Enfield Guides celebrate 100 years of Guiding

On October 20 Girlguiding UK celebrated 100 years of the Guiding movement.

Over

500 Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers and Leaders from Enfield travelled to

Trafalgar Square to join over 6,000 members from across London at a huge finale

party. The evening was compared by the DJ Chris Brooks and there was live music

and dancing, including contributions from individual members. 

The

climax of the evening was a video link to the Chief Guide, Liz Burnley, and a

mass renewal of the Guiding promise with over 450,000 members nationwide. This took place at exactly 10 minutes

past 8pm giving the magic number 20:10 

20/10  2010. 

In 1909 a small group of courageous girls stepped

forward at the 1909 Boy Scouts Rally in Crystal Palace Park and asked its

Founder, Robert Baden-Powell, for ‘something for the girls’.  This led to the formation of the Girl

Guides.  Guiding has come a long

way since then – the movement has travelled all over the globe with over 10

million members worldwide and over 500,000 in the UK.

Region Chief Commissioner

Anne Hudson said  “Well, we all

made it!! What an absolutely fabulous night we all had. One moment in time -

and we were all there. Over 450,000 people took part in Vision, what a massive

number and what an incredible year we have had.”

Some Guiding facts

• Girlguiding UK has over

half a million young members aged between five and 25.

• One in four

eight-year-old girls is a Brownie.

• Almost half of all women

in the UK have been involved in guiding at some stage in their lives.

• We’re part of a

worldwide organisation that has over ten million members in 145 countries.

• Girlguiding UK’s current

membership would fill Wembley Stadium more than six times over and you would

need more than 9,000 double-decker buses to get them there!

 

To find out more about

Girlguiding UK, visit www.girlguiding.org.uk