Elizabeth Burnley
CBE
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(born 14 March 1959), née Elizabeth Harrison, was the Chief Guide of
Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding is the operating name of The Guide Association in the United Kingdom, previously named The Girl Guides Association, which was formed in 1910. It is the original Girl Guides organisation in the world and, in 1928, became a founding m ...
between 2006 and 2011.
Early life
At the
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948.
Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...
, she completed a
BSc 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
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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 valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...
(CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Personal life
Professionally, she has worked in Human Resources for
British Rail Engineering Limited
British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was the rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance subsidiary of British Rail.
It was established on 1 January 1970 by the British Railways Board to operate its 14 rolling stock maintenance centres and ...
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
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Girl Guides
Girl Guides (or Girl Scouts in the United States and some other countries) are organisations within the Scout Movement originally and largely still for girls and women only. The Girl Guides began in 1910 with the formation of Girlguiding, The ...
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Bear Grylls
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (; born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer, television presenter and former Special Air Service, SAS trooper who is also a survival expert. He first drew attention after embarking on a number of notable ...
References
External links
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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