Date: 30 April 1999 National Spring Clean MonthTaking a seat, putting their feet
up and watching TV for a while are three members of
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Date: 5 February 1999 LOCAL APPOINTEE TO NATIONAL BODYLyndsey Johnston of Culbokie has been selected to represent Scotland on the GuideAssociation Junior Council. Lyndsey, aged 20, an Administration and InformationManagement student at Inverness College is a Guider with Culbokie Brownie andGuide Units. While serving her three year term of office, Lyndsey will find herself in a variety ofplaces, including Ireland, Wales and London, as only one of three ScottishRepresentatives on the Council. The Council exists to provide a direct line of communication and input between youngadult members of the Guide Association and its governing body. The Council ensuresthat the views of its younger members remain paramount in any decisions undertaken. Lyndsey, speaking of this opportunity said - “ I think coming from Ross-shire andrepresenting Scotland at a national level will allow me to convey the perspective and challenges that Guiding in a rural area presents. I look forward to acquiring the skills that sitting on a committee of this level requires and of course to making new friends with similar interests to myself.” The Guide Association is the UK’s largest voluntary movement for girls and women. Although many women enjoyed their time as Brownies and Guides they don’t realise that the organisation can continue to inspire them in adulthood. It aims to enable girls to mature into confident, capable and caring women, determined as individuals to realise their potential in their career, home and personal life. |
Date: 19 February 1999 Guiding’s Highest Award to Ross-shire WomenAt it’s recent AGM, Ross-shire Guiding’s outgoing County Commissioner Mary Machin from Lochussie, by Dingwall, was presented with one of Guiding’s highest awards. The Laurel Award was presented to Mary by the County President, Miss Elma Fraser. Only three such awards were presented in Scotland in 1998. Chief Commissioner for Scotland,
Sally McMath said of Mary’s award “as well
asserving Guiding for an exceptional amount of time, in
her recent term of office as County Commissioner Mary has
managed undauntingly to continue her leadership despite
having experienced a number of major personal disasters
including broken bones and two disastrous house fires.
Mary has always inspired members, young and Mary started her life-long commitment to Guiding in 1963 when she became a Brownie Guider. On moving to Ross-shire in 1974 she held various County Appointments as well as acting as Assistant Brownie Guider with Contin Brownies, a post she still holds since starting there in 1977! In 1992 she became Ross-shire’s
County Commissioner, co-ordinating all of the County’s
Guiding activities until she passed over the reigns to
the new Commissioner, |
Date: 26 April 1999 BRAND NEW GUIDING SECTION IN ROSS-SHIRE!You’ve heard of Brownies and Guides and probably Rainbows and Rangers, butdid you know about the Trefoil Guild? It is a section of the National Guide Association for the over 18s! Unlike Rainbow Guides (5-7 year olds), Brownie Guides (7-10), Guides (10-14) and Ranger Guides (14-26) there is no upper age limit and no uniform! A branch of the Trefoil Guild has
been set up in Ross-shire with it’s inaugural
meeting held in Dingwall last Tuesday. It was
enthusiastically attended by local women keen to Irene Smith from Culbokie who co-ordinated
the initial meeting said “many of us have had so
much pleasure and enjoyment from Guiding and Scouting
over the years and have made so many good friends that
the formation of the Trefoil Guild in our area will The aims of the Trefoil Guild
promote run and friendship. It aims to keep alive amongst
members the spirit of the Guide and Scout Promises and
Laws; to carry that If you enjoyed being a Brownie,
Guide, or Ranger in your youth and would like to re-join
a like-minded organisation; or are, or have been an adult
leader in Guiding and |
Date: 8 July 1999 Local Girls Selected to Represent the UKRoss-shire girls, Ruth Nelson,
Alison Blackburn and Ruth Tracey have been selected |
Date: 30 April 1999 National Spring Clean MonthTaking a seat, putting their feet
up and watching TV for a while are three members of
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Date: 11 June 1999 FIRST AID TRAININGLeaders Kirsty Robinson of 4th
Alness Brownies and June Fowler |
 Date: 2 June 1999 GROWING THROUGH GUIDING Dingwall Brownies are pictured
tending a pot they planted. They donated the |
| Date: 15 July 1999 WOGGLES AND WINDMILLS Fifteen year old Katie Mochrie, a
Young Leader with Fortrose Guides on the Black |
A FIRST FOR GUIDING
Could these Brownies from Ross-shire be a future First Minister of the Scottish Parliament? That is what Mary Scanlon, MSP, is finding out.
Local children and young people in Scotland are being asked what they would do if they were first Minister, in a national competition backed by Donald Dewar.
