Girlguiding Angmering

06/06/2026

Great job completed by our Guides 👏🏼✨

A huge thank you to the girls from 1st Angmering Guides who gave up their Thursday evening to help litter-pick along Station Road near Angmering School. Their hard work really showed, with plenty of bin bags filled by the end of the session!

A special thank you as well to Rachel Thornley from 1st Angmering Guides for organising the event and making sure everyone stayed safe and was accompanied by an adult throughout.

Well done to everyone involved – you're setting a fantastic example for the whole community! 👏🌟

02/06/2026

We enjoyed a really happy afternoon during half-term, working with residents on this lovely space and hope we can watch it grow into an area of garden that will bring much joy 🌻🌼🌱🏵️

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. ✂️

01/06/2026

Happy Volunteers Week

Thank you to all our incredible Girlguiding volunteers for sharing your gifts, talents, expertise, enthusiasm and energy to give our young members so many wonderful experiences and opportunities and for making so many special memories.

You are amazing!

Ann Macaulay
County Commissioner
Girlguiding Sussex West

21/03/2026

We had so much fun today! Well done to both our teams 👟⚓📱☀️

What an incredible first day of Cityscapes Adventure in Portsmouth! 🌟 We’ve loved seeing all the energy, teamwork, and smiles throughout the day!

Share your favourite moments and photos from today in the comments below.

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A collage of images showing Girlguiding members exploring historic city landmarks during Cityscapes Adventure Day 1 in Portsmouth. The photos include groups of Guides doing activities and members of the Girlguiding South West England chief team: Racheal, Helen, and Liv.

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18/03/2026

We love to see our Brownies and Guides having fun and adventures together, making new friends and challenging themselves to do things they didn't think they could. We had a great weekend away with other local units celebrating the 100th World Thinking Day

08/03/2026

💙

💬 This week, a Guide said something that made us laugh… and then stop and think.

“I used to think leaders didn’t have jobs or social lives.
I thought Guides is what gave you meaning in life.”

There was no cheekiness in it at all — just pure, honest curiosity.

And that’s actually something really special.

It means she felt comfortable enough to say exactly what she was thinking.
To ask the question out loud.
To be herself.

That’s the kind of environment we work hard to create in Guides.

Of course, our leaders do have jobs, families, friends and busy lives.
And they still choose to turn up, week after week.

So consistently, in fact, that to a young person it looks like:
“This must really matter.”

And it does.

Because Guides isn’t just about activities or badges - it’s about safe spaces, trusted adults, and knowing your voice is welcome.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s also a lovely moment to say thank you to the incredible volunteers who give their time, energy and enthusiasm to make spaces like this possible.

(Also for clarity: leaders don’t live at the meeting place… though some cupboards may suggest otherwise.)

💙 Making a real difference doesn’t always look big or loud - sometimes it sounds like a child feeling safe enough to ask anything.

02/03/2026

This!! 💛💙

💙✨ THE REAL LEADER PROMISE

(A brutally accurate, lovingly chaotic, and completely relatable)

I promise that I will do my best…
😂 To look calm and organised even when three girls are singing, two are arguing about who invented biscuits, and one is wearing a bin bag as a cape.
😂 To pretend I definitely planned tonight’s activity and did not improvise the last 20 minutes using only pipe cleaners and hope.
😂 To locate missing neckers, water bottles, and the occasional child using nothing but instinct and leader telepathy.
😂 To answer questions such as:
— “Can sharks blink?”
— “Can I marry my cat?”
— “Why does the moon follow me?”
…with grace, wisdom, and a completely straight face.
😂 To accept that glitter is permanent, craft glue is immortal, and the lost-property box is now my second home.
😂 To keep smiling when the phrase “We didn’t do it!” is shouted before anything has actually happened.
😂 To stay patient, even when someone insists they don’t need the toilet… right before we leave the building.
😂 To survive camp on 4 hours of sleep, 1 biscuit, and pure enthusiasm.
😂 To remember that “five more minutes” in Guiding time actually means “half an hour and possibly a spontaneous talent show.”

And most importantly…
💙 To show every girl that she matters, she’s capable, she’s brilliant — and that the world is better when she’s in it.
(Even if she’s currently tangled in the parachute.)

This is our promise.
Our chaos.
Our joy.
Our Guiding life.
And honestly?
We wouldn’t change a single ridiculous, wonderful moment.

💙✨ Tag a leader who lives this promise every week!

12/12/2025

🎄 Our Guides had a wonderful time baking gingerbread with some of the residents! Thank you so much to all at Ayton House for arranging such a happy evening - it tasted as good as it smelled! 🎄🍪