British Guides in Foreign Countries
Our Annual Gathering on 25th April was attended by 29 Friends (and guests who became Friends!). Ruth Sara gave us an update of matters BGIFC and of the centenary camp (Hope ’09) to be held at Foxlease in July and Fiona Carle gave us an encouraging report under the title Guiding Development.
Our guest speaker was Jenny Read, the Guide Commissioner for Brownsea Island, who brought us a good overview as well as some beautiful slides of the island, of the new Centre there and of Guides having a really good time! Our thanks to them all. At the Annual Gathering it was agreed that it would be fun if we could have our own Centenary Celebrations next year by holding the 2010 Annual Gathering in a Foreign Country. The hope is to make a full weekend of it from Friday 23rd April to Sunday 25th April, probably in either France or Benelux. The AGM itself would be held on Saturday at a time that would suit those who might not be able to arrive until very late on Friday. See the Friends News page for further infomation. PLEASE KEEP THIS WEEKEND FREE!
The Friends really enjoyed their time at the Launch Party in July and were very happy to have been included in such a tremendous occasion.
Photos shown below are from the 2009 Gathering.
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