South Lakes Girls Have Sporting Fun at ‘Energise’
Have you ever tried Tri-Golf, spinning or high ropes? Dozens of Girlguiding members from the South of Cumbria joined over 2,500 of their peers for a weekend of adventure and adrenalin as they took over Stanley Park in Blackpool for the ultimate
‘Have you Herd?’ Come and Join the Herdy Challenge
When the Lake District National Park donated 60 Herdies to Girlguiding Cumbria South for a very local challenge, the 1 st Hawkshead Brownies unit went one step further. Local Brownie leader Judith Myers persuaded local businesses to sponsor one
Annual Gathering 2018
What an amazing evening! Dozens of awards, including a Laurel (!), lots of presentations which were in turns hilarious, moving or thought-provoking, but absolutely all inspiring; lots and lots of laughter, three impressive Women of Cumbria banners and 78 portions of Sticky Toffee pudding. If you were at the Annual Awards Evening
Kendal Rangers Celebrate 100 Years of Votes for Women
2018 is the centenary year of women in Britain gaining the right to vote, a fact which is being commemorated and honoured at countless events including through the “Celebrating the Women of Cumbria” initiative. This creative project
Cumbria South Herdy Challenge
Have you ‘Herd’? To celebrate the beautiful county we live in there are 60 Herdys waiting to join Girlguiding Cumbria South, with thanks to Lake District National Park Authority! The challenge is to welcome a Herdy into your unit, give Her a name and make her an outfit. This can be as simple as a necker or a hat or a full outfit.
Adventurous Broughton Girls Brave the Cold at Winter Camp
Seven intrepid Guides and three of their leaders from Broughton in Furness Guides braved the freezing temperatures to sleep under canvas at Girlguiding’s extreme winter camp. They joined hundreds of other girls at Sparkle and Ice, a weekend event held at Girlguiding’s
Barrow Brownie Postcard Pals
Each year, this is celebrated by Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world in late February as a day of international friendship and solidarity, ensuring that guiding members think of each other and celebrate their sisters from across the globe. This year, Rainbows, Brownies and Guides were invited to exchange postcards
Hawkshead Brownies Visit Coniston Mountain Rescue
Five Mountain Rescue volunteers under the leadership of Rob Ingham allowed the girls to practise splinting a broken leg, communicate via Walkie Talkie, look into a fully equipped – and very heavy – incident back pack, and let off the siren in the Mountain Rescue vehicle. All the fun
Comfort Bags
Comfort bags are handmade bags filled with donations of small toiletries and care items delivered to people who find themselves in hospital with no belongings. Started in Girlguiding Manchester West, this scheme has been hugely successful – by end of 2016 they had donated over 1000 Comfort Bags to their local hospital. A comfort bag containing small, travel-sized toiletries will
UK Parliament Week
How does our parliament work? What are the rules of debate? And how would we govern an imaginary island? These were some of the questions which Rainbows, Brownies and Guides throughout Cumbria have been exploring during “UK Parliament week” recently. In Dalton, 39 girls and their leaders from from the 3rd Dalton St Mary’s Rainbows and Brownies practised
A Brilliant Debate: 5th Kendal Rainbows Meet Tim Farron
This how Tim Farron commented on his recent meeting with the 5th Kendal Rainbow unit as part of UK Parliament week. Their leader Jo Conway had explored the issues of parliament and democracy with the girls in her charge, making use of a House of Commons
Fun at Curlew Guide Camp
At Waddow Hall, a Girlguiding Activity Centre in Lancashire, the girls spent four days grass sledging, canoeing, kayaking, tree climbing, climbing, zip wire, archery, bushcraft, caving, ice skating, tubing, rafting, fencing, netball and belly dancing, and anybody who wasn’t quite exhausted at the end
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