1

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Newsletter

County President

Mrs Sylvia Smith MBE

County Commissioner

Mrs Deborah Phillips ccgirlguidingsussexcentral @gmail.com

County Secretary

Mrs Lisa Barden Inside this issue:

Dear All A very Happy New Year to you all and I hope it is a good one for you. I find it hard to believe another year has flown past, 2014 was certainly an exciting one with so many activities and events in the County. Each time I go to The Amex I remember what a brilliant time the Brownies had back in June - one of many events that took place to celebrate The Big Brownie Birthday.

We now look to the future and the coming year. Hopefully you all managed some guiding free time over the holidays and are now looking forward to the new year with excitement and enthusiasm. February will see many units, Districts and Divisions celebrating Thinking Day. This is a chance to remember our guiding friends from around the world. Many of us in the County have been lucky enough to visit Guides in other countries, it is certainly a wonderful adventure and an amazing experience. Another three girls and one Leader will be having such an opportunity when they go on service projects with LaSER this year. Having been able to attend the presentations from the girls that went on the trips last year, you can certainly see how much they gain from these opportunities. Thank you for all the hard work, time and energy you put into guiding, I certainly see the results when I visit units and events around the County and see the girls tackling new challenges, being provided with so many different opportunities and having fun! Whatever you are doing I hope it’s a great year for you and I look forward to seeing you around the County.

Message from Deborah 1

Directory Amendments Facebook Archives

2

Trefoil Guild News 3

Good Service Award Go! & Subscriptions

4

Camp & Holiday Training 5

Southwater Canoeing Club 6

CoCo’s Trip 2016 7

Fundraising for Girlguiding 8

Division News 9-18

County Diary County Day

19

Roll of Honour 20

February 2015

2

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

County Directory 2014 Amendments Please make the following amendments to your copy:

A new directory should be in circulation around Easter. If you are usually listed in the County Directory you will be contacted in due course to confirm your details are up to date—please keep an eye out for this.

Girlguiding Sussex Central is now on Facebook! Our page has over 130 “likes” so far, but lets keep it growing! This is a great way to promote Girlguiding Sussex Central and to share what we have been doing. Why not like us at: http://www.facebook.com/girlguidingsc and invite your friends to do so to!

Moving House? Downsizing? Spring Cleaning? I recently met a former District Commissioner and Brownie Leader whilst shopping and, in the course of exchanging news, she mentioned that she and her husband were moving to a new, smaller house. As the new home would not be ready till the summer, she said they had plenty of time to sort through and dis-pose of stuff which they would neither have room for or no longer need. I asked if she had any Guide "stuff" and she replied that she had "a box". I gave her my card explaining the reason for my enquiry. I think it may have given her a starting point and incentive to tackle the task of sorting through an accumulation of family memories. If you hear of someone in your Division who is clearing out lofts, garages or cupboards, then you might ask the same question. Possibly your meeting place is undergoing renovation or decoration which requires you to clear out your unit cupboard, which might lead to some exciting and amusing discoveries. Should you come across anything of interest, please keep and share it within your Division but also, let me have a brief description of your discovery.

Margaret Muller County Archive Co-ordinator

3

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Trefoil Guild News THE PAST - 2014 proved to be an active and busy year for

Trefoil members as reported in the May and October County Newsletters. In October, members attended the Region Annual meeting in Brighton supporting Sarah Little who took over as Region Chair—a great honour for Sussex Central!

This left the Chair of Sussex Central Trefoil Guilds vacant, Jane Brown was asked, and agreed to take on

the role supported by a dedicated County Team.

THE PRESENT - When reports are sent for

County meetings we are always delighted to see so many interesting, different and varied meetings tak-ing place each month. There were a number of events involving “eating” leading up to Christmas – you can never go wrong where food is involved!

