Tony Blair welcomed members of the Scout Association to Downing Street to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
Read the transcript for the film below:
Katie Carter, Explorer Scout:
We’re here today for a huge Scouts street party here at Number 10, so we can basically show what Scouts is all about in the modern day and bring adventure to an urban area.
Peter Duncan, Chief Scout:
It’s 100 years of Scouting. It’s our centenary since that day that old Baden-Powell created the very first camp on Brownsea Island, and we’ve set up this huge adventure camp, and, obviously, the PM’s coming out to meet all this gang, really. It’s all rather exciting.
In the early days, it was really about getting out into the open, working in small groups, developing leadership skills and discovering things about yourself and about where you were. That was the beginning, that was the early premise for it, getting people out of cities, really. And, clearly, from that day, that idea evolved into this extraordinary worldwide movement.
Katie Carter, Explorer Scout:
I love the adventure it offers, the chance to experience new things that you wouldn’t normally get, like standing here today talking to you. It also builds up your confidence a lot, puts you in new situations that test you a bit.
Peter Duncan, Chief Scout:
The things we always talk about in Scouting is about leadership and the fact that you are inspired to come out of your comfort zone, you’re inspired to try different things. And if you want to create a parallel between being a leader of your country and being a Scout, Tony Blair was a Scout, so we like to think that some of the qualities he’s showed have actually come from his Scouting experience.
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