Intoducing... Rebecca

Hi, I’m Rebecca and I live in Kent.

I am a full-time Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University, specialising in Therapeutic Radiography. I lecture to undergraduate, post graduate and both pre-registered and post-registered Allied Health Professionals.  I have recently completed my MSc and am currently studying to complete my Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education.

In my free time I enjoy sailing; I have recently done some RYA qualifications. I also like to travel. I have lived and worked in Australia for a year and backpacked around Asia (Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam) with a friend.

I am currently a Senior Section Leader with a company of over 15 Rangers, plus an assistant Guider with a Guide Group. I am also the County Senior Section Advisor. I enjoy helping out at Rainbows and Brownies whenever I am needed! I really enjoy being a member of the LASER walking group and have recently completed my Level 1 qualification. I receive hours and hours of pleasure from Girlguiding, ranging from the weekly meetings; to the pride I feel when my own girls are selected for international opportunities, to when the new Senior Section flag arrived for our new unit!

I am really excited about GOLD Guyana 2013 and the opportunities and friendships that it offers. No international experience I have had with Girlguiding (including visiting, Holland, Italy and Switzerland- as a guide and as a leader) has ever disappointed me and I am now thoroughly excited to have the opportunity to complete service abroad.

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Rebecca 

Introducing... Miriam

Hi,

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My name is Miriam, I am 18 and I live in Staffordshire. I am student and I am currently studying for my A Levels in Biology, Chemistry and English Language at my local Sixth Form. In September  I hope to be going to University to study Speech and Language Therapy.

I have been involved in Guiding since the age of five, when I joined as a Rainbow. I have been a Rainbow, Brownie, Guide, Senior Section member, and now I am a Rainbow leader in my village with my Mum. At the moment I am also helping at a Brownie unit which has just lost its leaders and have just finished doing a term of Guides because one of the leaders was unwell. I am also working towards my Queen's Guide Award, which I started in September 2012. I love being part of Girlguiding: the opportunities that it has provided me with have been amazing and I have made so many great friends! I was lucky enough to have taken part in two international Tall Ships Races, where I have sailed across the North Sea TWICE with Senior Section members from Shropshire and West Mercia.

Outside of Guiding I enjoy playing hockey, sailing with my three older brothers, singing in my school Senior Singers, baking and walking (to name but a few).

I am so excited about GOLD Guyana 2013! I am the team documentor and so I am responsible for taking lots of photographs of the team in action, keeping a record of what we do at each training session on project, helping Clare with writing the project report and (of course) writing this blog.

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Miriam

Introducing... Clare

Hi,

My name is Clare, and I am 25. I work for Atkins in Epsom, Surrey, as a Hydrologist and Flood Risk Consultant. My day-to-day work is really varied, but includes analysis of rainfall and river flow data, assessment of the risk of flooding to new development sites and consideration of flood risk management options.

Guiding has always been a very significant part of my life, and I first went away with the Brownies when I was a few months old! Many pack holidays later and I am a Brownie Leader with 3^rd Cuddington Brownies and really enjoy taking them away, along with all the other meeting activities. I am currently working towards my Girlguiding Trainers Qualification and am looking forward to the training opportunities that I will have while in Guyana.

I have a love of outdoor adventurous activities, camping and campfires that has been fostered through Guiding over many years. I have been lucky enough to travel internationally with both Guiding and Scouting in the past, most recently as part of the Japanese Cultural Exchange Programme in 2010.  The previous year I also spent three fabulous, though exhausting months as a Spring Volunteer at Our Chalet in Switzerland, cooking and cleaning for up to 100 guests while watching the surroundings transform from snow-covered mountains to fields of wild flowers.

I am very excited about being part of the GOLD project to Guyana. I am the team secretary and will be keeping records of all our meetings and phone conferences, as well as compiling a team scrapbook, training session template and project report. I’ll also be helping to keep Team Guyana 2013 super organised!

You can find my fundraising page at: http://www.justgiving.com/Clare-Grout

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Clare

Intoducing... Jess

Hi, I'm Jess, I'm 21, from Newcastle upon Tyne and I study Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. This year I have been doing an industrial placement year at a chemical company near York so I have moved there! When I'm not working or studying I enjoy dance, bellringing and playing music.

I've been involved in Girlguiding since I was 5 and became a Rainbow. Since then I've been a part of all the sections until I became assistant leader of my Senior Section group. Whilst doing that I became a Guiding Advocate and helped present the airbrushing petition to parliament! I also went on the Centenary Stampede which was an amazing experience, and gained my Senior Section Holiday Permit. Now I'm a leader with 31st York Guides, and I've just finished as a member of the Girls in Action Task and Finish Group, as well as just finishing my Queen's Guide.

This year I am leading the team, and I'm very excited to return to Guyana with such a lovely team! I'm sure we're going to have a great project :)

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Jess

Introducing... Deborah

Hi, I’m Deborah and I’ve been involved in Guiding since I was a Brownie aged 7.  I was very proud to be the first one in my Pack wearing the new uniform when I made my promise!  That was 23 years ago and since then I’ve been a Guide, Senior Section, and Brownie leader myself for seven years.  I have my Holiday Licence to take Brownies away (<<see photo!) and got my Queen’s Guide award in 2007.  I went to Iceland with North West region in 1999 and I’m delighted to be travelling abroad again with Girlguiding, this time to Guyana!  I’m currently our division International Advisor which fits in around my work…

I’m now a hospital doctor in Manchester working in the medicine department, which means I look after adults who have health problems which can’t be solved by surgery.  At the moment, I’m working in cardiology and respiratory medicine.  In my spare time I’m doing a part time Masters degree in Public Health, and last year my boyfriend and I did the Coast to Coast cycle ride from Whitehaven to Sunderland in County Durham raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

For our GOLD project I’m the team first aider which means I’m responsible for the physical and mental health of our team whilst on project.  I also put together and maintain our team first aid kit and make sure I make a record of any medical issues whilst we’re away.  I’m going to be encouraging the girls to drink plenty and take their anti-malarials!  I’m really looking forward to my first adventure in South America and absorbing some of that Caribbean atmosphere! 

Check out my fundraising progress on www.justgiving.com/DeborahKirkhamGOLD

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Deborah

Introducing... Amelia

Hi all,

My name is Amelia, I am 22 and an adult leader with 4th Redhill Brownies. I work at a college as a science technician, which I really enjoy because every day is different.

In my spare time, as well as Guiding, I am a badminton coach and also enjoy playing locally. Currently I have been very busy fundraising for Guyana, which has included running short tennis sessions, charity meals, and shortly, bag packing.

I am MEGA excited to have been chosen to go to Guyana in the summer, I am the team treasurer. which is a bit scary being in charge of all the money, but I am looking forward to the challenge.

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Amelia