks threaten Scout jamborees
PLYMOUTH, U.K. – It was just over 100 years ago that a group of boys set up camp on a wooded island on the eastern fringes of the Westcountry – and in so doing started a vast movement that would become popular in almost every country on the planet.
Now, after a century of character-building and good clean fun, the innocent sights, sounds and smells of a Boy Scout camp may be coming to an end.
The proud tradition which sees the Westcountry hosting dozens of Scout and Guide camps every year and which allows Britain to stage major international jamborees could be under threat from new controversial vetting rules, according to the Scout Association.