THE FUTURE - 2015 will be just as active:

County Trefoil Annual Meeting on Saturday 21st March County Trefoil Holiday to Waddow in May (there are places available contact Midge Orpen or Yvonne Allmond) Region Day at the Bluebell Railway County Wide activities: Walks around East Grinstead and Haywards Heath Croquet at Nymans Quiz Probably an event involving food! Trefoil is for everyone even if you are not a Trefoil member, please come and join us – your local Guild will welcome you. Remember to remind units to ask Trefoil members for help, even at short notice – members recently helped with teaching Brownies to knit. A successful 2015 to everyone, best wishes,

Jane Brown

County Trefoil Guild Chair

Henfield Trefoil Guild — Hand Bell Ringing

The Committee

4

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

GO! & Subscriptions

Subscriptions Hopefully you have all checked the trial subscriptions invoices for your unit, District or Division. If not, you have until noon on the 20th February to do so and make any necessary changes to your records to get your invoice right. The final invoices should be available from noon on the 23rd February and they are due for payment immediately. Please make sure you know where your unit cheque book is and that your signatories are available. If you have any problems with printing your invoice, or you don’t have enough funds to pay your invoice, or you are currently updating your bank mandate and so can’t sign a cheque, please let you Commissioner or myself know as soon as possible, ideally before the 23rd February, so that help can be arranged before payment is due. Districts and Divisions will get their levies back on the 2nd April, as long as all invoices have been paid by 16th March and all payments have subsequently cleared.

GO!

I know I keep asking you to check that your records are up to date, but I am going to repeat myself! Please, please, please can you make sure that all of your qualifications are on GO!. We had a problem over Christmas when we learnt about a unit planning on going on a sleepover at the start of January, but according to GO!, no one in their unit had a valid Going Away With… Licence. It turned out that one of the Leaders did have a licence, which had been achieved in a different County and after several emails and phone calls we were able to verify this and update her records, allowing the unit to go away, but it could have ended with the sleepover being cancelled and a lot of unhappy girls. All of this could have been avoided if GO! had been up to date. Also, if you think you are overdue a long service award, let your Commissioner or myself know. We do sometimes miss an award (often again due to GO! not being up to date), but if you contact us, we can look into it and you can get your well deserved award.

Natalie Denning County GO! Co-ordinator

Good Service Award for Judith At County Day on 18th October, Judith Trappitt was presented with the Good Service Award. Judith has been in Guiding over 20 years and is the District Commissioner for Forest District, a Leadership Qualification mentor and Assistant Leader at the 1st & 2nd Cuckfield Brownies and 6th Haywards Heath Guides. She will soon be taking on the role of Haywards Heath Division Commissioner when Diann Johnson completes her five years.

5

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Saturday 7th March 2015 9am – 1pm

Horsham Guide Hall, Denne Road, Horsham

Come along for an informal training, speak to County & Division

Residential Advisers. Find out how to get started, which modules need to be completed and what evidence will be required.

Closing Date is Friday 27th February 2015

If you have any queries concerning the training please contact Carol Stalley by email

__________________________________________________________________________

Camp and Holiday Licence Training 2015

Please return this slip by Friday 27th February 2015 to:

Carol Stalley,

Licence you are considering undertaking: Overnight Holiday Camp (Please circle as appropriate)

Which Section do you work with Rainbows Brownies Guides Senior Section

Name:

Unit:

Contact Address:

Phone no:

E-mail:

Going Away with.. (Camp and Hol iday Licence) Training

6

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Further information about the 2015 programme will be sent out at later date however if you would like to receive information about the Regattas direct via

email or have any questions please email:

7

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Are you interested in being a joint leader on an International Service Project?

Have you heard about last summer’s

County Service Project to South Africa?

Have you been inspired to do something similar?

Girlguiding Sussex Central are hoping to organise another trip in Summer 2016 in conjunction with CoCo’s Foundation to celebrate

The Senior Section Centenary, 2016

For more information about last year’s trip go to www.cocosfoundation.co.uk/news/girl-guides-2014.html

Or speak to a trip leader: Pauline Janet S Alicia Janet T

If you think this might be for you please contact

Pauline Hyner by 1st April 2015.