The competition, which is called If I were first Minister, is organised by 'Children in Scotland'. Children and young people from throughout Scotland are asked to submit drawings, paintings, stories, poems, reports or entries in any medium to express their views, priorities and suggestions for improving some aspect of life in their own community. This will al be included in a report to the Scottish Parliament.Bronwen Cohen, Director, Children in Scotland said "It is important that the views of children and young people are heard in the new Scotland. The report from the All Party Consultative Steering Group on the new Parliament recommended that their voices be heard and the competition has been designed to help that".
The Brownies are pictured showing Miss Scanlon what they would like to see happen in Ross-shire. They want more things for young people to do, more places to play and more provision for animal welfare.
Elizabeth Duff, County Commissioner for Ross-shire Guiding said "the Brownie programme encourages the girls to think for themselves, to take an active part in their community and to serve their Country. As the Guide Association is the largest voluntary organisation for girls and women in the UK with over 50% of the female population having been a member at some point, we may well see a female First Minister who was a Brownie!".
ANIMAL LOVERS
North Kessock and Culbokie Guide Units spent a busy day packing
shopping in
Safeway's, Rose Street, in the run up to Christmas. From the
money raised,
both units decided to split the proceeds with good causes. North
Kessock
Guides have made a donation towards the re-furbishment of the
Ross-shire
Guide Association's bunkhouse accommodation at Killearnan on the
Black Isle.
The girls from Culbokie Guide Unit decided to donate part of
their
fund-raising effort to Munlochy Animal Aid.
Pictured are some of the girls presenting a cheque for £163 to
the centre.
FORT ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE
A Primary School, Girls' Secondary School and Local Hospital in
Ekwendeni,
Malawi are much better off thanks to a Service Project undertaken
by Fortrose
Guide Unit.
The guides heard of the plight of the area through their school
and decided
to do something to help. The girls, working in their patrols,
raised over
£750 in less than a month by organising sponsored walks, swims
and cycle
rides and by making and selling marmalade, tablet and baking from
a
'Home-made' stall in Fortrose High Street.
The Unit had to recently move to new premises for it's weekly
meeting as they
outgrew the old hall! They are currently knitting Cot Blankets to
send to
the Hospital.
They hope to find out how their donation may be used when some of
the girls
from Fortrose Academy who visited Malawi recently, come along to
their
meeting to talk to the Guides about their experiences.
ROYAL GUIDE
The Queen still tells her staff stories of when she was a guide,
the Royal
Equerry told Lyndsey Johnston at Holyrood Palace.
Lyndsey, a Brownie and Guide Guider in Culbokie was invited to
attend the
Royal Reception at Holyrood Palace on St. Andrews Day to mark the
achievements of Young People in Scotland.
After being nominated by Ross-shire Guide Association, Lyndsey
was chosen to
be one of two candidates from Scotland to represent Guiding.
As well as volunteering for Guiding locally, Lyndsey also wears a
number of
other voluntary hats.
As a 2nd year full time Business Administration and Information
Technology
student at Inverness College, Lyndsey's computing expertise led
her to build
and maintain the Ross-shire Guide County Web Site.
Lyndsey also sits on the committee of the Black Isle Partnership
as their
Youth Representative. This committee has been established to
promote and
develop Business and Tourism on the remote Black Isle.
Not content with just helping locally Lyndsey is the Highland
Representative
on the Scottish Forum, a Guiding initiative to ensure the views
and voice of
Younger Women is heard in Guiding. Again they have tapped into
her talents
and have nominated her to design, build and maintain a new Web
Site promoting
the Forum.
Nationally, Lyndsey has been selected to represent Scotland on
the UK Guide
Association Junior Council. The Council exists to provide a
direct line of
communication and input between young adult members of the Guide
Association
and its governing body. It also ensures that the views of its
younger
members remain paramount in any decisions undertaken.
In writing about Ross-shire's nomination, Lyndsey's fellow Guider,
Carol
Elliot, told the Scottish Chief Commissioner, "Lyndsey
charms people with
her sense of humour and personality. Her down to earth outlook
means Lyndsey
calls 'a spade a spade'. She contributes real life, common sense
ideas along
with humour and initiative to anything she is involved in.
Everything Lyndsey
takes on, she does with the attitude 'if a jobs worth doing, it's
worth doing
properly'. Any task she is given, you can be sure Lyndsey will
complete it
enthusiastically, capably and timely."
Lyndsey said she thoroughly enjoyed herself at Holyrood Palace
and met lots
of interesting people. The cameras were rolling at the event
recording
footage for the Queen's Christmas message so keep your eyes
peeled on
Christmas Day; Lyndsey's the one behind the Queen with the Guider's
Uniform
on!
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