Girlguiding London South West County Blog

We had an amazing weekend at Cudham for our County Camp - see the full article for details and pictures........! One of the staple ingredients of an English Bank Holiday in 2012 seems to be rain, and our Go for Gold weekend in May was no exception! However, we are a...

Lambeth North District Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Leaders were invited to celebrate The Diamond Jubilee with St Thomas's Hospital. We attended an event on Sunday 3rd June at St Thomas's Hospital and celebrated in style with the staff, patients and family...

We pride ourselves on our helpful and active members, and when "another organisation" were unable to supply enough helpers for the Jubilee Pageant day, LSW and other neighbouring Counties stepped into the breach to help at several locations on the day, including the...

4th Putney Brownies and 5th Putney Guides held amazing Jubilee Parties in their meetings before half term......    As part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Challenge 5th Putney Guides held a Royal Garden Party as part of their weekly meeting. 30 girls dressed up in...

Guides from Central Wandsworth District waitressed at Wandsworth's annual Young Person of the Year Award. Each year a district from LSW takes its turn to help out at this fantastic award ceremony to honor those young people who have succeeded in the face of adversity...

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If you are 12-17 and want to find out about International Trips with Guiding, we're holding a day of fun - click here and scroll down for more info.

2 Leaders and 8 Guides and Brownies from LSW went to Westminster Abbey for a special Commonwealth Service on 12th March - click here to find out more about it!

Members from London South West are taking part in a special event this summer for older Guides and Senior Section - Gig in a Field! Details from the organisers have been sent round as follows: Are you a Senior Section Member, Young Leader or a Guide aged 13+ who'd...

CALLING ALL SENIOR SECTION MEMBERS! Come and join us for a day of fun and activities, to find out what we are planning, what we've been doing, and to meet other members from across our county. Some of the girls and leaders from our County International will be there...

Surrey East, one of our nearby Counties has launched a badge to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, and to raise money for the updating of our Residential Home, Faurefold. For details, click here!

One of our leaders from Battersea wins an award from Lloyds Bank (Mid Markets)! Caroline, one of our Rainbow and Guide Leaders from Battersea District has been awarded the Community Champion Award 2011 by her employer Lloyds Bank. As one of our team who lead London...

Jo DeWardener of our Putney District was awarded her district presidency at the end of 2011 – this has been given in recognition of all that she has contributed over the last 40 years to Guiding in Putney and is continuing to contribute both in her work with Greenmead...

Plans for LSW's Go for Gold Camp in May 2012 are in progress - read more here

Several leaders from London South West have been nominated for LloydsTSB's Olympic Torch Relay! We're really proud of them and all the work they do in our County - click here to see whose up for nomination!

A team of 20 girls and leaders took a trip this summer to Croatia for 10 days to volunteer, to see the sights and to eat lots of ice cream! Click here to find out all about their trip!

The sun may have been less than forthcoming, but it didn't stop LSW from having fun at our annual Boating Day in Wimbledon Park! On a rather cloudy Saturday in May, LSW leaders, Brownies, Guides and Senior Section members assembled in Wimbledon Park for our annual...