Girlguiding Chard

12/06/2026

Well done Arwen!

02/06/2026

1st Chard Brownies had a World Cup Football themed meeting at there local Football club Combe St Nicholas FC Thank you for letting the Brownies use the facilities.⚽️🥅

01/06/2026

💙 HAPPY VOLUNTEERS’ WEEK! 💙

A tribute to the Girlguiding volunteers who regularly perform miracles that would concern medical science.

To the leaders who can:

🎒 Pack a minibus.
🏕️ Build a campsite.
🔥 Light a fire.
🎨 Run a craft.
🩹 Administer first aid.
💰 Manage a budget.
📋 Complete seventeen forms.
📞 Contact thirty parents.
🎵 Lead a campfire.
😴 Function on four hours of sleep.

…all before their first cup of tea.

To the volunteers who have spent an entire evening preparing an activity, only to be greeted with:

“Do we have to?”

And then twenty minutes later:

“That was the best thing ever!”

To those who have developed the supernatural ability to hear:

“Leader…”

from over 300 metres away.

Usually at a volume that could be heard from space. 🚀

To the volunteers who have somehow become:

Part-time teachers.
Part-time counsellors.
Part-time event planners.
Part-time chauffeurs.
Part-time detectives.

And full-time experts in locating items that were “definitely in my bag a minute ago.”

To the leaders who have crawled under bunk beds, untangled necklaces, comforted homesick girls, rescued burnt marshmallows, fixed broken costumes, sewn on badges at midnight and explained - yet again - that no, sleeping bags do not count as clean clothes.

To the people who have willingly spent their free time covered in mud, glitter, paint, sun cream, campfire smoke and mystery substances that nobody can identify.

To the volunteers who know that a successful evening meeting is approximately:

10% planning.
20% organisation.
70% controlled chaos.

And somehow still turn it into magic.

Because while the girls remember the adventures, the laughter, the friendships, the camps, the challenges and the memories…

They rarely see the late-night emails.

The risk assessments.

The endless spreadsheets.

The emergency runs to buy more biscuits.

The 11pm panic that you’ve forgotten something important.

Or the fact that someone, somewhere, is currently laminating.

For no obvious reason.

Because that’s what Guide leaders do.

So this Volunteers’ Week, thank you to every single volunteer who gives their time, energy, patience, weekends, annual leave, car boot space, sanity and occasionally their voice.

You are the reason girls believe they can do anything.

Even when you’re not entirely convinced you know what you’re doing yourself. 💙



Now if someone could tell us where the scissors are, that would be great. ✂️

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19/05/2026

1st Chard Brownies had a lovely time Reservoir Alpacas 🦙getting to find out more information and feeding the Alpacas. 🦙

13/05/2026

The Guides were learning a few survival skills this week. They were given a selection of items to use plus anything they had on them to make a stretcher to transport an injured person. There was various levels of success!

08/05/2026

Totally true, our guides we’re discussing the perfect marshmallow toasting just the week!

😂 A Quick Guide to Guiding at Any Age 😂

Some people think Guiding is something you do when you’re young.

But anyone who’s been around for a while knows that’s… not quite how it works.

Because Guiding has a strange habit of following you through life.

It usually starts something like this:

🌈 Age 5–10
You come for the games.
You stay for the crafts.
You accidentally learn loads of skills.

🧭 Teen years
You realise you can lead games, help younger members and do some pretty amazing things.

🙋‍♀️ Adult leader stage
You suddenly own a suspicious amount of craft supplies.
You can organise 20 children, three activities and a biscuit break with military precision.

You also regularly find things in your pockets when you get home such as:
• glue lids
• string
• random beads
• half a sticker sheet

✨ Later in life
You discover you still love the laughter, the friendships and the slightly chaotic fun.

So you stay involved through things like Trefoil Guild.

Because the truth is…

Guiding isn’t really something you grow out of.

It’s more something that quietly becomes part of who you are.

Also…

Once you’ve learned the correct way to toast a marshmallow, that knowledge is basically for life.

So yes - you absolutely can be involved in Guiding at any age.

Fair warning though:

You may develop strong opinions about biscuits, crafts, and the correct volume for campfire songs. 💙

01/05/2026

Just seeing if there is any interest.....
As many are aware, Sophie our young town crier, is stepping down because she has reached 18. She has been a brilliant asset to our town and will be sorely missed. However this opens up an amazing opportunity for another young person. I am planning to run a young town crier competition during the main competition on June 27th. Please message me if you/your young person is interested. They need to be under 16.
I will contact all interested parties with further details in due course.
Thank you for listening!!