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News from the International Adviser
General News, Dates and Venues for International Events
Venture Abroad.
Oberammergau – Passion Play and the Tyrol. 8 – 14 September 2010.
Details from www.ventureabroad.co.uk address Venture Abroad, Rayburn House, Brunel Parkway, Pride Park. Derby DE24 8HR for details or their brochure.
I.S.G.F. 7th European Conference 3rd – 7th November 2010. Agia Napa, Cyprus.
Please can anyone attending this conference from Scotland let me know, also whether they have booked through Venture Abroad or directly with the Cyprus Scout and Guide Fellowship?
The Hotel for the Conference is the Adams Beach Hotel, a very comfortable family friendly hotel who has offered us a very good terms as November will be out of season for them. Make the conference a family occasion as there are many facilities on site. Transport will be arranged to and from Larnaca Airport.
It is planned to have a post Conference Tour of the Paphos Region. Go and experience the hospitality of Cyprus in November 2010. Further details will be passed to me at a later date. I have agreed to co-ordinate bookings for Trefoil Guild Scotland which will entail collecting member’s fees, Conference registrations and acting as a link with the Cypriot organisers. Anyone interested in attending please let me know and I can pass on all relevant information to you as it is received.
PAX LODGE – TREFOIL GUILD SPECIAL : 7 – 12 November 2010.
A repeat of the Trefoil Guild Special 11-16 October 2009.
Cost £260.00 per person for the week. Individual members or as part of a group, can participate. All participants should belong to the Trefoil Guild or Girl Guiding U.K. further details if required.
NOTE; There will also be mid-week Trefoil Day events at Pax Lodge on 8 September and 15 September 2010. Both days will be open to Groups of 10 or more and could be combined with an overnight stay before or afterwards (Pax Lodge can sleep 60 persons). Details of these two days will be available at a later date.
Burundi –The ISGF project to support a school in Burundi - the closing date has been extended until the end of June 2010. Any donations to be transferred to the ISGF details as follows: Account No: 310-0369433-46, Iban: BE33 3100 369433-46, BIC: BBRUBEBB, Bank: ING, Branch: Porte de Namur, Address: chaussee d’Ixelles, 3, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Message: Cendajuru project
Change of Name –The Travellers’ Guild is now to be known as "The Trefoil Guild in Foreign Countries" which sounds far more realistic.
Sangam – The final result of the U.K. Advisers visit to India in January 2009 when they visited Women in India (WIN) Project in the slums of Mumbai with members of ISGF, was the Midlands Region raised a final total of £1177.89 to help ladies set up small businesses.
A message from Margaret Wellock, Trefoil Guild International Adviser for the U.K., has asked me "to pass on details about all our projects as it is up to each individual guild or member to decide who to support – if they wish to do so. Our members are SO very generous, that it is truly amazing the money raised by the Trefoil Guild as a whole. So, THANK YOU everyone from the International Team."
International Scout & Guide Fellowship - 3rd I.S.G.F. AFRICA Region Gathering
23rd – 28th August 2010. Lusaka, Zambia. Registration forms and details available from Laurie Crisp, Registration fee to be paid by 31st May 2010.
LATE DETAILS: I.S.G.F. 1st Caribbean Gathering 8th – 12th September 2010. Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Registration forms need to be sent as soon as possible, details available from Laurie Crisp and deposits paid by 31st May 2010.
I.S.G.F. Tunisia Gathering – 21st – 28th October 2010.
Details on the I.S.G.F. website www.ISGF.org
I.S.G.F. WORLD CONFERENCE – 25th September – 3rd October 2011. In Italy.
Details when available to follow.
For further details of any of the above events, please contact Laurie Crisp at her home address (available from county chairmen) and she will be happy to send them on to you.
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