Welcome to Joy Scout HQ!
Welcome to Joy Scout HQ!
Hi there! We are Polly & Dude, and we are JOY SCOUT HQ 🫡✨
A whopping welcome to all new adventurers joining our grand quest to find glimmers of joy in each and every day.
Because joy is not some faraway mountain reserved for the lucky few. It is often hiding in plain sight... tucked inside a stranger’s smile, the first sip of tea, a dog doing an unexpected zoomie, a ridiculous dad joke, sunlight on the wall, or a brave new beginning.
Our mission is simple:
To scout out joy.
To share joy.
To remind each other it still exists.
We believe joy grows when it is noticed and is one of the few things the multiplies when shared!
And when enough people join in, it becomes a confetti cannon of goodness for the whole world.
So this is your official invitation to become a Joy Scout and join us on our mission.
Bring us your tiny triumphs.
Your beautiful or bonkers places.
Your acts of kindness.
Your silly jokes.
Your favourite sounds.
Your latest craft obsession.
Your glimmers, giggles and goosebump moments.
Because what may seem small to you could be the exact
spark someone else needs today.
And coming 11th May 2026... the wheel begins to turn.
🎉 SPIN FOR JOY 🎉
Our brand new Wheel of Wonder launches on Polly’s birthday, ready to dish out bursts of delightful prompts for adventure, playful missions, surprises and feel-good nudges whenever life feels a bit beige.
So tighten your laces, prepare your sandwiches, pack a poncho incase of drizzle, straighten your badge and join the joyful movement.
Let’s make joy louder than ever before.
Let’s make kindness contagious and connect our communities.
Let’s become professional noticers of the good stuff and bringers of hope!
Welcome to Joy Scouts HQ.
Adventure starts here.
"Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it."
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"Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it." 〰️
The Joy Scouts: How you can get involved!
Community is at the heart of all I wish to do with the Happy Map. I have been exceptionally lucky to have had my little shop and subsequently was ingratiated in a strong community in Margate but I am acutely aware of how hard that can be for some to find. We have, as a nation, become very insular in recent years for various reasons, finding it harder than ever to find our kindred spirits and connect. I hope to be able to ease this process for us all.
Whilst in the planning phases for the Joyage I wish to galvanise local communities into sharing their top hits for happy places to visit but also unite such joy seekers by hosting in person and online events. Having suffered myself with severe social anxiety for a few years (it is something we manage and never conquer, I feel) I wish to make these events active and playful, with games or inspiring speakers, creating a safe space for us to flourish, rather than awkwardly shuffling about feeling shy!
I will be opening up a subscription group called the ‘Joy Scouts’ in the November 2024 ~ a veritable troop of merry souls who wish to spread a little happiness throughout their community and connect with others. As I travel around the U.K. I will be hosting in person ‘Buddy Clubs’ where we will gather and make new acquaintances in a fun and friendly environment. If you would like to be informed of these events (including online meet-ups) and indeed be the first to know about the opening of the subscription group, then please sign up to the mailing list below. It would be a privilege to have you on board this journey with me.
And if you wish to support this crazy journey I am about to embark on by buying me a ko-fi then I will be forever greatful! I have a lot of equipment to buy and renovations to do to the van as well as pay my dear pal back for Nova van over the next 12 months! So all donations are dearly appreciated from the bottom of my heart! They will be rewarded I assure you!
Or, alternatively, if you wish to support in another way, why not book a night to stay in Big Bit Margate my super silly and playful BnB!
Links for all below.
Fun for all and all for fun!
“Happiness is a direction not a place”
— Sydney J. Harris
Come have fun with us over on Instagram!
#100littlehappys
Fancy a daily dose of dopamine?!
With the world spinning all wonkydonk the one thing we can try to help is our happiness levels.
I have set myself a joyful challenge to find & share a little happy moment and share it with you for 100 days.
I hope it will inspire others to seek out the silly & find the fun in every day.
#100littlehappys
Get in touch!
If you fancy getting in touch you have a lot of ways to do it!
DM us on Instagram @thehappymap Or why not send us an email to polly@thehappymap.co.uk