8

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Fundraising for Girlguiding My name is Tracey Miller. I am a Leader at 1st Holbrook Guides and LaSER Trustee Treasurer. I have been a member of Girlguiding for five years and have loved every minute of it. It is this enjoyment that has inspired me to take part in the Girlguiding Charity Challenge to walk the Inca Trail in Peru from Cuzco to Machu Picchu in October 2015. This is a fundraising opportunity for Girlguiding to raise extra funds to help further their fantastic work and grow guiding. My fundraising target is £4000. To date, I have focused my fundraising activities around the girls when I can. On the 24th of October, I held a Brownie disco in Horsham which raised £331, I hope to run another in June 2015. I have sold jewellery and recently my unit supported me to raise funds by bag packing at a Waitrose where we raised £293.

As part of my fundraising strategy, I have designed an activity badge. This is a pre-planned evening; making life easier for Leaders. It consists of a written word document for you to work through and badges to give out at the end. The evening only requires your craft box, lids from games, coins and some yogurt sized tubs. The activity is based around the life of an Inca girl called Nina and set just before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in Peru. It is based on facts explores the lives, beliefs and cultures of the Inca people.

In the pack, we follow Nina as she attends a big festival in the capital city of Cuzco taking in the sights, the girls make a mask (templates included) in order to attend along with Nina. After the festival, Nina and the girls play a game of Sapo, a traditional Inca game still played today. Finally Nina gets a new brightly coloured woven cloak and the girls do some weaving in the shape of a heart. The pack includes a map, an insight into the Inca beliefs and what led to the demise of the Inca Empire. If you would like to do this activity with your Brownies (easily adapted for Rainbows) please email me at ggfundraiser@btinternet.com. The badges are £1.50 each. If you would like to join me on this trip or find out more about the trip please visit the following pages on the Girlguiding website. https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/get_involved/support_us/challenge_events/international_opportunities/machu_picchu.aspx I also have a Just Giving page, any sponsorship will be most welcome. https://www.justgiving.com/Tracey-Miller5 The Inca trail starts at Cuzco and finishes at Machu Picchu. It takes 4 days to walk with the longest day comprising an 8-12 hour hike. Altitudes reach over 4000m! Ben Nevis is 1344 m tall. When I return from Peru next year, I hope to update you on how the challenge went. In the meantime, thank you for any support you can offer.

Tracey Miller

9

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Division News

Burgess Hill

1st Burgess Hill Brownies enjoy a day out in London Half term saw the 1st Burgess Hill Brownies celebrating their units 90th anniversary with a superb day out in London. They visited the London Docklands Museum to take part in their puppet workshop, which was great fun and free of charge. The Brownies were really pleased to see the Poppies at the Tower of London before heading to Greenwich for dinner at Frankie & Benny’s. They finished the day on the back of the Thames Clipper, where the Brownies enjoyed the spray from the River Thames.

Supporting Burgess Hill Food Bank Burgess Hill Division has donated many boxes of food to Burgess Hill Food Bank, all of the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and Leaders joined in a big collection. Sharon, a representative for the food bank, came and collected the donations from our Guide Hall in Station Road. The Brownies were proud that they had done this service for the people of Burgess Hill again this year.

Highly Visible - Thanks to Specsavers Burgess Hill Division are pleased to have received 50 hi-vis vests from Specsavers Burgess Hill for the Rainbows, Brownies & Guides to wear when out and about. We look forward to having the opportunity to wear these on our many outings next term. Thanks to Specsavers for donating them.

10

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Division Volunteers Social November 2014 saw over 40 volunteers from Burgess Hill gathering at the Guide Hall for a social evening to celebrate 16 years of Girlguiding Burgess Hill Division. Everybody had the opportunity of doing three crafts; there was a superb Christmas cracker, a chocolate egg to decorate with fondant and a special box. This was followed, of course, by plenty of food and drink. We finished the evening with a celebratory toast and a superb cake made by Chloe to help her raise funds for her trip to California in 2015.

