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Edinburgh County Newsletter Edinburgh County Newsletter March 2014 www.girlguiding-edinburgh.org.uk 14 th March, 2014, now that’s a date to remember. Why? Our amazing celebration of the BIG BROWNIE BIRTHDAY will see over 2000 Brownies, from across Edinbrugh, party at the National Museum of Scotland on 14 th March 2014. A BIG party with BIG fun, and an out of this world way to celebrate the Brownie Centenary. Plus14th March is also the date on which all your Subscription payments should have been processed by Girlguiding and Edinburgh will get the good news that our portion of your payments will be paid to County. Thank you! The RACE is on! It’s time to get your subscription payments sent off. Which Division will complete their payments first this year? Ready Steady GO! 1 CONGRATULATIONS Health & First Aid Claire Mitchell – Pentland Senior Section Permit Caitlin Irvin – Inveralmond Guide Camp Permits Leadership Qualification Mhairi Treanor Taylor – Blackford Carolin Macnish Porter – Pentland October 2013 Emily Powell – Pentland Blackford Division Sarah Yeoman – Pentland Rhona Jamieson Catriona Laxton Lucy Cairns Raeburn Annie Husband Wester Hailes Dionne McLafferty EDINBURGH HEADQUARTERS, 33 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7JF November 2013 0131 225 4154 Inveralmond www.girlguiding-edinburgh.org.uk Louise Szymanski, The Office Kirsty Winter Opening times: Mondays – Wednesdays 9.30 – 2.30pm. December 2013 Please telephone in advance to arrange New Leith to collect keys or equipment. Kim Cockburn Girlguiding Edinburgh is an operating Anne-Marie MacRae name of City of Edinburgh Guides, Sarah Miller Scottish Charity Number SCO13171 Raeburn Nicole Harland January 2014 Blackford Victoria McCormick ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE Pentland NEWSLETTER Susan Milner (Change of Section) Distribution Deadline Raeburn May April 23 Claire Slaine Contributions are welcomed in writing, Agnes Liddell (Change of Section) by phone or emailed to the office or Jeanette Rennie: [email protected] and at the same time for additional OUTDOOR QUALIFICATIONS inclusion to the website to Going Away With……. [email protected] Future deadlines: Aug 20, Oct 22 and Alicia Stephens – Inveralmond Dec 11 to allow for Christmas and New Lesley Greenway – New Leith Year Claire Kinnear – New Leith 2 NEW SINGING TEAM get in touch with Sheila; the main requirement is enthusiasm! Costs : there is no cost for a session but you should be willing to reimburse the expenses of the leader/s running your session, such as travel or photocopying. If this is likely to be more than £10 then the leader will discuss with you beforehand. • Would your unit like to sing but don’t know how to start? • Want to hold a traditional campfire at camp but need to learn some more songs first? • Need some help running a district EDINBURGH CLUB or division campfire or singing Thursday March 13 10.30 “Gallantry session? under enemy occupation” speaker Jackie Sutherland. A true story of a Girl Guide Maybe we can help! from Edinburgh who inspired others in captivity in Singapore 1941 – 1945 We are a team of leaders from around the county who enjoy singing but between us also have a variety of musical interests. We are happy to help to bring music into your unit. If you are interested in a campfire, • singing session or similar then in the first Forty members from the combined Trefoil Guilds in the instance contact Sheila Smith by email county celebrated Thinking Day with ([email protected]) or phone an excellent lunch at The Royal (0131 449 2639). Please tell us: Overseas League in Princes Street. • Individual Guilds have enjoyed, a • what section your girls are in Burns supper, talking to Sharisse • roughly how many people the for her research about Brownies, session is for starting the Dark Horse challenge • when and where you meet • Future plans include a speakers • please get in touch well in from the Seagull Trust and the Work Place Chaplains, a visit to advance so that we can Abbotsford House, Snap it programme this in with other Outdoors…. roles and commitments as well. Edinburgh County combined Guilds Coffee Morning Saturday 15 th March We would like to increase the team, so not just for trefoil guild members – all if you’d like to get involved please do members and friends (Rainbows – adult leaders and friends) welcome . 3 REGISTRATION FORM Unit ……………….. District ………………………….. Division …………………….…….. No. of Guides attending ……………… No. of S.S. Members (14 to 17 yrs.) attending ……………… Leader attending ……………………………..………… Address …………………………………………. …………………………………………. Tele. No. ……………………………… E-mail Address ………………………………………………………… I enclose a Group Deposit £30 cheque payable to - 'Outdoor Activities Fund' 4 COUNTY CAMP REGISTRATION FORM Unit ……………….. District ………………………….. Division …………………….…….. No. of Guides attending ……………… No. of S.S. Members (14 to 17 yrs.) attending ……………… Leader attending ……………………………..