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'''Guide Gift Week''' was a fundraising appeal by the [[Girlguiding UK|Girl Guides]] throughout the [[British Empire]] in 1940. The [[United Kingdom]] was at this time engaged in [[World War II]] and much of the money raised was used to help those in the Armed Forces.

An announcement in April 1940 in the magazine ''The Guider'' appealed for a total of £20000. Two [[air ambulance]]s, being "the first specially constructed ambulance aircraft to be used by the [[Royal Air Force|R.A.F.]] in the war",<ref>{{cite book| last =Liddell | first =Alix | authorlink= Alix Liddell | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1938-1975 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | year =1976 | location =London }}</ref> cost a total of £15000 and the remaining £5000 was to be spent on a [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]].

Money was to be raised directly from the members, each being asked to contribute half a day's salary or income. Younger members raised money by doing odd jobs, such as gardening and child care.

At the end of the designated week £46217 had been raised and money continued to be added to the fund.

Money raised in Guide Gift Week finally bought:

*two air ambulances
*a lifeboat, later named the [[Guide of Dunkirk]]
*two mobile [[Canteen (place)|canteens]] to be run by the [[YMCA]]
*equipment for rest huts for the [[British Army]]
*furnishing and equipment for the Trefoil Hut in [[Iceland]] for the [[British Merchant Navy|Merchant Navy]]
*twenty motor ambulances for the [[Royal Navy]].

The [[British Film Institute]] holds footage of the presentations of many of these items.

==See also==

{{Portal|Scouting}}

==Notes==


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==References==

*{{cite web| title = Girl Guide Gift Week | publisher = [[British Film Institute]] | url = http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/3559 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718140558/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/3559 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-07-18 | accessdate = 2006-10-12 }}
*{{cite book| last =Liddell | first =Alix | authorlink= Alix Liddell | title =Story of the Girl Guides 1938-1975 | publisher =Girl Guides Association | year =1976 | location =London }}

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