Lancashire South East Guiding News

Issue 28 Autumn 2015

GUIDING GOSSIP

County Commissioner’s Message How time flies! I am now more than half way through my term of office as your County Commissioner. I've had a very enjoyable two and a half years so far, and intend to make the most of the next two and a half. In the coming 12 months we're planning some section events; the first of which is a Rainbows trip to the cinema (flyer enclosed for Rainbow Leaders). Taking part couldn't be simpler...

ask your Rainbows if they'd like to go

make your booking

collect in Parental Consent forms

turn up and enjoy the film! Then, 2016 is the Centenary of our Senior Section. They're planning a SS Spectacular Show (of course you're invited to come and watch!) and a trip to Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. Adventures in Copenhagen is open to Guides aged 13+ and Senior Section members (aged 14-25 years). If you are leader who has a Young Leader working at your unit, please encourage her to take part. County Weekend 2016 will be at Waddow (26-28 February) - why not come along and enjoy a relaxing weekend with your guiding friends? This weekend will be a return to the tradi-tional format of County Weekends gone by! Lynne Scales

County Commissioner

I've been in Girlguiding since the

age of 5 as a Rainbow and I am

currently a member of Heywood

Senior Section, Region Express!

and County Youth Voice - a panel

of Senior Section members who

make decisions to try and make

the Lancashire South East Senior Section the best

it can be. I feel that Senior Section, the smallest

group is often overlooked. Through my role on

Express!, I represent Lancashire South East at

Region level a role which I will hold for one year.

I'm passionate about young women and their voices

being heard throughout county and to region level,

which is why women aged 14-25 have so much to

give and to gain. At region there are 17 counties

uniting to discuss what their counties are doing for

the Senior Section Centenary in 2016 and other

upcoming opportunities such as Copenhagen and

Heywood Senior Section's brainchild, the Senior

Section Spectacular Show. Now, I can't achieve my

potential at region unless more units are cohesive

at Lancashire South East. This can be

accomplished by units throughout the county

expressing their views on various matters, that

affect young women in twenty-first century

Guiding. To kick start the communications through

units in Lancashire South East you can contact me

on: katie.b9297@gmail.com

Focus On... Katie Bevan; Express! & Youth Voice Find us on... Website - www.girlguidinglancsse.org.uk Facebook closed group - Girlguiding Lancashire South East Facebook public page - Girlguiding Lancashire South East Twitter - @Girlguiding_LSE

Commissioners' Cube Encourage unit leaders to keep on top of their accounts so that they can get them finalised (and

independently checked) soon after 31 December, and have them to you before the deadline of 31 January 2016.

Regularly check Join Us to make sure enquiries are being dealt with promptly.

When you receive a Residential Notification Form, check that the details are correct (including qualifications held & DBS Checks completed) before passing it to your Division Residential Adviser for approval. Once you are both happy that all guidelines are being followed, as Commissioner you should sign the form (which is the Girlguiding Insurance Guarantee) and send a copy back to the Event Coordinator for her records.

County News & Updates

Spring Funding Tip from Janet Taylor,

County Grants Adviser

As we start back to meetings after the summer why not plan a fundraising night into your programme. These ideas aren’t new but worth considering:

Film night Create your own cinema. Hold a film

night and ask guides to bring a friend. Sell popcorn and drinks.

Charge an entry fee. Nearly new sale

Outgrown those jeans, or even your guide wear? Only worn something

once? Why not sell or swap unwanted things with your guide friends? Pay £1 for each item you

take. X-Factor Competition – a bit of fun

at Christmas Celebrate all your talents by putting on a show – Guides have definitely

got talent. Organise your own talent show and invite friends and family

too. Charge for entry and refreshments.

Congratulations!

2016 - The Senior Section Centenary Are you -

a member of the Senior Section (aged 14-25)? A Young Leader? or A Leader (aged 14-25)? or A Ranger or Ranger Leader? A Guide who will 13 years old by 30 July 2016 or their Leader?

