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What's this all about ?

COVID-19 is the biggest crisis we’ve faced in a generation. Now, over 500 Scout groups – many of them based in communities that were already made vulnerable before the virus hit – are struggling to make ends meet. If they close their doors, thousands of young people will miss out on all the life-changing skills and experiences being a Scout can bring, precisely when they need us most.

We’re asking everyone – including young people and their families, volunteers, and former Scouts – to sign up and join one of four teams as we #RaceRoundTheWorld.

The teams are racing each other to see who can be the first to travel the 43,000 miles to get round the world. Everyone who takes part will be following our route at least once, though we’re encouraging everyone to take on as many miles as they can manage!

Beavers Led by Ellie Simmonds and Tim Peake

Cubs Led by Helen Glover and Steve Backshall

Scouts Led by Ed Stafford and Saray Khumalo

Who is getting involved?

We’ve got four teams, each led by two of our brilliant ambassadors.

Beavers led by Ellie Simmonds and Tim Peake.
Cubs led by Helen Glover and Steve Backshall
Scouts led by Ed Stafford and Saray Khumalo
Explorers led by Megan Hine and Dwayne Fields.

It'd be amazing if you can encourage your young people to travel at least a mile (or as many as they can!), collect sponsorship and log this on our fundraising pages. Walk, run, cycle, kayak - or do one of our international activities at home. You can clock miles up anyway you like!

If you're up for it, parents, carers, friends and other family members can join the race, too! Miles can be done physically or in another way.
Head to scouts.org.uk/raceroundtheworld for ideas and more details.

What's 1st Harpenden doing to help ?

We're asking each Beaver, Cub and Scout in 1st Harpenden to ask their Mums, Dads, Aunts, Uncles, Grandmas, Grandads, Cousins...you get the idea...to sponsor them to travel 1, or more, miles for #RaceRoundTheWorld .

Each 1st Harpenden will then log the miles they travel on this website using this form which is automatically linked to our live leader board where you can see which of the 1st Harpenden sections are out in front and which sections need to pull their socks up !

And of course don't forget to donate, thank you !