Team Dalguise
Chair
Cathy is the Chair of the Innovate Planning Team, meaning she looks after both Planning Teams with assistance from her able vice-chairs. She also sits on Girlguiding UK’s Executive Committee and Council as part of this role.
Originally hailing from Bristol, Cathy now lives in Reading - where she works as an Electrical Engineer in an energy company.
She’s a Guide Leader in Reading and enjoys working with the girls to find interesting topics for evening meetings and day adventures away! After all that there’s not much spare time – so to unwind she enjoys a good book in her garden, teaching her cats to climb trees or meeting up with friends for a good natter!
Vice Chair
Lucy is an Innovate Vice Chair. Her overall role is to support the team and the chair and to liaise between the two. In addition Lucy helps any team member with their job role if help is needed. She is also an Assistant Guide Leader, a mentor and a Queen’s Guide.
Currently Lucy is doing a secondary PGCE in Lincoln specialising in religious education. When she’s not at university, she can be found back home with her family in Lincolnshire South.
Outside studying or guiding, Lucy likes to spend time with her Australian boyfriend. She enjoys taking her black Labrador for a walk, listening to music (especially Bon Jovi) and supporting her football teams.
 Administration
Moira grew up near Bath and has moved to Scotland to go to university where she is in her final year studying Chemistry at Heriot-Watt in Edinburgh.
Moira is a Brownie Leader and a part time Assistant Guide Leader. She is working towards her Queen’s Guide and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award.
In her free time she enjoys anything active including climbing, walking, kayaking and camping. So Scotland’s a good base even if she’s lacking transport.
 Entertainments Coordinator
Amanda is from the Scottish Borders. She is currently a Ranger, Assistant Guide Leader, County Centenary Champion and working towards her Queen’s Guide and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Amanda is the manager of a Childrens’ Soft Play centre, which she loves! And in between enjoys walking, cycling, shopping and going out.
Amanda has a black and tan English Cocker Spaniel called Maddie. Her favourite colour is blue and favourite animal would have to either be a duck or a highland cow. If she had to describe herself in two words she would probably say hyper and ditzy!
 Entertainments Coordinator
Nicky hails from Staffordshire and, after five years doing a computing degree in Sheffield, has recently moved up to Glasgow to start work in IT at the Department for International Development (DfID).
She is a Warranted Assistant Guide Leader (currently unit-less), an In4mer and has recently gained her Queen's guide. She loves camping (in the dry) and teaching new skills to her guides.
In her free time she likes reading crime novels, watching TV/movies, surfing the web, being creative (on her Mac), playing with her two ratties and (if she can afford it) horse riding. She is also attempting to learn to speak Spanish and master to art of Poi (but not at the same time!).
Why Don't You... Coordinator
Louise lives in Manchester but comes from Belfast in Northern Ireland originally. She’s lived in Manchester since 2001, so it’s really her second home now!
She’s a Geotechnical engineering student at the University of Manchester. It’s not very glamorous but it is interesting!
She is a Guide Leader in South Manchester with a great group of girls. She’s also a part time Senior Section Leader.
Louise likes to travel and has been involved with the GOLD project in Thailand. She’s also working on the Queen's Guide Award!
 Why Don't You... Coordinator
As well as being on the Innovate planning team, Lizzi is a member of her local Senior Section and an Assistant Leader with Brownies and Guides. She is currently half way though her Queen's Guide award and is working on her Guide holiday licence.
Lizzi comes from Bury which is just north of Manchester. She has just finished doing A levels at college and is about to begin University in Lancaster studying ICT and Media Technology.
In her spare time Lizzi likes socialising with friends, shopping, playing on her Nintendo wii and looking after her three little cousins.
 PR
Valerie is 25 years old. She lives in Northwood and currently works for the National Deaf Children’s Society as a Project Coordinator. Valerie is very sporty, playing both tennis and netball during the week. She loves reading and haves just finished reading the Kite Runner – what a book! She’s mad about volunteering and gets a real buzz out of making a difference to the lives of others. Valerie is a Brownie and Guide Leader and works with a group of students with ADHD every week.
 Venue and Finance
Megan was born in Nottingham and is currently reading Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
In addition to being on the Innovate Planning Team, she is an Assistant Brownie Leader both at home and at University. She has also gained her Queen’s Guide Award and now accompanies friends on their explorations as Rent-a-Crowd.
While she’s not studying, guiding or partying, she enjoys shopping, swimming, listening to music, saving the planet and looking after her tropical fish and cacti.
 Fringe Coordinator
Sarah is new to the Innovate Winter 2008 Planning Team. Her first Innovate was Latimer in 2005, making her way down there with a Guider friend who had promised the best weekend of her life! Two years later she caught the bug and applied to the Planning Team.
During term time you will find her at Nottingham Trent University studying Biomedical Science, now in her second year she’s about to help out setting up a SSAGO unit and carry on spreading the guiding buzz! In the holidays she is an Assistant Rainbow and Brownie Leader in Roydon, Norfolk.
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