I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped Lb (Pete) with his fundraising, we have just paid the first part of the trip and it is all thanks to you.
He’s grown up a little bit since this photo

He is now a very tall 14 year old who we are very proud of, don’t get me wrong we have our moments as anyone who has a teenager in their lives can testify to hormones have a lot to answer for, but we were amazed when he first decided to enter himself for the selection process to go to the Scout World Jamboree in Korea next year. As a family we are all involved in scouting but hand on heart I hadn’t suggested it, I had just shared it with the whole group but he just decided this is something he wanted to do. He headed off to the selection weekend not knowing anyone who was going to be there, I would never have done that at 14, and had a brilliant time. Since being selected he has met up with the group he will be travelling with a couple of times and I can honestly say it’s the happiest I have seen him in a long time.

I won’t lie it’s a bit scary letting your teenager travel to the other side of the world without you but I trust him and also know all the safety and security that will be in place from my own experience of just running an evening session of scouts will keep them all safe. The second scary thing is the fundraising, and this is where you have all been amazing, we would never be able to do this by ourselves and we are feeling so loved at the moment from all your generosity, from people all around the world, some we have known years, some only a short time, it has been amazing. Pete is hoping to set up some form of social media so you can follow him on his trip and maybe inspire some other scouts/explorers to take the leap and attend the next World Scout Jamboree.
Details of more fundraising activities will be appearing soon. Once again thank you.
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/peter-walker-wsj?utm_term=6maRJyep8