Girlguiding Cambridgeshire East

1st Newmarket Rangers have received a grant of £8,450 from the Cambridgeshire Youth Bank. The money will be used to support girls aged from 13-25 with a whole host of special and additional needs who are members of Girlguiding in Cambridgeshire. Rachel Copping, a Ranger, helped to write the grant application. She said: “Getting the grant money was fantastic. We are so pleased for the girls with special needs, we have lots of action packed events lined up for them and the money will be put to very good use!!”

Surprise Yourself!, a bi-monthly guiding show on community-based 209radio has also been successful. The project has been awarded over £1500 from SWITCH, a National Lottery funded initiative for Girlguiding groups to take part in activities that are innovative and diverse. Rosie Howell, a Brownie Leader from Barrington, has produced and presented the show since October 2007, with help from a team of local Guides. The team plan to spend their grant on resources, training and more airtime to extend and promote the show.

Rosie Howell, leader with the 1st Barrington Guides, presenting ‘Surprise yourself!’ on 209radio

County Commissioner, Sue Carpenter, said “I am delighted that two of our local projects have been successful. Both the applications were made by our young members themselves, as part of Girlguiding UK’s commitment to being a girl-led organisation. These young women were able to display their passion for guiding and will now, together with many other girls and young women, be able to take advantage of all that it has to offer”.

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