Island Guiding News

IW High Sheriff visits Carisbrooke Guides.

Following the presentation of the High Sheriff’s Award to Girlguiding IW County Commissioner, Linda Stone, at the World Thinking Day event, the High Sheriff Graham Biss BEM JP made a visit to , the 1st Carisbrooke (Princess Beatrice Own) Guide Unit where Linda is the leader. At the beginning of March, to enable the Guides ... read more

World Thinking Day Celebrated at Sandown.

Sandown Rainbows, 4th Sandown Brownies and Lake Guides joined together for World Thinking Day. The girls visited different World Centres to try food, crafts and games from that country. These included Rangoli patterns, 3d peacocks, Origami Peacocks, Diya Paper Lamps, Ceramic Diya Lamps to decorate, Skiers, Paper Snowfights, Wordsearches, Peace Doves, Making London Skylines, Jenga, ... read more

Zeb from Wildheart Animal Sanctuary up for Award.

Zeb Fisher who has helped to arrange and support Girlguiding IW visits to the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, Sandown is up for an award. Incredible Zeb has been shortlisted for a national VisitEngland Tourism Superstar award. When Girlguiding IW members were undertaking the Day and Night with Tigers Badges Zeb invited everyone to the attraction at ... read more

GIRLGUIDING IW MEMBERS SET SAIL FOR MOTUNUI AT EXCLUSIVE MOANA 2 SCREENING.

On Sunday 8th December Girlguiding members from across the Island enjoyed a trip to The Commodore Cinema, Ryde, to see Disney’s latest animated adventure film, Moana 2, at an exclusive screening. Girlguiding nationally has a partnership with Odeon Cinemas but with none of these on the Island ,the Commodore stepped up to enable local girls ... read more

IW County Day.

Despite the force of storm Bert the Girlguiding IW County Day went ahead, although in a curtailed form. With ferry crossings cancelled, Trainers from other counties were unable to get to the Island and undertake their training sessions. However, IW trainers and leaders stepped up to the mark and the 40+ leaders and young leaders ... read more

INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN.

Members of Girlguiding have always been associated with outdoor activities such as camping or studying the natural environment but now with so many of the population spending so much time on computers or glued to mobile phones Girlguiding nationally made grants available from its Adventure Fund to help members get into the great wide open. ... read more

Red Carpet for Rainbow Leader Angela.

“Girlguiding Celebrates” is an event that honours some of the amazing members who have received a Guiding award or who have been nominated by other Girlguiding members and parents for the amazing things they have done. This was the second time this event had been held and this year’s event was even bigger and better ... read more

BROWNIES HELP MOUNTBATTEN.

4th Sandown Brownies decided to raise funds for Mountbatten after Sam Alabaster sadly passed away. He was the son of Jayne Alabaster, one of the Occasional Helpers at the Brownie Unit, the dad of two of the Brownies Isabella- Rose Alabaster and Emelia-Faith Alabaster and husband to one of the Brownie Leaders Charmaine Alabaster. With ... read more

Awards for Volunteering.

Graham Biss (IW High Sheriff) with Lynda (centre) and Donna. Three long time volunteers have been recognised for service to Girlguiding/Trefoil Guild. Lynda Allen from Bembridge was presented with a 40 years Service badge by Donna Sanders-Steel Assistant Island Commissioner with Graham Biss, the Island’s High Sheriff reading the citation and offering congratulations. Lynda, now ... read more