Scouts Celebrate 100 Years with a Sunrise Ceremony!

This year the Scouting movement is celebrating its centenary and to mark the event, a worldwide Jamboree is being held. As part of the celebrations scouts all over the world will, on the morning of 1st August, be holding ceremonies and will take the day to reflect on the past 100 years and look forward to the next. Every Scout will have the opportunity to renew their promise at the 8 am Sunrise Ceremony.

The Scouting movement has a long association with Wimbledon Common because Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the movement, wrote his now famous book, Scouting for Boys, whilst staying at the Windmill.

Because of this association, the local Scout groups held their Sunrise Ceremony at the Windmill on Wimbledon Common this morning. The ceremony was attended by approximately 200 scouts and their leaders and also in attendance were local MP Stephen Hammond and the Mayor of Merton, Councillor John Dehaney.

The Conservators congratulate the Scouting movement on reaching their centenary year and wish them well for the next 100 years.