Crawley

Last November we attended a Peer Education training weekend with around 40 other Senior Section members from across the UK. We spent the weekend testing out the many varied activities which form the “Free Being Me” programme, and are now trained as Peer Educators to deliver the Free Being Me scheme to Brownie and Guide units. Free Being Me is all about promoting body confidence in girls, and helping to combat the idea that there is only one way to look good. The programme has been developed by WAGGGS in conjunction with Dove, and can only be run in guiding units by Senior Section members who have trained as Peer Educators. We can run Free Being Me for Brownies or Guides, either as two 90 minute sessions or three one-hour sessions; girls can gain their Free Being Me badge by completing these sessions and a short follow-up project facilitated by their unit Leader. For more information, or to invite us to run Free Being Me with your Unit, please contact Elizabeth and Emily via 4PeerEd@Bennettclan.org

Elizabeth Bennett and Emily Sellis-Pole Young Leaders, Crawley Division

11

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

East Grinstead

In at the Deep End Thanks to London Scuba, girls from 6th East Grinstead Guides tried life underwater last term. In groups of 12 they learnt about water pressure, equalising and use of the equipment, before donning their kit and jumping into the purpose built pool where they enjoyed underwater games and experienced the feeling of weightlessness. The group received funding to put on water based activities thanks to a grant from South East Water’s Community Chest Fund, which has also paid for kayaking at Blacklands Farm and raft building during Guide Camp. "Guiding is about trying new things and all the girls who have taken part in the Scuba diving sessions have had a fantastic time" says Leader Karen Kemp. "Amazing, it was really fun.” exclaims Katie. “I’ve tried snorkelling before, but this is much better." Bronwyn summed it up "On a scale of 1 to 10, it was definitely a 10!"

The Spirit of Christmas in East Grinstead

The last weeks before Christmas found 6th East Grinstead Rainbows making presents for the delighted residents of Lingfield Lodge Retirement Home. The girls decorated pots, made plant labels and planted up bulbs which were presented at a social afternoon, which also found the girls in charge of the entertainment. They sang four Christmas songs, showed off their badges, and chatted about school in East Grinstead. Many of the residents had been Brownies when they were younger and enjoyed sharing their stories. "It was really nice to meet the people who live there." said Ella, age 5. "Some of the ladies joined us with our singing." added Chloe, age 6. A dozen girls from 3rd Brownies, 4th and 6th Guides, along with Lisa, a talented flute-playing mum, sang carols at Charters Court Care Home. The residents enjoyed it with some of them even joining in with the well known songs.

Leader Retires

After more than 30 years as a Sackville District Leader, Kathleen Lunn has decided to retire as Assistant Leader with the 1st East Grinstead Rainbows. “I have had a wonderful time and watched many girls grow over the years, and with all those memories, I won’t be breaking my ties with guiding completely because I am joining the Trefoil Guild.” she tells us. So Kath, thank you for helping East Grinstead to become the great Division it is today. We will miss seeing you on a regular basis but wish you all the best for your future activities.

12

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

A Good Time Was Had By All – OH YES IT WAS!

“Afterwards they posed for pictures with The Genie and Aladdin and agreed that they had thoroughly enjoyed themselves.” Says Lorraine Parrett, Buckhurst Commissioner, “We had a great time and the whole group joined in with the singing, booing and cheering that goes with a traditional pantomime. A couple of the girls managed to catch some of the sweets which were thrown out into the audience too and we were really pleased to get a mention from Wishee Washee and the Dame who apparently was once a Brownie in Far Far East Glinstead!” A spokesperson for the production company says that the cast always love having the Guiding Girls along because they are such an enthusiastic audience! Meanwhile 3rd East Grinstead Brownies, 4th East Grinstead, 6th East Grinstead and Felbridge Guides were having a n-ice time at the Guildford Spectrum Centre where Megan, a 4th East Grinstead Guide, was showing off her fantastic skating skills performing in ‘Sleeping Beauty On Ice’.

Haywards Heath

Rainbows Out & About 1st Perrymount Rainbows had a very busy Autumn term working on the “Learn” part of their Roundabout badge with apple picking and visits to the library and the fire station.

Mad Mad World for 3rd East Grinstead Brownies Much fun was had when girls from 3rd East Grinstead Brownies did the ‘Upside Down Back to Front Challenge’. The girls all wore their uniforms back to front and the meeting began with Brownie Bells, and included activities such as decorating the bottom of fairy cakes and singing songs very loud at the start and gradually getting quieter. Musical statues was especially interesting because they froze when the music played and danced while it was silent. The meeting naturally concluded with the opening song!

