On the 1st of August Girlguiding launched the latest campaign to encourage girls into sport. After consultation with girls and young women numbers agreed that sport is not offered to girls as much as boys in Secondary schools in the UK. At the same time a group of women who
In July well over 100 members of Girlguiding IW travelled to The SSE Arena, Wembley, London for the latest edition of Girlguiding’s Big Gig. Imagine a packed arena filled with 10,000 screaming and shouting Guides and you capture the scene for this pop concert with a difference-it’s an all girl
1st Lake Brownies each made a birthday card which was sent to HM The Queen on her 90th birthday in April. Following this, at the last meeting of the summer term, all the Brownies hosted a birthday party in HM The Queen’s honour which was attended by the Island’s Lord
Brownies from the 10th Newport unit have once again helped children in Africa. In the spring they undertook various challenges and raised around £58 for the Clean Water Programme in Africa. Now they have recently been studying the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone after hearing about it from Dr. Elizabeth
Several units of Rainbows, Brownies and Guides celebrated HM The Queen’s 90th Birthday during June. Official UK wide celebrations took place over the weekend of 11th and 12th of June with the Queen’s annual Birthday parade and Trooping of the Colour taking place on the Saturday in London. London’s Mall
11th Newport Guides recently visited the Donkey Sanctuary at Wroxall. Whilst there they groomed the donkeys, prepared bedding and were shown food preparation before feeding the donkeys. They have also now, for a year, adopted Twiggy one of the older donkeys. A great time was had by all and Janet
With the first prize of 2 IW Festival Weekend Camping Tickets plus a number of other prizes there was much interest in a Raffle organised by Girlguiding IW. Tickets had been on sale for just a few weeks since Girlguiding IW had been one of ten chosen IW charities to
During May, Brownies from the10th Newport Unit, 11th Newport Guides and Carisbrooke Rangers held a fundraiser for St John’s Church, Newport’s 2020 Vision Appeal. Fliss Harris leader of 10th Newport Brownies organised the event at St John’s Community Centre in Newport at which £220 was raised for the appeal which
Members of Girlguiding IW joined other Isle of Wight charities for the 2016 edition of Riverfest. Held along the quay side at Newport Harbour this popular event attracted thousands of visitors but not quite so many this year due to poor weather. However, the Girlguiding IW stand attracted a steady
Brownies from the 1st East Cowes unit recently enjoyed an afternoon in the sun when they undertook some gardening activities. Accompanied by Brown Owl Katie Charlton and Wise Owl Marion O’Nions all the Brownies worked very hard by planting up dozens of pots and planters with Summer bedding plants and