1st Llandudno Guides North Wales

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Join us!

1st Llandudno Guides meet on a Monday evenings in term time in the hall at Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno.

Cost: £1.50 a meeting plus insurance of approximately £20 a year. ( Trips and Holidays are an optional extra cost.)
You don't have to be a Brownie to join a Guide group, all girls are welcome between the age of ten and 14 years.

To find out more about Guides please call Girlguiding UK on 0800 165 5901 or see the Contacts page for an email address.
Please click on this link for further information about Girlguiding UK.

What is a Guide?

Being a Guide is all about learning new skills, making your own decisions and having fun. Guiding provides a safe environment to explore new possibilities and achieve personal goals while making friends and having adventures. And it’s up to each Guide to work out which opportunities are relevant for her, whether it’s improving her football skills, party planning or learning about independent living. Any girl aged 10 to 14 who wishes to, can become a Guide.

In this month, a member of 1st Llandudno Guides, Jane McAdam was presented her Baden Powell Award by Mayor of Llandudno, Cllr. Janet Jones. Jane has worked very hard to gain this award. The Baden-Powell Challenge is the ultimate individual achievement for Guides. It is for girls who wish to 'stretch' themselves as individuals. Well Done Jane!

To celebrate the festive season we went to see a pantomime in Conwy. ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ by Civic Hall Amateurs Players, attended the Christingle Service at Holy Trinity and had a party night with lots of silly festive games.

1st Llandudno Guides had a busy November! We continued with the Adventure 100 –

‘Chill Out’ evening. We held an evening taking things easy with Yoga, facials, Hand & Foot Massage, Healthy Eating – Fruit Kebabs, Relaxation.

Hand Bell Ringing with the Holy Trinity Hand Bell Ringers.

Blind Awareness Evening with a visit from Brenda and her Guide Dog

Climbed Holy Trinity Church Tower, learnt about the bells and how to ring them (Thanks to Stan Whittaker and his team)

Celebrated St Andrew’s Day – learnt about Scotland and it’s traditions (made shortbread, ate Haggis, drank Iron Bru, made models of Local Ness Monsters...).

Christmas Activity Indoor Holiday Weekend:

Celebrating Christmas a month early in at the Girlguiding Hostel in Caernarfon.

Christmas crafts, Santa Survival skills - fun in the woods ( in the rain!), bric a brac sale raising £35 for Children in Need, Christmas Dinner, Carols around the tree, Craft Badge & Traditions of Guiding Badge......to name only a few activities!

In October 1st Llandudno Guides took part in the following activities:

We made African Drums from papier mache.

We took part in a self defence evening with Sensei Beverley Prendergast from The DoJo, Llandudno Karate Assoc.

We went for a night walk along Llandudno Promenade wearing water themed hats all in aid of WaterAid. £65 was raised in donations.

From September 2009, 1st Llandudno Guides have been celebrating Girlguiding UK’s Centenary year.

On the 6th September 2009, Llandudno Guides joined hundreds of Girlguiding UK members to celebrate 100 years at the Greenwood Forest Park, Y Felin Heli. On this weekend exactly 100 years ago, 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’. 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.

The photo shows some of the girls at Greenwood with the Centenary Bear.

In the centenary year 1st Llandudno Guides will be working towards their Adventure 100 badge.

It is a Centenary Challenge that all members can take part in. Guides are to undertake something that they have not done before or something which will be a real challenge, gaining points along the way.

In September we took part the following in our weekly meetings:

·    We invited local police Community Police Sergeant Sam Roberts to tell us how to keep ourselves safe in the dark
·    Used water dyes to tie dye socks with centenary colours (pink & blue!)
·    Redesigned the guide uniform for 2015 and beyond. The adult leaders choose their favourite five ideas and they were sent to the Girlguiding HQ and are now on the centenary website:

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