If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes", then this fantastic opportunity is open to you! Girlguiding Lancashire South East are offering a trip of a lifetime... Explore the delights of Europe and take part in North West England's Adventures in Copenhagen Wide Game. Worried about money? Don't let this put you off. The team will be doing lots of fundraising too. To find out more or book your place,

please email Jess Timperley - jess_timperley@hotmail.co.uk

B-P Awards 5 Year Service Awards

Anna Jayne Lowe Katie Robinson

Jessica Jones Natalie Wood

Rachel Louise Merry Jackie Brown

Charlotte Ashford Louise Cunliffe

Millie Rothwell Hayley Stevenson

Elaine Dutton

Going Away Qualifications Alison Partington

Michelle Wood 10 Year Service Awards

Karen Tomlinson Caroline Wilkinson

Julie Wills Fiona Bradshaw

Ellen Kershaw Sarah Finnigan

Lynn Smith 20 Year Service Awards

Sue Eachus

Leadership Qualifications Ruth Barnes

Laura Brotheridge Barbara Grice

Natalie Morris Julie Holt

Sarah Wilson 30 Year Service Awards

Jennifer Kuczer Denise Entwistle

Janet Spelzini Rosemary Jones

Jennifer O’Neill Janet Cunliffe

Amanda Doyle Young Leader Qualification

Julie Sheppard Jodie Wong

Information downloaded from Go!

Your Stories from around the County

Moroccan Magic! Girlguiding NWE Morocco 2015 The 12th August had finally arrived, after months of organising and fundraising the day had come to start our trip of a life time in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. We were privileged to be attending the final year of this five year project with the Women’s Association and having the opportunity to teach the women and children English and crafts. Girlguiding also provided a counter and chairs for their shop which has enabled the women to become more self-sufficient. On our arrival at the Women’s Association, it felt like the whole village had turned up to greet us and this was extremely rewarding to see how enthusiastic the women and children were to be taught English and crafts. Our trip was jam packed with a range of different activities for us to experience and enjoy. The first thing for us to experience of the Moroccan culture was the food and drink. The Moroccan diet is very carbohydrate based but was very flavoursome and the traditional national drink of Morocco was mint tea. One of the highlights of the trip to Morocco was the camel trekking into the Sahara Desert, which this great experience incorporated camping under the stars. At desert camp we join the tribe around the camp fire, singing and dancing along to traditional songs and to the beat of the bongo drums. While this was happening, a man from the tribe showed us how to make and cook bread, by

burying it in the ashes of the fire.

Heywood Senior Section and Trefoil Wimbledon Night Heywood Senior Section and Trefoil have an adjacent relationship meaning we invite them to events and vice versa, tonight that event was that of Wimbledon. Now, you can't have a Wimbledon event without strawberries and cream, this was sorted out by the Trefoil. Other delicacies included a homemade Sandwich cake, Scones and for those of us who are over the age of 18, Pimms and lemonade. The conversation of the Wimbledon night consisted of the planning of the Lancashire South East County Senior Section Spectacular Show, as next year it is the centenary of the Senior Section. Ideas were batted back and forth about where the Gang Show should take place, the only difference being that we didn't have any tennis rackets, net or a tennis ball. The conclusion came that we would need to raise a substantial amount of money in a short space of time, for the hiring of the venue, but it is achievable. The theme for the centenary Show is women through one hundred years for example the suffragette movement, women doing all they can during World War one and two and women being allowed to play sports like tennis. The night ran smoothly, almost like a tennis ball rolling for a hundred years, the Trefoil are just as keen as us to make the centenary Show happen. Who knows there might even be strawberries and cream provided!

Special congratulations to the first

recipients of our County girl awards!

Charlotte Quinn - Heywood Senior Section

Sian Orr age 8 - 20th Rochdale Brownie

Emily Tempest age 5 - 21st Rochdale Rainbows

Phoebe Hirst age 9 - 43rd Rochdale Brownie

Lucy Gregg age 10 - 43rd Rochdale Brownies

Holly Whitworth age 10 - 35th Rochdale Brownies

Angelica Noutch age 8 - 35th Rochdale Brownies

Emily Stott age 9 - 35th Rochdale Brownies

Elspeth Cunliffe age 8 - 35th Rochdale Brownies

Hannah Taylor age 15 - 35th Rochdale Brownies

Any leader can present this award to one of her girls, for doing something outstanding. Badges (in a presentation box) can be pur-chased from the Springfield Shop, Rochdale.

