Centenary
Rainbows Go Wild
A badge is now available to buy to celebrate “Rainbows Go Wild 2010″ which will be taking place during
the Summer months at 10 different zoos across the UK. Rainbows will be able to experience the magic of seeing different animals and take part in special Rainbow activities and games. The badges are on sale at a cost of £1 each and can be ordered from The Lodge, Broneirion, Llandinam, Powys. SY17 5DD. Cheques are to be made payable to Girlguiding Cymru.
Please add the following amounts to your total order to cover postage costs:
Orders up to 10 badges add 59p postage.
Orders up to 20 badges add 85p postage.
Orders up to 30 badges add £1.23 postage.
For orders of 31 badges or more please contemail: waleshq@girlguiding.org.uk.
Click here to download an order form.
Girlguiding Cymru Centenary T-Shirt
You can now order the Girlguiding Cymru Centenary T-Shirt, in the winning design by Gwynon Williams, a guide from West Glamorgan. For more information and an order form please click here .
Girlguiding Cymru Centenary Badge
A cloth badge to clebrate 100 years of Guiding has been produced for Girlguiding Cymru, and is on sale
at £1.00 each, plus £1.50 hadnling charge. Badges can be ordered from the Shop, Broneirion, Llandinam, Powys. SY17 5DE. Please contact admin@broneirion.com to place your order and for mored details of postage costs.
Girlguiding Cymru –What’s on in Wales in 2010 ?
ALL WALES EVENTS
September 5th/6th and beyond- Launch Parties –
And Girlguiding Cymru certainly knows how to party. Pictures showing some of the celebrations can be seen on the Gallery page and some of the County events are described below.Publicity has been great, on a UK, Wales, and County level. Various members have been interviewed, and West Glamorgan had an official CHQ photographer at their party, so keep a look out in Guiding.
A Story gathering Activate and poster have come out in September Guiding, and all DCs, Archivists and County Champions have received sets of excellent heritage posters.
The maze at Crystal Palace is open to visitors at no charge.
Can we all encourage girls to sign up for the Tall Ships Challenge –no previous sailing experience necessary.Many Units will have started the Adventure 100 Challenge – this could be a good way of encouraging the girls to make their own decisions. We have been asked to push this. We won’t know what THEY want to do unless we listen to them.
Some of the organised events so far include…..
February 20th/21st – World Thinking Day events – One World One Beat -Wrexham and Bridgend — Both events were enjoyed by hundreds of girls and leaders from all sections. To see some of what was going on look on our Gallery page.
March 27th – 3rd April – across Wales Bag-packing – Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s are due to come on board.
April 16th – 18th –Guides Take over Broneirion. CHQ organised activity –Bookings open July 1st 2009
June 5th – Pitch and Munch – Guides – prizes for the wildest and wackiest sites – chances for great publicity, and lots of fun!
June12th – Rainbows Go Wild – Somebody warn the animals !!
June11/12/13 W O W!!! Drop in camp at Royal Welsh Showground- Guides and leaders – all welcome, whether experienced campers or novices. Volunteers still needed for catering teams etc. Don’t miss this –Be there or be ….lonely and sad all weekend !!
BOOKINGS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT.
June 19th – Brownies Take over the Castles of Wales – the Normans built them but will they withstand the Brownie onslaught!!
July 16th-18th Brownies Take over Broneirion – CHQ activity- Circus Skills –Bookings open October 1st 2009 (NOW SOLD OUT)
August 15th-21st – Draig y ganrif – Welsh Camp at Broneirion – BOOKINGS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT
October 20th – 20.10.20.10 2010 The Finale!! Tonight, remember what it’s all about. Renew your promise along with every other member of Girlguiding. What a night this will be, and as you celebrate, and look back over a fabulous year, look forward to 2011 and beyond, and a wonderful future for Girlguiding.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE THE COUNTIES!!
ANGLESEY :
In Anglesey each District Commissioner met the County Commissioner in the centre of the Island, and took a light to light their own lanterns back to each Launch Party. There were beach parties, games, an exhibition, and at one party the lifeboat took the light out to sea.
Rainbows will take over Colwyn Bay Zoo.
Brownies are hoping to go on the steam train from Caernarfon to Portmadoc.
Guides will hold a county camp in Ireland.
There`s to be a County Fun Day, floral displays, and an exhibition to travel around the County.
The island is obviously going to be buzzing !
BRECONSHIRE :
Launch Party is to be a Party in the Park at Three Cocks High School.
The Brownies will ‘Take Over’ Tretower Court.
The Rainbows are hoping to go to Dol-Y-Gaer in conjunction, possibly with the RSPB
The Guides and Senior Section are considering an International trip.
There will be a display at Brecon Museum, and on 20 10 a choice of events will be on offer, to include a renewal of the promise at the top of Pen Y Fan !!