13

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Guides Remember Members of 3rd, 6th and 11th Haywards Heath Guides joined together in November for an overnight event to learn more about the First World War and to take time to remember and respect those who have given their lives for our freedom. The Guides had a very enjoyable and informative visit to Cuckfield Museum, where Phillipa Malins and the stewards gave a tour of the museum. The Guides were especially interested in the “Small Town at War” and “Souvenirs from the Front” exhibitions. In particular, the photographs of the 82 men from Cuckfield who died during the First World War made the human cost of war more realistic to them. Later in the evening, the Guides had a talk from Ronald Charnick about his father and uncle’s experiences in the First World War and his own in the Second World War. On the Sunday morning the Guides participated in the Remembrance Service and Parade at Muster Green, giving them the opportunity to pause and pay their respects not only to those soldiers long ago, but also our men and women fighting today and those in the emergency services.

‘Planting’ Poppies at the Tower of London

At 9am on Saturday 1st November, Diann Johnson (Haywards

Heath Division Commissioner) and Jacqueline Johnson

(Assistant Leader - 3rd Haywards Heath Guides) walked into

the moat of the Tower of London and became two of the

thousands of volunteers who helped ‘plant’ the ceramic

poppies.

“We were very proud to be chosen to participate in this

massive act of remembrance, but we were also overwhelmed

by the huge number of people who had come to see the ever

growing display of poppies.”

Following a brief safety instruction and having been given a

red T-shirt, the volunteers were ready to start. The stem for

each poppy had to be assembled first using a metal rod and four rubber washers. Then the poppy was put

on top and secured with another washer. Each section of poppies had an assigned height requirement, and

the placement created a design with various elevations as in any poppy field in nature. The view at

ground level of the poppy field was amazing and very emotional.

14

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Perrymount District Carol Service Perrymount District recently held their annual Carol Service at St Richard's Church on Sydney Road and were warmly welcomed by Father David Weaver. Over 100 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and their Leaders participated in the theme 'Food Glorious Food!' Each Unit presented a different Christmas food through song, music or skit. Carols were also sung. This theme linked with their chosen charity, the Haywards Heath Foodbank. A trolley was pushed by several Guides down the centre aisle to collect donated food items from the full church of families, friends and invited guests. Our guests included Sylvia and Alan Smith, Haywards Heath’s Mayor Sandy Ellis, and Lions Club President David Coleville. The final collection included £225 in cash donations and over 80 kilos of food. Rangers from the newly formed 3rd Haywards Heath Senior Section Unit helped to supply muscle power to deliver the food items to the Foodbank and also to pack food boxes for needy families.

Sally Martin from the Haywards Heath Foodbank thanked Perrymount District for their enthusiasm in

promoting the Foodbank. Sally went on to say that "It was lovely to work with the girls from your new Unit

packing special Christmas food parcels. I have told the Trustees and they are delighted!"

Horsham

Congratulations To Jo Crane for achieving the Queens Guide Award. To Tracey Miller for becoming Chair of Finance for LaSER and also for volunteering for the fundraising trek in Peru. (see page 8 for more information about this) To Sharon Newman, Leader of 2nd Broadbridge Heath Guides and Rangers, on being selected for an International Camp in Vietnam.

15

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Parkminster

1st Henfield Guides We took part in the first living advent calendar in Henfield in December, combining it with our annual carol singing trip around the village. During the evening we raised £340 for the Ebola disaster fund which was our Guides’ chosen charity. We also held a Remembrance service at Valerie Manor Nursing Home in November for the residents. We went to Herons at Blackland Farm for a very busy activity weekend which was thoroughly enjoyed by all of us. We did zip wire, crate stacking, perch and boulder activities, plus tie dying various items and making candle holders. Three Guides made their promise at the top of the zip wire! Swimming at The Triangle one evening after half term was also well attended. This term we are working on one of the Growing Up Wild badges together with Personal Safety badge, having done Animal Active, Chocolate and Passion For Fashion Go For Its! last term.

Partridge Green Brownies held their own Pantomime Oh no they didn’t! - Oh yes they did! 1st Partridge Green Brownies performed their own pantomime – Snow White and the Seven Brownies – for parents and guests just before Christmas, with a surprise for the girls at the end when the Leaders dressed up as ‘Cookie Crumble’ and ‘Cheffie Souffle’ to bake a special wedding cake for Snow White and Prince Charming.

