Girlguiding Basingstoke Division

06/03/2026

3rd South Ham Rainbows, 3rd Brighton Hill Rainbows, 3rd Basingstoke Brownies and 3rd Brighton Hill Brownies all had a fabulous day at Milestones celebrating World Thinking Day 🌍

04/03/2026

1st Sherfield Rainbows and Brownies had a wonderful joint meeting last week to celebrate the 100th World Thinking Day.

They did dancing from Peru, made biscuits from the Maldives, paper cornflowers from Estonia, turtles from New Zealand as well as renewing their promises and raising money for the World Thinking Day fund in a lovely candlelit ceremony🩵🌎

22/02/2026

🌎 Happy World Thinking Day! 🌎

Wishing all our Girl Guide and Girl Scout community an amazing World Thinking Day. Let’s celebrate 100 years of friendship and sisterhood! 🩵💙

11/12/2025

Our South Ham and Brighton Hill Rainbows and Brownies recently held a coffee/tea afternoon, with all proceeds going to St Michael's Hospice in Basingstoke. What a fantastic turn out of our young members, their families and friends. Delicious home baked treats on offer, refreshments galore and very helpful girls taking orders, hostessing and washing up.

A lovely afternoon, full of laughter and friendship, all for a good cause. The generosity of those attending resulted in raising £427.55 for the Hospice.

Well done all 🌟

10/12/2025

18/10/2025

Reminiscing summer time fun ☀️

Guides, Young Leaders & Leaders from Winklebury, Oakley & Overton enjoyed an amazing camp together at Paccar in the summer 🏕️

Completing some traditional Guiding camp craft! Lashing and knotting washing stands, making camp doughnuts, a day trip to London Zoo followed by a domino’s pizza dinner. There was crate stacking, an awesome zip wire, woodland walk, patrol challenges and of course, a campfire!

Great leaders make these amazing activities , fun and memories happen for our members!

And all are excited for next years camp!🏕️ ☀️

Interested in becoming a volunteer or registering your daughter for all this fun and more head to https://www.girlguiding.org.uk now! 🌟

08/10/2025

Last weekend leaders and young leader from Basingstoke Girlguiding Division volunteered at the Basingstoke Half Marathon!

We had 6 man one of the water stations and Alison who helped as a Marshall.

Being our first time it was a baptism of fire or in this case water… 💦 but all came away with smiles on our faces, slightly damp feet and discussing next time!

All runners did a fantastic job and are inspirational…all were extremely polite and thankful too!💙

Thank you Basingstoke Half Marathon,10k and 5k and Destination Basingstoke for letting us be part of a fab event we look forward to next year! 💙

24/09/2025

⭐ Going for Gold! ⭐

We love to celebrate those girls who achieve their Gold Awards. Every section has a Gold Award and it is the highest programme award that can be achieved within each section.

Congratulations to Grace on achieving her Brownie Gold Award.
Grace, from 3rd Brighton Hill Brownies, has worked hard to complete the various clauses of the award and she led her last Brownie meeting with her friends decorating cup cakes and playing her favourite games. Her last Brownie moment was renewing her Brownie promise before moving on to Guides this September.

09/09/2025

💜✨ End of summer term fun at 13th Basingstoke Guides! ✨💜

We started with a McDonald’s takeover 🍟 before heading to Eastrop Park for some splashing fun in the paddling pool 💦. The girls had the best time, and it’s evenings like these that remind us why being part of Girlguiding is so special – friendships, laughter, and plenty of adventure.
We also welcomed some Brownies who will be joining us in September – and they loved it too! 🌟

Guides is all about making friends, trying new things, and having loads of fun. If you know a girl who’d love to get involved, find out more here 👉 Girlguiding.org.uk

01/08/2025

✨Your child's next big adventure!✨

Imagine your child rafting through alpine rivers, scaling mountain rocks, zipping above forest trails—and standing at the doorstep of a global Girlguiding World Centre in the heart of the Swiss Alps. Sounds epic? It is! 🌍✨

We're thrilled to invite Guides, Rangers, and Young Leaders from across Basingstoke Division to join us for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC), Switzerland, in August 2027.

🏕 Why this trip will be unforgettable:
Stay at KISC, nestled in stunning Swiss mountain scenery
Experience high-adrenaline adventures: rafting, climbing, zip lines
Ride cable cars through the Alps and visit Our Chalet—one of Girlguiding’s four World Centres!

Make international memories and lasting friendships

📌Total cost: £1,500 per participant (includes travel, food, accommodation, insurance, exclusive hoodie/necker) this will be paid in instalments.

📣DON'T DELAY in making a decision forms and first deposit is due by 31st August to guarantee a place.

For more info on applying for a place email: [email protected]

29/07/2025

Girlguiding doesn’t just stop at the end of term… 3rd Basingstoke Brownies have been on a residential weekend and had an amazing time!

Following our girl-led ethos, the Brownies chose an owl themed weekend and had a great surprise when the 🦉 arrived to meet them all.

What a fun and enjoyable time had by all learning about the owls. 🦉

Thank you to Berkshire Birds of Prey for coming along.

23/07/2025

🌟 So much fun to be had for girls of all ages with the launch of our new interest badges! 🌟

This week we’re celebrating a major milestone—Girlguiding’s biggest badge update yet! Designed by girls, for girls, the new collection is packed with modern, inspiring, and empowering opportunities to shine:

🌟 What’s new?

A whopping 72 fresh badges—12 for Rainbows, 18 for Brownies, 24 for Guides, and 18 for Rangers.

Learn more: https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/.../new-interest-badges-2025/

Know a young girl who would love to get involved and start earning these amazing badges as well as making friends and having fun!

We have over 60 units in Basingstoke Division so why not register and let the fun begin!

Register here: https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-a-child/