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Centenary Camp merchandise now available for
pre-order!

You are now able to pre-order your Centenary Camp clothing for collection at camp. Pre-orders will guarantee your size is reserved for you. Items available for pre-order include Centenary Camp hoody, fleece, polo shirt, skinny tee, baseball cap and Centenary Camp tent.

These items will also be on sale at the Centenary Camp, along with other souvenirs including, mugs, pens etc.

For further details, including downloadable order forms, visit the Merchandise page.

 

Introducing – the Girlguiding UK Centenary Camp tent!

The Centenary 4 has been specially designed by leading outdoor company Outwell and comes in four fab colours.

Each camp group of four Guides will be supplied with one of these tents which they get to keep and take home with them after camp.

No need to bring your own tent with you – this will be your home at camp and there’ll be plenty of space for you and all your kit.

They’re built to last so your Centenary Camp tent will be a great souvenir in your Guide unit for years to come.

The tent’s been designed in four colours – blue, orange, bronze and green – allowing us to allocate different colours for our different sub camps. So the colour of YOUR tent will depend on which sub camp you are allocated.

All the tents have an inner pod which easily sleeps four people, and a spacious outer area with a detachable porch groundsheet. The Centenary 4 has all the features you’d expect on a high quality, modern tent, such as pre-attached guy ropes and adjustable pegging points.

For the tent connoisseurs, it has a hydrostatic head of 2500mm – which means it will stand up to any “weather” we might encounter in north Yorkshire next summer!

“We’re really pleased with the quality and design of these tents,” says Centenary Camp Director, Hilary Cooper. “We know people will want to take these tents home and pitch them with pride at their next unit camp!”

Tents will be allocated to camp participants when they arrival at Harewood House.

Further tents may be available to pre-order via our retail team – more information on this will be published on the website shortly.

 

 

Changes to the ratios for bookings

Changes to the Centenary Camp Leader/Guide ratios have been agreed after Directors responded to members’ requests.

Up to now, applications have been invited for groups of four Guides, led by one adult Leader. Now a revised booking system has been launched, allowing more flexible group sizes to apply for places.

Directors, who are all volunteers and members of Girlguiding UK, had originally wanted to ensure a maximum representation from Guide units across the UK with the 1:4 formula. But research among Leaders has shown that a less rigid ratio would allow more units to take part.

Changes have been made to the online bookings system over the summer to allow this to happen. Camp Groups of any size can now be booked on to the Centenary Camp. Directors have also agreed to set up a special sub camp for Guides and Senior Section members, aged 14-16. These girls will be invited to take part as participants and will not need a Leader to attend with them. The decision was taken after consulting members of the Senior Section about the involvement of this age group in the camp.

“We are really keen to be as flexible as possible,” said Centenary Camp Director, Hilary Cooper. “We have listened to what our members have said about the booking arrangements and responded to a feeling that certain age groups were missing out. It is great to have this feedback and to be able to respond in a positive way.”

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Visit to Harewood House

The team that will make the Girlguiding UK Centenary Camp happen for thousands of Guides next summer was buzzing with excitement after a visit to Harewood House.

The camp site, covering the size of 75 football pitches, will be held in the grounds of the house, from July 31-August 7, 2010. Managers got their first look round the site in April and were joined for the visit by Liz Burnley, the Chief Guide. "Harewood House is a stunning setting, a beautiful house in lovely grounds – the perfect choice for the camping experience of a lifetime", said Sue, Deputy Director of the Retail Team.

Volunteer managers have a huge job to do over the next 15 months, constructing a village for 10,000 campers, complete with three restaurants, a market place, an international centre, sub camps and activities areas.

 

Managers and Directors are pictured on the steps of the south terrace at Harewood House.

 

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