County Team

• I oversee the running of Girlguiding Edinburgh
• I have been a guiding member since 2014
• My favourite guiding memory is taking the Guides to the Tartan Gig

• I oversee all things outdoors, which includes organising meetings and events, supporting and advising members locally and within our team, Going Away With Scheme mentoring, keeping accounts and records, etc.
• I have been a guiding member since 1988
• My favourite guiding memory is the Beacon event we held at Trefoil campsite on 4 June, 2012, for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

• I am responsible for leading the Guiding Development team to support volunteers to deliver the guiding programme, arrange training sessions for volunteers and support volunteers with the Leader Development Programme.
• I joined Guiding as a Brownie in 1980 and left a few years after achieving my Baden Powell award. I returned as an adult volunteer in 2006.
• My favourite Guiding memory was when my mum was a Guide leader and I got to go to Guides with her, before I was even a Brownie. Also, having sausage sizzles on Portobello Beach.

Team:

• Amy Harrison Blaney
• Fiona Vennelle

• I manage the website and the marketing and communications for Girlguiding Edinburgh.
• I joined Rainbows in 1997 and have been in Guiding ever since.
• My favourite Guiding memory is taking part in an international jamboree in 2010 in the Netherlands as a member of the Senior Section (now called ‘Rangers’) and teaching a group of non-English-speaking Scouts how to make the Forth Rail Bridge out of string.

• My role entails providing admin and finance support to ensure Girlguiding Edinburgh meets its vision, aims, and objectives.
• I have been in guiding as a leader in Edinburgh for almost 20 years.
• So difficult to choose just one favourite Guiding memory, but personally, I will never forget my adult INTOPS (International Opportunities) trip to Cambodia, which was a personal challenge for my 50th birthday in 2017. So many great memories of seeing girls from my Guide unit go on to become adult leaders.

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• My role is about promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusion. I am here to support members with questions relating to the LGBTQIA+ matters, signposting people to any additional support they may need. I am also here to support and celebrate our members who are also part of the community.
• I joined guiding as a Brownie and never left.
• My favourite guiding memory is learning the clapping for Edelweiss at the top of a mountain in Switzerland as a Guide.

• I promote international opportunities and support units within the county to attend international adventures.
• I joined Girlguiding in 1993 as a Brownie. I left for a couple of years, later returning to guiding as an adult leader.
• My favourite guiding memory (so far) was leading a Scottish INTOPS trip to Denmark in 2017, where we took part in an International Jamboree with 35,000 participants. We got to meet new people and experience new things.

• I organise county events for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers, Young Leaders, and adult volunteers.
• I joined Girlguding as a Brownie in 1965.
• My favourite guiding memory was spending the day at Netherurd with our president, Sophie, now the Duchess of Edinburgh, at the Centenary Camp, and holding her handbag while she planted a tree.

Team:

• Fiona Vennelle
• June Jamieson
• Rhona Smith

Team:

• Claire Maddison
• Amy Beaumont