leaders zone
As we continue to develop this site, we are adding areas for people with specific responsibility or interest. Information pertinent to your role will go in this area and if you feel you need to know something, let us know and we’ll try to accommodate you!
Thank you for those who contribute to this site, we welcome all suggestions. Please email gbco@girlsbrigadeew.org.uk
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Explorer Vesper
Explorers now is over,
And we are going home.
Goodbye, goodbye,
We did have fun, did you?
Goodbye, goodbye,
God will take care of you.
Tune Goodbye – Carey Bonner (Arr ERB)
Annual subscription fees for the years 2007/08 & 2008/09, as set by the Brigade National Council, will be as follows:
Members: £16.00
Auxiliaries: £7.50
Associate Members: £12.00
Individual View subscriptions: £12.00
Company fee: £22.00
District fee: £22.00
Seek. Serve. Follow
a refreshing new resource for leaders!
Commissioned by GB England and Wales, and sponsored by GB Europe, 'Seek. Serve. Follow' is a brand new, easy to use discovery course for leaders. Based in the gospel of Luke, 'Seek. Serve. Follow' is an 8 session faith discovery course packed full of encouragement and challenge for all of us who spend time leading girls and young women to seek, serve and follow Christ!
Designed for you to use as local leadership teams, the SSF resource includes a mix of useful material including a DVD to guide you through the Bible studies and to share real stories from GB leaders who are following Jesus.
So get ready to get your leaders involved in Seek. Serve. Follow .....LOOK out for details of the Seek. Serve. Follow tour in 2008!
Dennis Pethers, Ruth Gilson and others are heading up a UK tour of lively SSF taster events for leaders this coming spring and autumn.
Come along and be refreshed at a SSF event in '08 click here for more information & updates.
UPDATE
For any new CRB checks being undertaken on any new/existing Leaders, can the following point(s) please be observed as a requirement specified in the June 2007 Edition of ‘Disclosure News’ to volunteers completing a CRB Disclosure Application Form……
Arise
Brand new website and brand new resources to support you in your outreach amongst children. click here for more information
Section B13 – ‘Position Applied for’ Field: Unclear or ambiguous entries may delay the Disclosure Process and terms such as volunteer or helper should no longer be used. Applicants should specify the actual role being undertaken and avoid using vague terms. Please use ‘role specific’ terms such as Company Captain, Residential Helper in this field
The Documentary Evidence Sheet provided by GBCO upon request for a Disclosure Application Form has also been updated. Please refer to this sheet for any future updates that may be made
Due to a number of recent queries relating to the CRB process, find below a summary of current requirements. Specific queries should be addressed to Theresa Clifton at GBCO
Generally:
All new GB Leaders must have a current ‘Enhanced CRB Check’ in line with GBEW recruitment policy for Adult Leaders.
Young Leaders, 16+, should be requested to undertake an ‘Enhanced CRB Check’
(Please see Life to the Full for further details)
If disclosure is obtained via GB it will be valid for 5 years (from the date of issue). If you obtain your disclosure via any other Registered Body it is only valid for 12 months and must cover the individual for ‘Working with Children’.
Disclosures obtained via the CAS can be valid for 5 years (from the date of issue) provided they are registered with GBCO within 12 months of having been received.
Officers commissioned before 2003, who have not been asked by their Church already to complete an enhanced disclosure will be contacted in due course as part of the update process.
Residential:
Anybody going on a residential event as a helper, including officers commissioned prior to 2003, needs (at least) a standard CRB disclosure
Extra Income for your GB Company
Is your GB Company’s cash getting little interest at the bank?
If so, why not invest your money with someone who will offer you more?
For over 5 years, Epworth Investment Management (The Methodist Church owned fund manager) has been investing money on behalf of the Girls’ Brigade. Its ‘Affirmative Deposit Fund’ is of particular interest to Girls’ Brigade Companies. It offers a competitive interest rate on cash balances of any size and is simple to open and administer. For more information and the latest interest rate go to www.epworthinvestment.co.uk or speak to
Bill Lane at Epworth on 020 7496 3636.
