Girlguiding IW members are always ready to help other charities and recently members of Carisbrooke and Binstead Guides were on hand at the Finish line at the half-way stage- Carisbrooke Castle- of this year’s “Walk the Wight” which raises funds for the Mountbatten charity. The Girlguiding members handed out medals
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
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
Girlguiding members from across the Island came together as part of World Thinking Day (WTD) 2025 to celebrate a day of international friendship and reflect on “Our Story”. On 22 February 2025, dozens of members, volunteers and families joined together in Newport as part of the wider Girlguiding South West
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
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
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
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
“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
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