Dates for your diary

Jump Nation for Guides 03-Oct-2015, Jump Nation Trampoline Centre

LQ Module 2—An Introduction to Girlguiding 08-Oct-2015, 19:30-21:00, Springfield Activity Centre

Leaders Q&A Drop In 08-Oct-2015, 19:00-21.00, Springfield Activity Centre

Accounts Workshop 13-Oct-2015, 19:30-21.00, Springfield Activity Centre

First Response Refresher Training 15-Oct-2015, 19:00-21:00, Springfield Activity Centre

B P Adventure Weekend 16-18-Oct-2015, The Ranger Cottage, Waddow

LQ Module 1—Understanding Your Programme 21-Oct-2015, 19:30-21:00, Springfield Activity Centre

Leaders Q&A Drop In 10-Nov-2015, 19:30-21.00, Dundee Lane, Ramsbottom

LQ Module 3—Safe Space 17-Nov-2015, 19:00-21:30, Venue TBC

Transitions Training for Leaders 18-Nov-2015, 19:30-21:00, Springfield Activity Centre

Rainbows Go to the Cinema 05-Dec-2015, Odeon, Sandbrook, Rochdale

A Traditional County Weekend 26-28-Feb-2016, Waddow

This newsletter is distributed to ALL registered members aged 14+ in the County by Direct Mail. If you know of someone who does not receive a copy and they are a member, please ask them to check their details on Go!. Additional copies are available on request.

Articles/items for inclusion in the next edition should be sent to the editor (preferably via email) by Friday 18 December 2015 All correspondence should be addressed to: Louise Cope at copeys@hotmail.com

Adventures in Poland and Slovakia for 34th Bury Guides and Rangers

It was a 2.30am meeting up before heading to Liverpool airport for our flight to Krakow. After checking in to our 'unusual' accommodation in Krakow we collected 'Dennis' for a 4 hour very hot, tiring walking tour of the city. We headed off over the border to Slovakia the day after with a stop off at Auschwitz which was a very haunting experience. I have never seen our girls as quiet in what, I think, was stunned disbelief. Once in Slovakia we had an amazing time visiting some very beautiful and unspoilt areas. From monasteries to castles, mountains to caves, rivers to swimming pools. We enjoyed traditional Slovakian rafting, cable cars into the High Tatras, ice caves, swimming in a mountain lake and traditional Slovakian evening with music, food and dancing. A highlight for many of the group was Speleology - exploring a cave via walkways, ladders and rope bridges. Some parts were a bit hair raising!! We returned for our final night in Krakow via the Saltmines which was fascinating - we saw 1% of the mine… and we walked a LONG way! We returned 36 very tired but happy guides and leaders after a brilliant week away and having had 1 young leader, 4 rangers and 8 guides renewing their promises.

Wellies and Wristbands 2015 Several units from our County went to a FANTASTIC Wellies and Wristbands Festival Camp at Waddow over the August Bank Holiday weekend. 25th Bury Guides enjoyed a vast array of activities during the day from zorbing, self defence classes and

belly dancing to zip wire and hot tubs. Bands performed every evening from 5pm till 10pm and on the last night the guides screamed and danced to Bars and Melody followed by Only the Young. According to their leader, Janet, the girls had lots of fun and made some lasting memories. Leah, aged 12, attended with Chadderton South District Guides. She like the adventurous activities best, especially raft building. Her favourite acts on the stage were Bars and Melody and Harvey. Leah also men-tioned how good the night café was! Leah’s leader, Pauline, especially enjoyed pogoing to Only the Young – much to the amusement of the Guides!

In May an education presenter from the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) visited 26th Rochdale B r o w n i e s i n Milnrow. He engaged with the girls from the start by dressing some of them in life guard and lifeboat uniforms and some of them in buoyancy aids and helmets. He then explained about the work that the RNLI do; did you know the busiest lifeboat station is on the River Thames? They cover beaches and rivers. He explained about the different types of rescue boats and other modes of transport that is available, he taught them how to attract attention when in danger in water, which was amusing as it is the same command we use to keep them quiet, one hand in the air but shout loudly for help. They then split into groups to look at posters showing beach and water dangers and were asked to identify the hazards. Girls had a great evening and learnt some-thing new.

Our County Senior Section ‘Mooters’ Senior Section members from Bury, Heywood, Rochdale and Oldham joined the 40th Mersey Moot camp, held annually for some 1000+ Explorer Scouts, Ranger Guides, Young Leaders and Network members at Tawd Vale Scout Campsite near Ormskirk. The girls had a magnificent time, enjoying evening events of a rock band, karaoke, disco, barn dancing and UV disco and day activities such as clay pigeon shooting, archery, rifle shooting, inflatable challenges, canoeing, cave bus, aerial runway, Segway, to name just a few!! The highlight of the weekend was the Super Mooter which invites mixed teams of boys and girls to take part in 15 very wet and muddy challenges over a period of 2 hours. Expressions of interest are already submitted for 2016…. Fancy it?!