This includes the addition of kitchen facilities to the Varyl Begg premises and a much needed facelift to the Blue Room at the Alameda premises. Making the most of the Covid Lock-down and the inability to use our premises, all Girlguiding Gibraltar’s meeting places have received a refresh ensuring a safe environment is provided to all its members. Many of adult members received qualifications such as the Leadership Qualification, Going Away With (allowing leaders to carry out overnight with their young members) and the International Scheme (allowing leaders to take young members abroad). Various international trips also took place pre-Covid including a Ranger Section river-based camping adventure in France, a Guides trip to Bermuda for a Branches Breakout camp, and a Trefoil Guild networking trip to Birmingham as well as a residential Leader training course in Lorne, a Girlguiding house in Northern Ireland. Under Marie’s leadership all leaders have been trained on Safeguarding under Girlguiding UK’s ‘Safespace’ training and this continues to be updated as and when necessary with a rolling programme of refresher training delivered by local trainer Kathleen Murphy. Implementation of the new programme meant the roll out of training programmes for all leaders within the association and the transition over to the new syllabus and structure which now focuses on being ‘Girl-led’. Catering for 24 young members and 3 leaders for overnight stays, with a fully fitted kitchen, disability friendly bathroom and appropriate outdoor space, Marie is proud to have seen the facility up and running for its members who are now able to make life long memories like generations of Guiding members before them.Ģ017/18 saw a major change in the way Girlguding’s programme is delivered. Planned and constructed under preceding Commissioners, Laty Edmonds and Valerie Makey, She was instrumental in finalising requirements for the use of the facility. Marie oversaw the final stages of the Rock Lodge construction project. Brownies even held a ‘Virtual Sleepover’ during the pandemic. Leader meetings were held virtually and Rainbows, Brownies and Guides continued to meet via zoom, providing a means of socialising at a time when this was very limited. The Association was able to weather the storm and function, albeit is a different manner, over the pandemic. Marie Bocarisa has steered Guiding through a number of changes and challenges throughout her term as Commissioner.
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