………… Address …………………………………………. …………………………………………. Tele. No. ……………………………… E-mail Address ………………………………………………………… I enclose a Group Deposit £30 cheque payable to - 'Outdoor Activities Fund' 5 OUT OF DOORS SNAP IT OUTDOORS 2014 GO EXPLORE! • A Challenge for All Sections, from Rainbows to Trefoil Guild. • Take your unit outdoors, any time between January 2014 and September 2014. • Take your unit out on a walk or explore an outdoor tourist attraction. • Take your unit out into the hills or to an old ruin or castle. • Or simply explore your local park, woods or nature reserve. • JUST TAKE YOUR UNIT EXPLORING OUTDOORS • Simply take a photograph of your unit exploring the outdoors. • All photographs submitted by the deadline below will be made into a 2014 photo book. • Get a special Snap it Outdoors Challenge Badge. Suggestions • Explore a local tourist attraction, ruin or castle in more depth. • Venture further afield and explore an unfamiliar tourist attraction, ruin or castle. • Go on a camp or holiday and explore somewhere new. • Explore your own local environment. Can you discover somewhere new? • Explore a local river or area of water. • Just explore!! How creative can your unit be? Please ensure that whatever you do for your GO EXPLORE challenge, someone in your unit has the relevant qualifications, particularly if you are going into the hills or out onto the water. In all cases remember to inform your District Commissioner that you will be leaving your meeting place and that you have the necessary permission. Email one photograph to me at the email address below, along with the following information : • The Name of your Unit and Girlguiding County • What your unit did to take part in their GO EXPLORE challenge. Please also send, by post, a cheque for badges along with an A5 stamped addressed envelope. Last orders should be in by the end of September 2014, please. Enclose with your order: Name of Unit and Girlguiding County Contact name and address No. of badges @ £1 each (Leaders and other helpers might like a badge too) Cheques should be made out to “The Guide Association Scotland” A5 stamped addressed envelopes should contain the following 2 nd class postage: up to 20 badges - 80p ,21-50 badges - £1.20 For more than 50 badges please send multiple envelopes with the correct postage indicated above. (ie: for 60 badges- 1 A5 envelope with £1:20 and a second A5 envelope with 80p). This will prove cheaper for larger orders. Linsey Houghton (Scottish Walking Adviser41a Leithen Road, Innerleithen Scottish Borders, EH44 6HX ℡ 01896 831533/[email protected] 6 ARCHERY UPDATE The summer term will be on us before we know it… which must mean it’s time to start booking your outdoor evenings to make the most of the light nights. Trefoil campsite only costs £20 for an evening, and it’s a great venue for all your summer outdoor activities. The cost includes use of toilets and a site hut for shelter. Enquiries and bookings can be made through the Girlguiding Edinburgh website. Of course a highlight of an evening or camp at Trefoil would be an archery session! Available for brownies and older (sorry we don’t have equipment suitable for rainbows), with one hour sessions for groups of up to 12 costing only £20. Contact the archery adviser (details below) to discuss options and availability, or submit a booking request through the website. Each unit which participates in a session at Trefoil will also have their scores submitted for the County Archery Trophy which is currently held by 162 nd City of Edinburgh Guides. Can your unit get the gold? ARCHERY FOR BIGGER CAMPS - new for 2014! If you have a camp with more than 24 girls, it can be difficult to fit archery into your programme. We have a new option available where we will take 12 girls for a brief taster of archery for half an hour, with each girl getting to shoot at least 6 arrows. This means that in a typical 2-hour activity slot at camp we can take up to 48 girls. For those who came to last summer’s activity evenings, it is the same arrangement we used there (except you arrange the other activities yourself!) Because this setup takes twice as many instructors as usual, the charge is £20 for each intensive half hour session (the same as for a normal 1-hour session), but this is still excellent value at less than £2 per head. If you might be interested in this option please contact Sandra in the first instance, as it is very dependent on instructor availability. Enquire early to avoid disappointment! Sandra Hill-Smith, Archery Adviser [email protected] or 01324 637542 7 Have an outdoor adventure with your unit this year. CARSEWELL, a gem of a campsite in the grounds of Penicuik House, at the foot of the Pentland Hills. This wonderful little site now has a very smart new hut that can be used for all sorts of things (ask Emma Lyon how she found it) From this…….
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