PARKHURST RAINBOWS AND BROWNIES ENJOY PIZZAS.

  1st Parkhurst Rainbows and Brownies recently completed the Pizza Challenge by taking part in a variety of activities involving Pizzas. Activities at meetings included: Making sweet pizzas and making pizza baguettes whilst a visit to Pizza Hut involved the girls making their own Pizza and enjoying ice cream. Another popular activity was Italian night ... read more

QUEEN’S GUIDE AWARD FOR ROBYN.

Robyn Downer (26) leader of The Bay Rangers, part of Girlguiding IW Senior Section has gained her Queen’s Guide Award- the first member of Girlguiding IW to do so since 2003. In an introduction to the presentation Senior Section Commissioner and Queen’s Guide Advisor Hannah Pothecary said, “This prestigious and challenging award empowers young women ... read more

CALLING ALL GIRLS AGED 7-10! ARRETON BROWNIES NEED YOU!

Girls aged 7-10 can now take part in a host of adventurous activities as there are vacancies at Arreton Brownie Unit. Although the unit meets at Arreton girls are welcome from other places where there are no Brownie units such as Rookley, Chillerton, Godshill and Merstone. Members can look forward to trying their hand at ... read more

NEW ISLAND COMMISSIONER FOR GIRLGUIDING .

This appointment is made by the South West England Region Chief Commissioner Solange Rebours and Solange was pleased to appoint from the 1st March2015, and for a period of 5 years, Shirley Saunders. Shirley lives in Sandown and is assistant leader of 5th Sandown Brownies. She will continue with this role as well as holding ... read more

ISLAND GUIDES TAKE ON EPIC DANCE CHALLENGE FOR RED NOSE DAY!

On Sunday 8th March Guides from across the Island took part in the first ever Comic Relief Danceathon in support of Red Nose Day 2015. All the Guides, aged between 10 and 14, joined thousands of other Guides up and down the country to take part in the special girl-only dance – getting sponsored to ... read more

RAINBOWS TRAVEL THE WORLD.

Rainbows, the youngest members of Girlguiding, recently attended a special day with leaders to undertake ‘The World On My Doorstep Badge’ which has an international theme. This event was held at The Barns, Barton Manor by kind permission of the owners and all the Rainbows were from Girlguiding IW’s Puckpool Section. Organised by the Puckpool ... read more

10th Newport Brownies Celebrate 60 years.

Back in 1955  new Brownie and Guide (then Girl Guide) units were registered with the unit names of 10th Newport, Congregational Brownie Pack and 10th Newport Congregational Guide Company. As you may guess both were attached to Newport Congregational Church which was situated in Lower St. James’ Street near to Newport’s St. James’ Square. Registering ... read more

GUIDES ENJOY BADGE DAY.

Around 50 Guides who are members of Girlguiding Isle of Wight attended a ‘Badge Day’ on the 1st February. Held at St. George’s School, Newport, the day was organised by Guide leaders and was planned to enable the Guides to improve their knowledge on a selection of topics. All the Guides had the chance to ... read more

THREE BADEN POWELL AWARDS FOR VENTNOR GUIDES.

Three members of 1st Ventnor Guides have achieved their Baden Powell Awards the highest award for girls of this age. Catherine Idle 15years old, Beth Hammond 13 and Sydney Pitts 13 completed a range of different activities. Two helped at Brownie meetings for two terms and one helped at the Children’s Centre. They also ran a First Aid evening, made song books and ran activities and games together for the other Guides at the unit. All three Guides travelled ... read more