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Girlguiding Greater Manchester West is part of Girlguiding UK, the country’s largest ...

Guiding in Greater Manchester West is divided into 8 areas which we call Divisions. The names ...

We have a great team of volunteers in the Altrincham North Division who are able to deliver a ...

We have a great team of volunteers in the Altrincham South Division who are able to deliver a ...

We have a great team of volunteers in Eccles Division who are able to deliver a fantastic ...

We have a great team of volunteers in the Altrincham South Division who are able to deliver a ...

If your daughter is between 5 and 7 years old are welcome to join  Rainbow units in ...

If your daughter is between 5 and 7 years old are welcome to join Rainbow units in the Stretford ...

Girlguiding Swinton Division covers a wide area including Boothstown, Clifton, Ellenbrook, ...

If your daughter is between 5 and 7 years old we have 6 Rainbow units who meet in the Urmston ...

Guiding Resources and Uniform Shops with Restricted Opening times If you buy from our uniform ...

A photo - a moment in time that you want to freeze for a lifetime. Here are some of the ...

Girlguiding Greater Manchester West has lots of opportunities for girls and volunteers ...

Many girls and leaders in Girlguiding will tell you the highlight of their year is going on a unit ...

As part of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), the largest women's ...

The Young Leader Qualification is designed to help your Young Leader take an active, positive ...

The Queen’s Guide Award is the highest award you can work towards in guiding. It gives you ...

The Trefoil Guild has over 18,000 members nationally and is made up of people over the age of 18 ...

The Commonwealth Award is for members keen to learn more about the rich history of our ...

Volunteers When you volunteer for Girlguiding, you become an inspiring role model for our young ...

Begin your adventure You don't need to have been involved in guiding before or have loads of ...

Our programme for every girl Our programme is the foundation of what girls do in guiding. ...

Join Us If you would like to register for a place with us please use the links below. A local ...

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Ashley Activity Centre is a great place to stay for a weekend or even longer. Here are some of our ...

There are some fantastic awards that you can nominate people for. We have our own Trafford Award ...

All our Brownie News from Sale, Altrincham, Swinton and Urmston ...

There is always loads going on ...

All our Guide News from Altrincham, Sale, Swinton and Urnston ...

Girlguiding Leader News from Altrincham, Sale, Stretford, Swinton and Urmston ...

There are Friends of Ashley, Gang shows and even a band in Urmston, so here is some of their News ...

All our Rainbow News from Altrincham, Sale, Swinton and Urmston ...

All our news from Rangers and our Young Leaders in Sale, Altrincham, Stretford, Swinton and ...

Training our leaders and our young leaders ...

Trefoil Guild News from Sale, Swinton, Stretford and Urmston ...

This year we celebrated badges gained and promises made. ...

Challenges galore with a variety of virtual events including a Frosty the Snowman's Virtual ...

Girlguiding Greater Manchester West County has been honoured with the Queen’s Award for ...

Our Bee Badges raise over £5000 for charity and 2nd Monton Guides create a Bee for the Bee ...

Our Comfort bag scheme has gone from strength to strength ...

Ashley Activity Centre  is owned by Girl Guiding Greater Manchester West County and is ...

Ashley House sleeps a maximum of 28 persons and is suitable for holidays, overnight stays and ...

The Lodge is a large wooden chalet which can be used for a day event, training, meeting room, or ...

At Ashley we have a large field which can be divided into 2 campsites. Each campsite can hold ...

The Camp toilets are situated at the side / end of the House at the top end of the field and ...

This is lodge campsite, which is situated by the lodge ...

As well as the 2 Campsites, House and Lodge the site also offers:  A Campfire ...

There are  small shops at both the House and the Lodge, with various Guiding and Ashley items ...

Adult supervision is required at all times when children are on the adventure course. For older ...

The Brownie Garden houses two normal swings, a team swing, a Brownie house (Little Ashley), a ...

Adjacent to the Camp fire Circle are two barbecue pits and a small wood pile. Please bring your ...

There are a few facilities to play outside games, such as a table tennis table and a boules pitch ...

New for 2015 the outside gym consists of four pieces of apparatus which should be used by girls ...

Use the following rhymes or pictures to create either a wide game or simply a trail. Please ...

The pond is situated behind the Lodge building (surrounded by fence & locked gate) Pond ...

The storyteller's chair is a great place to tell stories or to leave a collection of random ...

The Zip Wire is right at the end of the Adventure Course so can be used as part of that or can be ...

Sugar Brook Farm Our local farm offers pond dipping, lambing in Spring, bird and wildlife ...

We have lots of additional information to help you included in the Welcome Packs in the House ...

This badge has lots of fun activities with Rainbows choosing 5 activities from a list of 10 ...

For the Busy Bee Challenge as the girls complete a walk of Ashley field, they need to identify ...

The Ladybird Challenge is a very simple challenge as it can be completed during a walk around the ...

The Butterfly challenge ia a very simple challenge as it can be completed during a walk around the ...

The timetable for our fees has been changed in 2026 to run in line with the Bookings calendar ...

To View a larger version of the map please just click on the link below:- ...

Ashley Activity Centre's most recent Risk Assessment was completed in: January 2026  A ...

THE100 CLUB Join The 100 Club and help raise funds for Ashley Activity Centre ...

FRIENDS OF ASHLEY   Why not become a 'Friend of Ashley', we are always looking ...

  Go to the 'Reserve Now' page of the website to check availability . ...

Please follow the booking process at all times If you are unsure of anything please contact ...

In Girlguiding Greater Manchester West we know how lucky we are to have some of the best and most ...

Our County team is here to support local guiding and make sure that all 4200 members have the best ...

We’ve got a range of advisers who are on hand to provide members with advice and ...

Greater Manchester West covers Salford and Trafford and is has eight divisions.  ...

The latest copy of the County Notes can be downloaded here. Please click on the images on the ...

We are immensely proud of Our County. Our newsletter is produced electronically five times a year ...

Want to shout out that you volunteer for Girlguiding Greater Manchester West? Why not try our ...

We want you to feel confident in your volunteering role, each year we hold lots of exciting and ...

Booking Information: Places on these trainings are limited, and must be booked in advance. ...

All Girlguiding units operate as individual charities - regardless of whether they are registered ...

You don't have to stick with just one fundraising idea – different types of fundraising can ...

Gift Aid is a government scheme which encourages people to give to charity   Under the ...

Serving our communities has always been a part of Girlguiding. It’s in our Promise. Every ...

Girlguiding Greater Manchester West - The Comfort Bag Scheme The comfort bag scheme began in ...

This award is presented annually to an individual (child or adult), unit or group in Girlguiding ...

Girlguiding Greater Manchester West is always looking for new volunteers from all backgrounds, age ...

We have a lot of pages for you to choose from, so here we have listed them all. ...

The following GDPR policy outlines how personal details is collected by this web site and how the ...

Girlguiding is committed to protecting your privacy and we abide by the rules set out in ...

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