GUILD BROOCHES FOR SALE - Christmas is fast approaching and the Guild Office has a number of Silver and Enamel Brooches for sale at a cost of £55 (plus P&P). For further details please email guild@cheltladiescollege.org or telephone 01242 256581.

Amanda Wakeley and de GRISOGONO
Fashion & Jewellery Show and Dinner
Claridge's Ballroom, London
26 November 2008
For further information click here. Numbers are limited so please call the Development Office on 01242 707059.
The Dorothea Beale Debate will take place in the PH at 9.00am on Saturday 6 December, featuring College girl's vs Guild. Members of the Guild team will include Cathy Pitt (Olgeirsson, 1991, Fauconberg/Elizabeth) who is Partner Corporate Finance at Norton Rose LLP, construction lawyer Liz Jenkins (Smith, 1976, Glenlee/Eversleigh) who is Chairman and Partner of Shadbolt LLP London office, Mira Sethi (2005, Elizabeth) who is reading English both at Mansfield College, Oxford and Wellesley College, Massachusetts. The CLC opposition will include SFC2 team Lauren Daum and Rachel Sullivan and SFC1 team Clemmie Hobson and Evie Paterson.
The motions will be:-
This House would nationalize rather than privatize
This House would ban cosmetic surgery
If you would like to attend please contact the Development Office (development@cheltladiescollege.org). For further information click here.
PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR - MEDICINE
A lunch for Guild members working in the Medical professions is planned for Wednesday 22 April 2009 in London. Further details to follow in due course.
CLC young enterprise company 'Neon' is selling engraved silver rings with the CLC motto 'Coelisti luce crescat'. If you are interested in purchasing a ring and for further details click here.
SPONSORSHIPS
Guild invites members of all ages to apply for a donation from the limited funds available to support challenging projects which should include a course of study, research, training or life-enhancing experience and there must be some form of service to the community or to the environment. There are various criteria to be fulfilled, for further details please click here. To read the latest sponsorship reports from 2004 leaver Catherine Wilson and 2002 leaver Lucy Simmonds on their medical electives in Kenya and Peru respectively click here.
NEW CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF GUILD
At the Guild Biennial Meeting on 10 May, Fionna Cardale and Dragana Hartley retired from their positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively and Maggie Henderson-Tew (Tew, 1976, St Margaret's) was voted in as the new Chairman and Katie Robyns (Etchells, 1981, Glenlee) was voted in as Vice-Chairman. To find out more about Maggie and Katie please click here.
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE - Novem
ber 08
For further photos and details on the progress of the Performing Arts Centre click here.
FRINGE BENEFITS LEAD TO A NEW YORK TRIP FOR ACTRESS FROM CLC - Broadway beckons for 2007 leaver Alice Bonifacio. Click here to read more.
INVITATION TO SING MESSIAH IN TEWKESBURY ABBEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Following the success of this year’s choral concert, Dominic Hawley, Director of Music, would like to repeat the initiative and, once again invite parents (including fathers!), brothers and other family, Guild members and husbands
/partners and friends (particularly tenors and basses) to join the staff and girls in a performance of Messiah in November.
LOST TOUCH? Guild Online can help... In September 2007 we launched Guild Online. For further details click here.

Exciting events this year ...
Looking ahead for the year don't forget these dates for your diaries:
Wednesday 26 November
Amanda Wakeley Fashion Show and Dinner at Claridge's in London
Friday 28 November
Choral Society Concert - Messiah by Handel
7.00pm Tewkesbury Abbey
Saturday 6 December
Dorothea Beale Centenary Debate: Guild v CLC
9.00am in PH
For further details and a complete list of events please go to the Events page or click here.
Local events...
There are a number of local events planned in for this year in Oxfordshire/Berkshire, and London which are being organised by the Area Representatives. For further details click here.
Dorothea Beale Debate CLC v Guild - Saturday 8 December. For a report click here.
Finally a message for all 2008 leavers! Photos and reports of both the Leavers' lunch and the Leavers' Ball have now been published on the 2008 Leavers' Page. If you have any photograp
hs which you took on your camera/phones, and would like to see included, please do email them to us and we will add them to the webpage. Also, don't forget to send us your stories and news for the 2008 Leavers' Page. If any of you are at a loose end for a few weeks and would like some volunteer work experience (always good for the cv!), St Hilda's East is looking for help at their day centre in London. Contact the Guild Office or St Hilda's East for further information.
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Anyone who has College memorabilia or items relating to their time at College which they would like to share with College please get in touch with the College Archivist. In addition, anyone who still has their Green College Calendar & Register for the following years please get in touch with the Guild Office ASAP as we are missing ours:-
1945 Spring Term - FOUND
1946 Spring and Summer Terms - FOUND
*******************************************************Just a little reminder that The Beale Memorial Fund is available to make awards to Members who may be in need of financial assistance. If you would like further information on this, please contact the Guild Office.
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St. Hilda's East
Guild has close ties with this charitable organisation. St. Hilda's aims to meet the diverse needs of the local community by providing good quality services that promote social inclusion and help and empower individuals.

An update from St. Hilda's East was given earlier this year in prayers by Director Rupert Williams, to read more click here.
Click here for the latest St Hilda's East Newsflash (No 4 Winter 2007/2008)
Click here to find out more about the work undertaken at this London community centre.