A raffle in the interval also raised £120 for the girls’ chosen charity, Chestnut Tree House Chil-drens’ Hospice. Brownies and Guides from Lower Beeding attended the panto of Cinderella at The Capitol at Horsham in December – oh yes they did !!

16

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

2nd Hurstpierpoint Guides Trip to London

At half term 2nd Hurstpierpoint Guides went to London for the day to see the poppy display at the Tower

of London. It was truly amazing but VERY busy! A lovely sunny day brought lots of people out. We walked

along the South Bank, had our picnic in front of Tate Modern and then onto the Imperial War Museum.

We walked a long way but saw lots of London. The highlight was definitely the Poppies.

2nd Hassocks Guides Ice Skating Promise

Four new intrepid Guides chose to make their

promise on rather slippery ground in

December; they slid through the promise at The

Dome Ice Rink in Brighton.

The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all the

Guides and made extra special by our first promise

on ice! It was so popular it may become an annual

South Down

17

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Thank You Judy Fuller

We held a party in July to recognise all the work of Judy

Fuller and her team of helpers for running our Division Guide

Shop for nearly 20 years.

The shop was used by Leaders from our Division as well as

Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Henfield. Judy not only

sold the stock but she was there to advise and support the

Leaders. Deborah came along to the party and presented

Judy with the Good Service Brooch. For our Division it was

the end of an era.

Judy please enjoy your retirement.

Chocolate Badge Inspires Guides’ Stall

The inspiration behind 1st Hurstpierpoint

Guides stall at the Christmas Bazaar on 5th

December was the very yummy badge the

girls had been working towards this term -

chocolate!

Not only did the girls have fun working on

the badge, they learnt the importance of

fair trade and price of different brands.

So, when they had to think of a creative

idea to bring customers to the stall -

chocolate was the answer. With a

chocolate fountain, chocolate raffle and

jars full of chocolate, the girls also made

chocolate truffles and wrapped them up in

festive bags. They also decorated the stall

with festive baubles and icicles made out of chocolate wrappers. The result was an eye-catching stall

which in-turn made money for a very good cause. Well done girls!

(Pictured left to right - 1st Hurstpierpoint Guide Leaders;

Alison Bishop, Tracey Pinon and Fiona Jackson)

18

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Worth

130 members and supporters, past and present, celebrated 60 years of guiding in Copthorne at a

memorable afternoon together.

Everyone joined in activities spanning the years including cooking dampers on open fires, polishing

brass, semaphore, craft, dressing up in old uniforms, history and TV quizzes. Campfire singing was followed by tea provided by Friends of Guiding

and the afternoon was rounded off with some presentations including a thirty year service award

for Leader Jane Jones.

The celebration cake was cut by the youngest Rainbow at the party with the help of a past

member who was a Guide in the village in the early 1940’s

Polishing old pennies for Thinking Day Trefoil Guild to Rainbows enjoying (?) dampers together

The County Commissioner brushes up her semaphore

Leaders wore uniforms through the ages

A lesson in tying an old style tie

A Rainbow gets to grips with a knotty problem

Celebration Tea

What did Guides carry in their pockets?

Celebration badge designed by a Brownie

contact us if you would like one (£1) enquiries@girlguidingcopthorne.co.uk

19

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

County Diary 2015 Tuesday 24th February – ‘Challenging Behaviour of Girls’ Training at Handcross Pavilion, contact Sarita Kitson Saturday 7th March – (morning), ‘Going Away with …. Camp & Holliday Licence’ Training at Horsham Guide HQ, contact Carol Stalley Monday 9th March – ‘Towards Leadership’ Training at St Pauls Church, Crawley, contact Helen Dowling Thursday 19th March – Commissioners Forum at The Ark, Turners Hill Saturday 21st March – Outdoors Activities Training Saturday 21st March – County Trefoil Guild Review at Copthorne Thursday 26th March – ‘Leaders and their Young Leaders’ training at Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre. Saturday 10th May - Brownie Canoe Regatta at Southwater Country Park

