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=== Wartime and later development === | === Wartime and later development === | ||
[[Image:GilwellParkIdealScout.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Ideal Scout, donated to Gilwell Park in 1966 by the Boy Scouts of America]] | [[Image:GilwellParkIdealScout.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Ideal Scout, donated to Gilwell Park in 1966 by the Boy Scouts of America]] | ||
The estate was requisitioned by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|War Ministry]] from 1940-1945 as a local command, training, and ordnance centre. Little remains at the estate from World War II, except for the notable exception of the Bomb Hole that was created by an aerial bomb dropped by the [[Luftwaffe]]. It was enlarged again later and is now used for swimming and canoeing. After the war, the Boy Scout Association made purchases of adjoining land to increase the size of the estate and protect it from rapidly approaching new developments. These areas are called The Quick, New Field, and Hilly Field. An additional purchase and a donation from [[South Africa]] in the early | The estate was requisitioned by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|War Ministry]] from 1940-1945 as a local command, training, and ordnance centre. Little remains at the estate from World War II, except for the notable exception of the Bomb Hole that was created by an aerial bomb dropped by the [[Luftwaffe]]. It was enlarged again later and is now used for swimming and canoeing. After the war, the Boy Scout Association made purchases of adjoining land to increase the size of the estate and protect it from rapidly approaching new developments. These areas are called The Quick, New Field, and Hilly Field. An additional purchase and a donation from [[South Africa]] in the early 1950s brought the estate to its present size.<ref name="historyofficial"/> This began an era of expanding camping facilities for Scouts which lasted until the early [[1960s]]. Training and sleeping facilities were then added through the early [[1970s]]. The Boy Scout Association was renamed The Scout Association in 1967. | ||
During the 1970s, two key and popular facilities were built: the Dorothy Hughes Pack Holiday Centre for [[Cub Scout]]s and the Colquhoun International Centre for training Scouters, originally called The International Hall of Friendship. In the [[1980s]] extensive remodeling of the White House was done. In April 2001, The Scout Association moved its program staff from London to Gilwell Park, where its training staff was already located. Extensive renovations were done to the White House and other buildings.<ref name="historyofficial"/><ref name="2000-2001rpt"> {{cite web | last = Bevan | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2001 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2000-01.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2000-2001 | format = {{PDFlink|166KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref> With a target of budget of £20,000,000 and individual contributions as high as £500,000, improvements to programs and facilities have been ongoing since then in preparation for the [[21st World Scout Jamboree]] in 2007, which is the 100th anniversary of Scouting and will be hosted at nearby [[Hylands Park]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]] with related activities also being held at Gilwell Park.<ref name="2000-2001rpt"/><ref name="2001-2002rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2002 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2001-02.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2001-2002 | format = {{PDFlink|672KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref><ref name="2002-2003rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2003 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2002-03.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2002-2003 | format = {{PDFlink|180KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref><ref name="2004-2005rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2005 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/anrp2005.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2004-2005 | format = {{PDFlink|1.5MB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref> Gilwell Park provides The Scout Association with an income of over £1,000,000 per year through conference fees, accommodation fees, and sales of materials to support Scouting.<ref name="2004-2005rpt"/> | During the 1970s, two key and popular facilities were built: the Dorothy Hughes Pack Holiday Centre for [[Cub Scout]]s and the Colquhoun International Centre for training Scouters, originally called The International Hall of Friendship. In the [[1980s]] extensive remodeling of the White House was done. In April 2001, The Scout Association moved its program staff from London to Gilwell Park, where its training staff was already located. Extensive renovations were done to the White House and other buildings.<ref name="historyofficial"/><ref name="2000-2001rpt"> {{cite web | last = Bevan | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2001 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2000-01.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2000-2001 | format = {{PDFlink|166KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref> With a target of budget of £20,000,000 and individual contributions as high as £500,000, improvements to programs and facilities have been ongoing since then in preparation for the [[21st World Scout Jamboree]] in 2007, which is the 100th anniversary of Scouting and will be hosted at nearby [[Hylands Park]], [[Chelmsford]], [[Essex]] with related activities also being held at Gilwell Park.<ref name="2000-2001rpt"/><ref name="2001-2002rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2002 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2001-02.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2001-2002 | format = {{PDFlink|672KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref><ref name="2002-2003rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2003 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/2002-03.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2002-2003 | format = {{PDFlink|180KB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref><ref name="2004-2005rpt"> {{cite web | last = Asplin | first = John | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2005 | url = http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/annrpt/anrp2005.pdf | title = Annual Reports and Accounts 2004-2005 | format = {{PDFlink|1.5MB}} | work = | publisher = The Scout Association | accessdate = 2006-08-30}}</ref> Gilwell Park provides The Scout Association with an income of over £1,000,000 per year through conference fees, accommodation fees, and sales of materials to support Scouting.<ref name="2004-2005rpt"/> | ||
