A group of around 45 ten to 16-year-old guides from the area will be going to Poacher 2008, an international scout and guide camp at Lincolnshire Showground from July 26 to August 2.

Spalding and District Commissioner Ann Tilbury applied to our Children's Fund because the group was in desperate need of a new kitchen tent large enough to store all its equipment and cope with cooking meals for the guides.

She was handed a cheque from our fund to buy the £330 tent needed to do the job.

Ann said: "It is wonderful for us to have this new tent and it is something that will be used for other district events too so we will be making good use of it.

"We used our last one in all that wet weather last August and it got battered about and was good for nothing.

"The girls are working hard to raise some of the cash for the event themselves and we try and keep the cost down as much as we can so we really appreciate the money."

She said that the event, which has the theme of Environments From Around the World and features activities such as mountain biking and climbing, is a memorable event for the girls.

She said: "The jamboree only comes around once every four years and most of the girls will only get the opportunity to go once in their guiding career.

"It is a wonderful experience for them and there are so many new things for them to try and they meet guides and scouts from all over the country."

The Children's Fund was set up by the Lincolnshire Free Press to help projects that benefit the lives of under-18s in our area.

To bid for cash from the fund or to nominate a worthy cause, write to the Children's Appeal Trustees, c/o Lincolnshire Free Press and Spalding Guardian, Priory House, The Crescent, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1AB.