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Jun 2021
Harrogate Girl Guides continue push towards fundraising goal
The Girl Guides Association has resumed fundraising for its new site at Birk Crag with a series of forthcoming events.
The foundations of the building have been ready for several months, but funds were short to fit out the inside, and fundraising had to be paused due to the national lockdown.
So far more than £1.5 million has been invested into the site, with £400,000 left to be raised for its completion.
The ambitious site will be open to the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers for weekly meetings and residential trips for members nationwide.
It will have a meeting hall, kitchen and dining room, a campfire area and a residential accommodation to fit 40.
It replaces the old centre in the same spot, which had become dilapidated.
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Members of the Girlguiding association have been working hard to raise the last stretch of the money needed, including setting up a bake sale on the first Saturday of every month (excluding August).
On Saturday July 3 there will be a fundraising fete at Burley Avenue Community Centre hosting stalls from The Body Shop, Painting Pots Knaresborough and others, which will all be donating a percentage of profits towards the site.
The sale will also include a raffle, refreshments and a cake stall.
Sam Jennings, division commissioner for the group, said;
People can also leave individual donations here.
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