A GUIDE from Staple Hill has been chosen to help with a community project in Africa.
Izzy Mead, aged 14, is a member of 176 Fromeside Guides, based in Fishponds, and has been selected to take part in a GirlGuiding South West trip to Gambia in August.
The Winterbourne Academy pupil will be part of a team taking part in a community project to rebuild a special needs school and carry out conservation activities.
But to take part she faces another challenge – raising nearly £4000 towards the cost of the project, organised by International Opportunities with Girlguiding UK.
Izzy, who recently received her Guide Gold award, started her fundraising campaign by organising a coffee morning at Beechwood Hall in Fishponds.