Møller Centre chosen for Girl Guides Centenary

Girlguiding Cambridgeshire East kicked off their Centenary year of celebrations in style with Launch 100 – a fantastic day of fun and activities for over 1700 of young people. The Guideopoly event was one of hundreds that took place at the same time throughout the UK to mark the launch of Girlguiding UK’s Centenary celebrations.

Cambridgeshire East – Launch 100
On Saturday 5^th September, over 1700 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Senior Section members arrived for a giant picnic at The Møller Centre, Cambridge.  Rainbows then stayed on-site to enjoy activities such as parachute games, face painting and a Centenary duck treasure hunt. 

Teams of Brownies, Guides and Senior Section visited Cambridge city centre to complete a Guideopoly Challenge.  They played a game of giant Monopoly with various checkpoints to find around the centre and took part in balloon modelling, giant bubble making, parachute games and circus skills along the way.

In the evening, nearly 2000 members and supporters, including Ambassadors, local VIPs, Trefoil Guild members and girls returned to The Møller Centre for a BBQ, singalong and spectacular musical firework display to end the evening and begin the county Centenary celebrations with a bang.

Sue Carpenter, County Commissioner, said: ‘Our Launch Party shows what guiding in Cambridgeshire East is all about. Everywhere, there were happy, smiling faces and the sound of laughter and excitement from the youngest Rainbow to our oldest member. It was a wonderful start to our 100th birthday celebrations, and really highlights the importance of the unique girl-only space we provide for thousands of girls in the county.”

Maureen Dye, Launch 100 Team co-ordinator commented “We were delighted that The Møller Centre and Churchill College was able to offer us their extensive grounds to hold our celebration. It was wonderful to be able to see so many young people enjoying themselves in such a safe and secure environment. The support we received from the staff at The Møller Centre was also tremendous, with many volunteering to help out on the day.”

The Girlguiding Centenary celebrations run from now until the 20th October 2010. It is an opportunity to celebrate the impact that the organisation has made on the lives of girls and young women and how modern guiding continues to support over half a million members around the UK to take on adventures, develop new skills and achieve their full potential in a unique, girl-only space.

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Image: Girlguiding Cambridgeshire East enjoying the grounds at The Møller Centre (Image courtesy of Jess Bond)

For further information visit www.mollercentre.co.uk or contact:

Stuart Websdale, General Manager    01223 465500 stuart.websdale@chu.cam.ac.uk

To find out about Girlguiding UK’s national celebration events and projects, go to www.girlguiding.org.uk/centenary. 

Note to editors

The Møller Centre is a purpose designed, dedicated management training centre owned by Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

Built through a donation by the A.P. Møller & Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation in 1992, the benefactor’s vision was to create a centre of excellence where links between commerce and academia could be forged to provide continuing professional development to the managers and leaders of tomorrow. 

The unique building and interiors, with emphasis placed on natural light, flexibility and good design provides a stimulating and creative environment for learning and development. The recently expanded Study Centre is designed as a collaborative learning environment, continuing the tradition of creating buildings that put the needs of users first, by ensuring natural day light, state of the art technology, flexibility of use, supported by a highly trained, professional team.

The Centre has 23 meeting rooms, 71 bedrooms, restaurant, bar, leisure facilities and ample free parking on site. It is located close to the centre of Cambridge in 42 acres of parkland which provides a tranquil environment for delegates. The site comprises a Main Building, with a tiered lecture theatre, seven meeting rooms, Tower Lounge Bar, restaurant and bedrooms and a Study Centre with large flat-floored flexible training space consisting of 15 meeting rooms and networking/refreshment areas. 

The M11 motorway is less than a mile away, Cambridge rail station 15 minutes, and Stansted airport 40 minutes.

The Møller Centre draws clients from a wide range of FTSE 100 and international corporates, SMEs, the public and academic sectors. We serve local, national and international organisations with delegates (generally, middle to senior executives) coming from around the globe. Not only do we offer meeting space we also develop overseas and cultural educational programmes.

We offer a dedicated event planning service to help organisers achieve the outcomes for their event, and can assist in providing extras such as teambuilding, leisure, cultural or sporting activities. To ensure that all meetings receive the same level of business focus, we do not accept non-business related functions, such as weddings.

For further information visit www.mollercentre.co.uk or contact:

Alice Noyes, Marketing Executive    01223 465500 Alice.noyes@chu.cam.ac.uk

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