GGEW Summer 2012

PAGE 8 GGEW NEWS SUMMER he 2nd Corringham Scout and Guide Group celebrated the Jubilee in a very grand style at their AGM in June. The headquarters was turned into a giant street party with Union flags and Last Night of the Proms style music giving the parents and VIP guests a night to remember. Oh, and that picture of Chris Skinner was taken during the event! T here are changes to future issues of the GGEW News. This is the last issue to be published quarterly and posted out to everyone as a matter of course. In future we shall publish termly, three times a year, and be electronically distributed via the ebulletin and, as now, available on the county website T girlguidingessexwest.org.uk s most of us will know the County has undergone some changes recently with four sub committees set up each with its own chairman. This does mean that not so many members need to attend the quarterly County Executive meetings, only a representative of each of the sub committees, Division Commissioners and the core team leading the County. Nominations are welcome for some of the committees so please talk to your Division Commissioner for details if you think you have a contribution to make in the way the County runs. A Diary Dates - see ebulletin for more details and Links 20th - 28th Jul 18th - 25th Aug 22nd Sept 29th - 30th Sep 3rd Nov 23rd - 25th Nov 2013 13th-18th Aug - Roverway 2012. EIJ 2012 Chigwell Row Brownie/Rainbow Day County International Opportunities sleepover Members Day Region International Opportunities Weekend Anglia Region Guide Adventure here is a wealth of expertise in the County for you to call on to make life in your units easier and even more exciting. From walking, boating, holidays and outdoor activities, DofE, to arts and crafts, our County Advisers are there to help. Contact details are in the current County Directory which is available via the website girlguidingessexwest.org.uk or the ladies at the office will be happy to point you in the right direction if you have any problems. T You will be able to read the newsletter on-screen, and print off a hard copy using your own printer at home, which will mean if you need extra copies you will be able to produce them yourself with ease. There will still be some copies which will continue to be produced by the ladies at the County Office, for the main contact for each level, Ambassadors, Vice-Presidents and Region. There are several reasons for the change, not least cost. Everyone is having to look at ways of cutting costs and guiding is not exempt from this reality. Sending the newsletter electronically is not only more efficient but will save the County almost £1100 a year in postage alone. Continuing to pay this amount of money out would eventually affect the level the County might have to consider adding to future Subscription figures. So, we look forward to a new way of reading about all the great things happening in Essex West. THE GIRLGUIDING ESSEX WEST NEWSLETTER is published termly for Leaders, Advisers, Members and supporters of Girlguiding in Essex West. Editor:- David Henderson, 26 King Edward Drive, Grays, Essex, RM16 2GG e-mail: [email protected] and printed in-house by County Office, Went House, China Lane, Bulphan, Essex, RM14 3RP COUNTY ADDRESSES COUNTY PRESIDENT Avril Brampton Carters Cottage High Wych Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 01279 724744 [email protected] COUNTY COMMISSIONER Jan Knight 24 McIntosh Road Romford, RM1 4JJ 07973 144260 [email protected] ASSISTANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Chris Skinner 39 Brampton Close Corringham SS17 7NS 01375 671051 [email protected] QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FOR GIRLGUIDING ESSEX WEST SUMMER 2012 President on a wire C ounty President Avril Brampton got a big cheer as she raced over the heads of Trefoil members on a zip-wire at the Chigwell Campsite. Avril braved the poor weather during the Trefoil Guild’s Jubilee celebrations in May when she climbed the tower and whizzed down the wire at breathtaking speed. More pictures from the event inside this issue Ann Matthews [email protected] mobile: 07778 994543 COUNTY SECRETARY Daphne Richards 146 Knights Way Brentwood CM13 2ER 0787 511 2357 [email protected] COUNTY TREASURER David Brampton Carters Cottage High Wych Sawbridgeworth, Herts 01279 724744 [email protected] COUNTY OFFICE WENT HOUSE BULPHAN Linda or Sylvia Monday-Friday 9am to1pm office@ girlguidingessexwest. org.uk 01375 892663 PUBLIC RELATIONS and NEWSLETTER David Henderson 26 King Edward Drive Grays, RM16 2GG 01375 376460 davidh@26kingedward .freeserve.co.uk Keep in touch with us where ever you are ou can keep up with all the latest news about the County on Twitter and Facebook plus keeping in touch with all your Guiding friends. Don’t forget to take a regular look at the website, girlguidingessexwest.org.uk and you will be getting regular news via the ebulletin which is sent to everyone in the County with an email address on Go! Just to make sure nobody is left out, if you know of somebody in your Unit/District who does not have a email address, please print a copy off for them so they are kept up to date too. Y