Leaders from Shildon and St Helens units attended a Crisp packet workshop on Saturday 15th February, where they turned washed crisp packets into blankets and bivvy bags for homeless people. Such a simple idea and very effective and easy to make. The bivvy bags were a bit more complicated as they need a ‘window’. Altogether […]
Past Events
Raising funds for Girlguiding Australia Disaster Fund 27.01.2020
St Helen’s Auckland Rainbows and Brownies held a fundraising event for the Girlguiding Australia disaster fund by bringing in 1p and 2p coins. They used these coins to create wonderful displays by covering a trefoil picture and getting creative. After a hiccup with the counting machine, which stopped working through over use, our total raised […]
North East England Advent Service – 7.12.2019
On Saturday 7th December 2019, members of Girlguiding from all over our Region travelled to York Minster for a festive advent service. Standards were paraded from Counties all over the region and a congregation of guiding blue enjoyed Christmas Carols and readings. […]
Durham Division Bring Festive Cheer – 7.12.2019
Members of Durham Division brought festive cheer to their local area by becoming Santa’s helpers, collecting money for local charities. […]
Good Service Award for Diane Farrer – 5.12.2019
Our County Commissioner, Diane Farrer, was presented with the Good Service award by County President, Jean Foulds. “Di has always worked hard within the county, but since becoming County Commissioner her service has been exemplary.” Diane not only plays a huge role within Durham South but also North East England Region. Thank you and well […]
Brownies on Christmas Holiday – Dec 2019
One of the highlights of life as a Brownie is without doubt the famous Brownie Holiday! The 3rd Spennymoor Brownies went on their 1st Brownie Holiday as a unit in April 2019 and enjoyed it so much they unanimously decided they would love to return to Camp House for a Christmas Crafts Weekend. Of course […]
Leaders over the Pond! Oct – Nov 2019
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 […]
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 […]