Elizabeth Burnley
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 14 March 1959), née Elizabeth Harrison, was the Chief Guide of
Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association, previously named The Girl Guides Association and is the national guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. It is the UK's largest girl-only youth organisation. Girlguiding is a char ...
between 2006 and 2011.
Early life
At the
University of Nottingham
, mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom
, established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status
, type = Public
, chancellor ...
, she completed a
BSc
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
i
Psychology then an
MSc in Occupational Psychology.
Girlguiding UK
Burnley first got involved with
Guiding as a
Brownie and she was also a Guide. She has previously held the post of International Commissioner within Girlguiding UK.
In a
webchat in September 2006, she said her most memorable experience as a Guide was "an "incident hike" - our team got lost on a moor, capsized our raft and missed the casualty we were meant to rescue - but amazing fun!"
Burnley was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Personal life
Professionally, she has worked in Human Resources for
British Rail Engineering Limited
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and
Boots UK
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. She now is a programme director for
Common Purpose UK since 2007. Now widowed, Burnley was formerly married to Roger Burnley in 2000.
See also
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Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting
A Girl Guide or Girl Scout is a member of a section of some Guiding organisations who is between the ages of 10 and 14. Age limits are different in each organisation. The term Girl Scout is used in the United States and several East Asian co ...
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Girl Guides
Girl Guides (known as Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) is a worldwide movement, originally and largely still designed for girls and women only. The movement began in 1909 when girls requested to join the then-grassroot ...
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Bear Grylls
References
External links
Chief Guide's Welcome
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Girlguiding officials
Living people
1959 births
Alumni of the University of Nottingham
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Chief Guides