During October and November a group of Leaders for Durham South headed out on a trip to tick off not one but two Girlguiding World Centres – Pax Lodge, London & Our Cabana, Mexico. On their travels to Mexico it seemed a shame to go all the way over the Atlantic and not detour to […]
Past Events
Future Girl Acts 2019
From 30 September to 6 October 2019, members of Girlguiding tackled plastic pollution because in 2018 Future Girl identified that Girlguiding members were worried about the damage it’s causing to our planet and the animals we share it with. Girls and young women across Durham South became planet protectors as we want to make big […]
Activity Days for All Sections 2019
2019 has seen a change in style for our section activity days. We decided to use TCR the Hub at Barnard Castle to give the girls some adventures that they might never have had the chance to do before. The Rainbows had their day in May and enjoyed the delights of High Ropes, Archery, Kite […]
Barnard Castle Brownies Take Action Project
Barnard Castle and Startforth Brownies enjoyed evenings litter picking around the town. This was part of their Take Action Theme from the programme and gave the girls a chance to get out around the town and see how the environment could be improved. Some of the girls were so inspired they went away wanting to […]
Wellies & Wristbands – August 2019
Girls and young women from Durham South had the time of their lives over the Bank Holiday weekend at the UK’s biggest girl-only music festival, Wellies and Wristbands. Leaders from Durham South also got involved by volunteering to help make the event a success. Wellies and Wristbands, organised by Girlguiding, took place at Waddow Hall […]
Anna McNuff – Barefoot Britain in Durham South
On Sunday 4th August 2019, Anna McNuff met members of Durham South to deliver a talk to inspire girls in the midst of her ‘Barefoot Britain’ challenge where she was running the equivalent of 100 marathons barefoot! Anna is an adventurer, author and self-confessed mischief maker. On a mission to explore the limit of her […]
3rd Spennymoor Brownies go to London 16.03.2019
We arrived by train via Platform 9 3/4 then we went off to Pax Lodge, the Girlguiding World Centre, by bus. We had a tour then games and songs from around the world. After that we had lunch, followed by a Pinning Ceremony. Off we went again, by tube this time, and were treated like […]
World Thinking Day Celebration 23.02.2019
Girlguiding Durham South held a service in Durham Cathedral on Saturday 23rd February to “Celebrate Friendship”. This was to celebrate World Thinking day – the birthday of our founders Lord and Lady Baden Powell. World Thinking day is traditionally celebrated all over the world by girl guides and girl scouts. In attendance were the Lord […]
India October – November 2017
During October and November 2017, twelve members of Girlguiding Durham South travelled to India to explore the sights, culture and to visit the Girlguiding World Centre – Sangam. Starting the journey in Delhi exploring mosques and markets in both Old and New Delhi then moving on to Agra to see the magnificent Taj Mahal and […]
Chester-le-Street in Guernsey Summer 2016
Members of 4th and 1st Chester-Le-Street guides and 4th CLS Senior section had a great time at camp in Guernsey in summer 2016. It has been a regular trip every few years for over 20 years. A really relaxed event usually with excellent weather at a lovely Scout owned camp site on the less populated […]
