page_title: Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)
section_title: World Scout Jamboree
hierarchical_section_title: Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association) / Events and Activities / World Scout Jamboree
context_page_description: Explorer Scouts, frequently shortened to Explorers, is the fourth section of The Scout Association in the United Kingdom for 14 to 18-year-olds. The section was introduced in 2001 and formally launched in February 2002, alongside Scout Network, to replace the former Venture Scout section for fifteen-and-a-half to twenty-year-olds.
  Following on from the Scout section, Explorer Scouts are run in Units at a District level as opposed to the more local Group level that run the younger sections. In addition to earning activity badges in common with younger sections, Explorers are able to attain the highest awards in the movement such as the Queen's Scout Award.
  Part of the programme for the section is the Young Leader's scheme, which trains Explorer Scouts in leadership methods and allows them to volunteer with the younger sections of the movement.
context_section_description: Explorer Scouts are eligible for participation in the World Scout Jamboree that take place every four years in countries across the world. The UK sends approximately 4,000 Explorer Scouts from across the country, split into some 40 units with their own leaders and branding. The purpose of the event is to take part in activities with Scouts from across the world with some 45,000 scouts from 152 countries at the most recent 24th World Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve, United States.
caption: The campsite of the 21st World Scout Jamboree held in 2007 in the UK.
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