Burley Oaks Primary School have presented Burley Scouts and Guides with a cheque for £966 for the new headquarters build. They raised almost £3,000 last week with their “Mile a Day” sponsored walk and the scounts and guiges were one of the 3 charities they chose to donate to. It’s an amazing amount and a massive thank you to all who took part & very well done.
This photo is of some of the pupils on the school council – all of whom are members of scouting & guiding
Burley Guiding leaders & 1st Burley Guides were a fantastic help to Sue & Gordon Vint last weekend, who opened their garden to help raise money for the Burley Scout & Guide new Headquarters. It was a glorious day to stroll round, relax & enjoy afternoon teas by the stream & pond in the garden.
Sue Vint said “the guides were kept very busy all afternoon selling cakes, plants & crafts. We were thrilled so many people came to visit & we made a substantial amount for the Scouts & Guides. Thank you to all who came”.
The Open Garden day raised £1,414 for the new Burley Scout & Guide Group new headquarters.
On the 16th June the Annual General Meeting was held of what was technically the first year of the Joint Scout & Guide Group.
The meeting heard about another very active and successful year, with much progress through the training programmes in all units, combined with a huge range of activities through which members have gained experience, learned skills, worked and played together, served the local community and had fun.
Specific reports can be found below
Leaders from Girlguiding Wharfedale celebrated this week when the County Commissioner came to a social gathering in The Red Lion in Burley to thank retiring girlguiding Wharfedale Division Commissioner Annette Hattersley (Left) for the five years she had served as Division commissioner, and to welcome New Commissioner Sue Vint (Right) who now takes on the role.
Both are long serving leaders in Burley-in-Wharfedale and highly recommend Girlguiding for local girls looking for fun and adventure. The Wharfedale Division covers all guiding from Addingham, Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, Burley & Menston
Chloe & her mum Jackie swam 120 lengths of Chippendale Pool in 65 minutes to raise money for the Burley Scout & Guide Headquarters. 7 year old Chloe swam an amazing 40 of the lengths! Many thanks to those of you who have sponsored them. Well done Jackie & Chloe, awesome effort!
Here’s Chloe presenting Rainbows Leader Helen Haskins with a whopping £324 in sponsorship. Thank you!
On the evening of 21st April, Burley Scout & Guide Group celebrated HM The Queen’s 90th birthday in Grange Park. Over 200 Rainbows, Beavers, Brownies, Cubs, Guides, Rangers & Explorers & their leaders paraded from their HQ in Peel Place to the park with all their flags. A fantastic & colourful sight that many villagers came to watch.
We entertained them all by singing a range of campfire style songs, many of the villagers joining in. The younger girls and boys also learned to dance round a maypole. At around 7pm the Colour Party of an Explorer & two Rangers unfurled the Union Jack & everyone sang the National Anthem. At the same time as the Queen lit a beacon in Windsor, Betty Fisher – a 90 year old resident of Burley, lit our beacon in the park. It was a lovely sunny evening & a very happy event
Burley Scouts and Guides collected £328 from Waitrose’s Community Matters charity. Thank you Waitrose Otley and all who supported!
After shopping in the Otley branch, customers were given a token to place in a box of the good cause they’d most like to support. The more tokens a cause gets, the bigger the donation they receive. Each month every Waitrose branch donates £1,000 between 3 local good causes