Will the Beacons ever recover from 2010?
CAERNARFONSHIRE :
Rainbows will go wild at the Welsh Mountain Zoo, and have a Princess Party at Cochwillan Hall.
Brownies will ‘Take Over’ Penrhyn Castle
Guides will visit London on the weekend of the Big Gig 2009, and go to Alton Towers.
Senior Section and Leaders can go to Waddow Fever, and all sections can attend the County Camp at Felin Bach, Caeathro.
The Finale will include lighting up Caernarfon, Criccieth and Conwy Castles, and sometime in 2010 a real mountain top moment will happen with a sleepover on top of Snowdon!!
This county’s got it all !!
CARMARTHENSHIRE :
Carmarthenshire are planning a booklet or CD Rom in connection with their Archivist, commemorating the two girls who came back from the original Rally at Crystal Palace fired with the enthusiasm that has lasted, and grown over the last 100 years. Wow!!
The launch party will include a sleepover at Pontargothi, and Units will be encouraged to develop links with each other from October to December 2009.
There will be County Challenges and Theatre events.
Rainbows will go wild at Penclacwydd Wildfowl Trust.
Brownies will ‘Take over’ ALL the castles of Carmarthenshire!
Guides will have an Activity Day, and the Senior Section are planning a weekend away in Dublin.
The possible venue for the finale is Parc Y Scarlets with fireworks, performing arts etc., and all the events will be in a County Centenary booklet to be distributed at the November AGM.
Carmarthenshire will surely be lighting up 2010 !!
CEREDIGION :
The County Launch party will be at Fantasy Farm, Nebo.
The Rainbows will be going wild, and the Brownies will be ‘Taking Over’ Aberystwyth Castle for a fun day.
Guides will attend WOW, and the Girlguiding Cymru Centenary Camp, and the finale will consist of Promise Renewal Parties.
Ceredigion are going to have a ‘Fantastic’time !!
CLWYD :
Launch Party in the Park, with a picnic at Ruthin School to include fireworks and ‘Dancing thro’ the Decades’!
The Rainbows are having Princess Parties, and the Brownies will be ‘Taking Over’ three castles.
There is also going to be a Medieval Activity Day, a county camp, and the renewal of the promise will take place with unit events.
Let’s hope Clwyd Guiders survive the Medieval Activities!!
CARDIFF AND EAST GLAMORGAN :
Individual launch parties will be held, but on Thinking Day, the county will come together for GLOW – ‘Guiding Lights Our World’, at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, a show and Thinking Day Service.
There is to be a fabulous interactive exhibition at The Old Library, so if you’re visiting the capital between March 2nd and April 30th 2010, be sure to drop in !!
Rainbows will be going wild, and Brownies ‘Taking Over’ castles, and the Senior Section are planning a BBQ.
There’s to be a County Fun Day at the T.A. Base at Llandaff North, and a Trefoil Party at Cae Glas
Promise Renewals will include one at the T.A.Base in Adamsdown, and the year rounds off with a carol service at Llandaff Cathedral. Phew!!Sounds like a ‘capital’ year alright !! ( Sorry ! Couldn’t resist it !)
CENTRAL GLAMORGAN :
Divisions will be holding launch parties, and all sections will be writing stories, poems, and drawing pictures for a booklet about Guiding in the county, to last for the next 100 years!!
Rainbows will go wild at three locations, and Brownies will ‘Take Over’ Gabalfa Castle, Merthyr.There will be a Centenary Challenge, a County Camp at Gorwelian, and a Canoe/Kayak Challenge.
Senior section members are holding a Ball at Llantrisant Leisure Centre, and all sections are being encouraged to ‘Adopt a piece of Ground’ turning a neglected plot into a ‘paradise’!
A special jigsaw will be made of photos taken throughout the year, and the Guiders are planning a weekend away, possibly a cruise on the Rhine!! In case anyone suffers from seasickness, there will also be a Guiders’ event at Gorwelian !
Also under discussion is a mini Big Gig, to be held at the famous ‘Pop Factory’.All this, and a carol service in December. Central Guiders will be sleeping their way down the Rhine!!
WEST GLAMORGAN :
West Glamorgan held a party for 1300 girls and 200 adults at the LC (which, in case you don’t know, is the new name for Swansea Leisure Centre) where girls could take part in a multitude of activities, including cheerleading, street dance, a Centenary Trail, water activities, and even a fitness session with an Ospreys’ coach.
Rainbows will go wild at Folly Farm, and Brownies will ‘Take Over’ castles.There will be a Guide Activity holiday and camp at Parkmill/Penmaen
The Senior Section will be taking part in an ‘Ultimate Adventure’ – terrifying !
