SW Girl Guiding celebrate Thinking Day

Girl Guides from the Bristol and South Gloucestershire County celebrated Thinking Day with a review of recent activities across the region.  Chief Commissioner Carole Pennington and Deputy Chief Commissioner Liz Brown led the event held at the ss Great Britain.  Videos of the Girl Guides showed how they learned and practiced a range of skills at international jamborees as far afield as Kenya and Nepal and perfected engineering skills aboard HMS Raleigh.  A new programme for young women aged between 18 and 30 was also launched.  More girls wish to join Girl Guiding than there are spaces available due to a lack of adult volunteers to lead the work in the region.  Among guests at the reception were H M Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, Deputy Lord Mayor Mrs Lesley Alexander, Deputy Lieutenants Mrs Jo Chambers and Mrs Susan Davies as well as Councillors from South Gloucestershire.