Category: Community Action
Pat Mayle was awarded an MBE
Pat Mayle was awarded an MBE by Princess Anne at Windsor Castle on 14 th December 2021 for her commitment to Girlguiding and Covid Response with the Comfort Bag Scheme. Such an...
Urmston Division create beautiful poppy display
For the 3 rd consecutive year, Urmston Division have collaborated to produce something visual for the local community to commemorate Remembrance Day. This year a paper poppy display was built...
The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
Girlguiding Greater Manchester West County has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. We have been recognised...
NHS Art Competition
To celebrate the NHS's 70th birthday this year, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group have a fantastic competition just for Girlguiding members. This competition continues our collaboration with the...
Nurses wear Girlguiding Greater Manchester West bee badge with pride
We are very pleased and proud to announce that the nurses we work with on the Comfort Bag scheme will be wearing our bee badge on their uniforms. Rachael Sullivan, Bereavement Nurse, Salford Royal...
1st Boothstown Brownies get Sugar Smart
When the Change4life ‘sugar smart’ challenge came to Salford, Salford City Council, Salford CCG and Salford Leisure were keen to find original, local, creative solutions to raise...
Altrincham Festival Fun!
On Saturday 1st July, the annual Altrincham Festival got underway with two entries from Girlguiding in the Grand Parade! Timperley District Rainbows entered a 30th Birthday float with a nod...
Race for life success!
Sunday 9th July saw a huge amount of you head to Heaton Park for The Race For Life. Dressed in uniform with lovely pink sashes telling everyone you were part of GMW Girlguiding, you all...
Timperley spread the word of our Comfort Bags scheme
3rd Timperley Rainbows, Brownies and Guides were filmed making labels and packing up some of the comfort bags for Trafford Hospital in January. That's Manchester TV filmed the social action...
Community Action – Comfort Bags Update
Following our fantastic news to you in our last newsletter, we are pleased to announce that the 750th comfort bag has been donated to Salford Royal Hospital. Here is the latest news on our...
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