We are looking for a Finance co-ordinator to join the international team, starting in January 2019. The role involves the following: • Attending 4x Finance Committee meetings per annum • Preparing reports for the Finance Committee meetings • Maintaining income/expenditure accounts for the international bank account (ongoing), including keeping support and obtaining an independent verification of the accounts (annual) • Preparing the annual international budget alongside the international advisers (annual) • Raising payments on behalf of trip leaders and requesting authorisation from the

Badge Competition Thank you to all who entered the HertsAdventure18 design a badge competition. The judges had a tough choice to make and in the end decided to create the camp badge using a combination of entries. The main base for the design came from Mabel (age 8) from 1st Flamstead Brownies, to which some ideas from a few other entries were added to generate the final badge design. Congratulations to Mabel and well done to Niamh (12) from 8th Rickmansworth Guides and Imogen (15), Eleanor (15) and Katie (17) from Rickmansworth and Chorleywood Senior Section whose entries formed part of the final

We are delighted to announce that the Hertfordshire Guide Centre has secured the top grant of £12,000 from the Tesco Bags of Help grant in the voting which took place in the local Tesco stores in late October/ November last year. A huge thank you to all those who voted for our project - you really made a difference for the Centre. The committee are currently working to finalise plans for the pond refurbishment and nature area redevelopment. The work will be completed during 2017 so look out for updates, and volunteering opportunities and dates for this exciting project. Since launching in 2015,