Monday 11th – Friday 15th May County Trefoil Holiday to Waddow

Thursday 14th May – ‘Safe Space’ Training Monday 18th May – County Exec Tuesday 2nd June – ‘Towards Leadership’ Training Saturday 13th or Sunday 14th June – County Rainbow event at Fishers Farm Saturday 21st June - Guide & Senior Section Canoe Regatta at Southwater Country Park Friday 26th – Sunday 28th June County Residential Training Weekend at Foxlease Saturday 4th July – County Brownie Day at Blackland Farm, contact Val Hoare Friday 10th July – County BBQ and Social Monday 13th July – County Youth Awards Evening Friday 24th July to Sunday 2nd August – County Trip to Switzerland – contact Pauline Hyner Sunday 13th December - Afternoon performance of Pantomime at The Hawth, Crawley (details out soon)

Watch out for the flyers with more details of the trainings and details of the other County events. Contact details for all of those mentioned above can be found in the County Directory.

County Day On Saturday 18th October, Leaders, Young Leaders and Trefoil Guild members gathered at St Paul’s College in Burgess Hill for a day of trainings based on the theme “Winter Wonderland” The afternoon saw the Annual Review and many awards were presented.

20

Issue No. 154 Girlguiding Sussex Central Newsletter February 2015

Sussex Central Roll of Honour

County Commissioners Certificate Lisa Barden Thelma Bates Kathy Bennett Amy Boulton Pam Brakes Jo Burgess Natalie Denning Charlotte Douglass Val Hoare Liz Hollingdale Pauline Hyner Zoe Hall Diann Johnson Sandra Jones Jan Lane Pam Leadbeater Rhoda Miles Margaret Muller Janet Samuel Alicia Smith Linda Taylor Janet Templeman BURGESS HILL 10 Year Long Service Award Fran Anderson Jan Bowman Jo Burgess Erika Golbey Nicola Newell Sivan Sasson Jennie Sumner Kathy Sumner 5 Year Long Service Award Julie Mckenzie Sarah Melling Rebecca Phelan

CRAWLEY 30 Year Long Service Award

Val Smith EAST GRINSTEAD 10 Year Long Service Award Julie Charman

Adult Leadership Qualification Helena Smith Claire-Louise Thomson HAYWARDS HEATH Good Service Award

Judith Trappitt 20 Year Long Service Award

Diann Johnson 10 Year Long Service Award

Sophia Stone 5 Year Long Service Award

Kay MacNaughton Kelly Tomsett Adult Leadership Qualification

Jacquie Marley Natasha Hannah Baden-Powell Challenge Award

Seona Carolan Ana Elliott HORSHAM Queens Guide Award

Jo Crane

20 Year Long Service Award Lisa Bartlett Sharon Carver Barbara Ledger 10 Year Long Service Award Denice Felton Michelle Netley Sarah Turfrey Lindsay Webber Gill White

5 Year Long Service Award Celia Bryant Hannah Davison Sharon Duthie Lorna Manwaring Tracey Miller Clare Rayner Hannah Stalley Vicky Trangmar

Large Scale Event Licence

Pam Leadbeater Brownie Residential Licence

Natalie Cox Adult Leadership Qualification

Lisa Ashton Jay Azmi Gemma Daly Lizzie Richardson Connie Wraith Climbing Instructor Qualification

Aisling Hailes PARKMINSTER 10 Year Long Service Award

Charly Douglass Trainers Qualification Mod 1&3

Lisa Barden Adult Leadership Qualification Kay Bailey Fiona Christer Katherine Davis Alison White

SOUTH DOWN Adult Leadership Qualification

Ali Tourle Kate Harding Baden-Powell Challenge Georgia Cooper Josie Townsend Libby Waters Elizabeth Whitmarsh Young Leader Qualification

Orla Mohammed Chloe Punter Iona Wilson

WORTH 30 Year Long Service Award

Jane Jones 5 Year Long Service Award Denise Turrell Rowena Woodward

Items For Next Newsletter should be emailed to the Editor at: ggscnewsletter@gmail.com

by Friday 24th April Registered Charity No. 283700