There are also plans for a Guiders’ weekend, a special ‘Peal of church bells’ and even plans to light up the city in blue!! Can’t wait for that!! Swansea will be singing the ‘Blues’ in 2010 !!
GWENT :
Over 2000 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section and Adult volunteers from Girlguiding Gwent gathered at Chepstow racecourse for a day of activities, These came under six categories. Glamorama included face painting, nail art, hand massage and hair braiding and was run by students from Coleg Gwent. The craft area saw musical instruments being made along with cards, Faberge eggs, crowns and streamers to name but a few of the 30 or so options open to the girls. Outdoors the girls could use the climbing wall, an assault course, a variety of bouncy castles and slides and have fun with sumo football, a cardboard maze and a surf simulator. Archery and touch rugby were well supported by girls of all ages, as was the tug of war organised by Gwent Young Farmers. Circus skills were also popular with giant bubbles floating across the racecourse and brightly coloured poys spinning around. Up in the stands there were classes in drumming and singing and ocarinas could be heard above the excited hum. The cheerleaders from Newport were very popular with girls of all ages as were the country dancing and street dancing. Girls could join in a variety of giant games such as Snakes and Ladders, bounce around on the space hoppers or join in a parachute game. The event finished with a grand parade led by a spectacular Chinese dragon. The procession being about a mile long! Music was supplied by Newport City Radio. The Mayor of Chepstow also attended and got involved with all of the activities and met many of the local members and spoke to them about why they enjoy being involved with guiding.
Charlotte and Hannah both agreed that the day was awesome with lots of great activities. “We really enjoyed the sumo football but we couldn’t play very well because we were laughing too much! The cardboard maze was brilliant too – we got lost for ages and had to be “rescued” buy one of the leaders!”
Guides will be supporting WOW and the Girlguiding Cymru Centenary Camp, flower beds will be planted, and the local ‘Chain Gang’ will be entertained at a Garden Party.
Rainbows will go wild at Bristol Zoo, and Brownies will ‘Take Over’ Caldicot Castle.
The Senior Section will combine a night hike with a ‘sunrise ceremony `, possibly on the Sugarloaf.
Gwent will certainly be hitting the headlines in 2010.
MERIONETH :
Launch parties, Rainbows going wild, Brownies ‘Taking Over’ castles, Guides camping, and promises being renewed.
Lots will be happening –just watch this space !!
MONTGOMERYSHIRE:
Launch parties are being planned in units. Rainbows will go wild, and Brownies will be ‘Taking Over’ Powis Castle.
Districts will also be ‘Taking Over ’PGL. Guides will be supporting WOW and the Welsh Centenary Camp, and Brownies will be going on holiday.
There will be floral displays in local towns, and the possibility of All Wales orienteering and kayaking competitions to be held in the summer months.
It sounds like an action-packed year for Montgomeryshire.
PEMBROKESHIRE:
Pembrokeshire held a large event at Haverfordwest where over 300 girls and adults heard new Girlguiding Vice-president, Doreen Hammersley and a young leader, read a diary of camp in their respective eras. Doreen had the whole party including the Chief Commissioner in fits of laughter with her tales of camping in a bell tent, catching nits from sleeping with heads near the pole!! Tori James, youngest woman to climb Everest, and an ex Guide and Ranger enthralled everyone with her video of reaching the summit, but put it all down to what she had learnt as a Guide. Districts and Units all over the County held noisy parties for the girls in the following few days.
A carol service, culminating in a lantern procession will be held in Tenby, December 2009.
Rainbows will be going wild at Folly Farm, and Brownies will be ‘Taking Over’ Carew Castle.
There will be a County Camp, and Guides will also be attending WOW.
There will be dockside fun activities at Milford Haven to greet the training ship, the Lord Nelson, when she calls on her voyage around the coast.
A Guiders’ and Trefoil members `garden party is to be held at Picton Castle, and a service of celebration will be held at St. David’s Cathedral.
The Senior Section are hoping to organise a pop event, and possibly camp on Caldey Island.Promise renewals will take place at local level, after a busy, busy summer, so Pembrokeshire promises to be in holiday mood for all of 2010.
RADNORSHIRE:
Watch this space! Lots going on. Rainbows going wild, Brownies ‘Taking Over’ and Guides and Guiders partying, camping, and generally having fun. Promises will be renewed, and Radnorshire will be celebrating the old saying. ‘Small is Beautiful’!
This is a taste of what will be happening in Wales during 2010 . Many more events are planned, the newspapers will be full of Guiding, and every girl and every Leader will be able to look back and say “I was there in 2010.”
PLEASE SEND ANY INFORMATION, FLYERS, BOOKING FORMS OR PHOTOS TO LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR CENTENARY EVENTS, WHICH YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED ON THIS OR THE GALLERY PAGE.
