The Scout / Leader / Service Team Participant fee is £225, which includes:

• Transportation: return coach travel to Belgium from Cobham and between activities.
• Accommodation: at the Flemish Scout Campsite Merkenveld, situated 20 minutes from Brugge.
• Food: Meals will be provided covering:
  • Sunday: lunch and dinner,
  • Monday: breakfast, lunch and dinner,
  • Tuesday: breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack
  • Eating utensils will be provided, however each participant is expected to pack a reusable water bottle.
• Activities: Passchendaele Museum, Tyne Cot Cemetery, walk the ‘Road to Passchendaele’, Brugge city visit, Hill 60, Essex Farm, Last Post under the Menin Gate, and Ferme-Olivier Cemetery act of remembrance.
• Apparel: ‘Operation: Last Post’ T-shirt, UK Scout Scarf and UK badge.

Not included, is the cost of any extra activities (those not provided by the Core Team), food during the journeys and participant’s own individual spending money.

In order to secure your registration, a deposit of £100 per Troop is required at the time of registration. Details of where to send the payment will be emailed to you within a few minutes of receiving your registration.

• Phase 1 – Register your unit and transfer your unit deposit (£100) by 30th November 2024
• Phase 2 – Register participants’ details and transfer participants’ deposit (£100) by 31^st January 2025
• Phase 3 – Transfer remaining participant balance (£125) by 30th April 2025
• Phase 4 – Return your Unit’s apparel request form by 31st May 2025
• Phase 5a – Provide two In Touch Home Contacts by 31st July 2025
• Phase 5b – Complete Participant Permission, Health and Travel forms by 31st July 2025

Welcome to the Operation: Last Post Online Booking System

OLP is open to 200 Scouts (aged between 10 and 14) and leaders from all over Surrey, participating in 3 days of exploration, visiting, learning and to pay respect to the fallen. Leaders will need to register their Troops interest using this system and send a £100 deposit before 30th November 2024.

Further details about Operation: Last Post can be found on this event page.

If you have any questions regarding OLP, please contact bookings@operationlastpost.org.uk

Register to participate in Operation Last Post HERE

The OLP Team would prefer all payments via BACS.  To pay via this method, you will need the information below:

• CAF Bank
• Sort Code: 40-52-40
• Account No: 00013107

Please use payment reference: OLP25 followed by your booking reference.  For example, if the 99th Bentley Copse had the booking reference 12345, the reference would be: OLP2512345.

If your Group is unable to pay via BACS, please make out a group cheque payable to ‘Surrey County Scout Council’ and send it along with your booking receipt, which will be sent to you via email automatically once you have registered.

Once your payment has been received, you will receive an email confirming your payment.  These payments are also viewable from the View Payments and Balance page on the online booking system.

Operation Last Post Administration,

Katy Cozens, 3 Skimmer Street, Holmewood, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S42 5WJ

Once your payment has been received, you will receive an email confirming your payment. These payments are also viewable from the View Payments and Balance page on the online booking system.

OLP is looking for adult individuals willing to help support the smooth running of this international expedition, the teams are:

OLP 1st Aid Team 2025

OLP Catering team 2025

OLP Media team 2025

Further details about a Service Team can be found by clicking on their name.

Register to Support Operation Last Post as a part of the Service Team HERE

Find what you need below (links will go live as the documents are produced):

Additional documents

• Operation last post 2025 poster
• Merkenveld brochure

The role of the Leader in OLP is:

• To promote Operation Last Post to the Scouts.
• To register and give preliminary numbers for your Troop.
• Ensure that all adults helping have a DBS.
• To provide final numbers to the booking site.
• To ensure that health forms are filled in.
• Ensure that Scouts and adults all have their forms returned.
• You are responsible for your Scouts’ behaviour, health and happiness. Operation Last Post will provide adult assistance, first aid etc to support you.

How much does OLP Cost?

The cost is £225 per Scout/Leader which covers, transport, accommodation, activities and apparel as described in the above sections.

Can I swap attendees if one Scout drops out at the last minute and another one can come in their place?

Please contact us should this issue arise.

What if I have more questions?

If you would like to talk to us in person, we will be at the Brookwood Last Post, which is the first Sunday of every month at 15:00. Then there will also be a briefing evening arranged at a later date. Or alternatively, please email us

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