# Barclays funds Girlguiding UK's new technology programme for girls

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/08/31/barclays-funds-girlguiding-uk039s-new-technology-programme-girls/
- Published: 2003-08-31T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women, Girlguiding UK, has
joined forces with Barclays to inspire girls about Information, Communication and
Technology.
The new activity pack for Guides is called ‘Go For It! Communicate’.
With activities ranging from designing robots, creating Web pages and taking photos
with digital cameras, the activities are about broadening girls’ horizons and showing
them that technology is fun as well as vital.

It is also the first time ever that Girlguiding UK has incorporated an interactive
CD Rom into their varied programme of activities for girls.

Jo Hobbs, Youth Development Manager at Girlguiding UK, said: “It is really important
to us that our members benefit from any sponsorship initiative and Barclays support
has enabled us to produce a much more substantial resource than would have been 
possible otherwise. It’s been great working with an organisation which fully supports
our aims.”

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Education is a key theme of Barclays community investment programme and the bank
is also very active in its commitment to equality and diversity both within the 
organisation and the wider community. Alice Wilcock, Barclays Head of Community 
Affairs said: “We hope that this new activity pack will make a real and lasting 
difference in engaging Guides in the development of their own skills and careers
in a fun and interesting way. Hopefully some will break through the glass-ceilings
that can be found for women in business today.”

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