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Race Night
As part of our ongoing fundraising effort there is a Horse Race night on the 26th April in the Scout HQ starting at 7.30pm. Please visit the Fund Raising page to learn more and get an entry form.
4th Thame Brownies to Open
We are currently working on opening a new Brownie pack in April 2008. This is fantastic news and will allow another 24 girls to have a great time.
Details are currently being finalised and more information will be out soon.
History of Guiding
In the early years of the 20th century, Robert Baden-Powell, a famous army general, developed a scheme for training boys. He tried out his ideas at a camp on Brownsea Island in 1907 and the following year published them in a book, Scouting for Boys.
At the Scouts' first rally, at the Crystal Palace in 1909, a small group of girls turned up. They represented hundreds of other girls and insisted that they wanted to be Scouts too.
In 1910 he formed the Girl Guides, asking his sister Agnes to look after the new organisation. A few years later his wife Olave became involved and, in 1918, was appointed Chief Guide.
Such was the enthusiasm for guiding that it soon spread worldwide and since those early days countless millions have made the Guide Promise. Today there are ten million girls and women involved in guiding worldwide.
Girlguiding in Thame
Girlguiding in Thame, Oxfordshire is thriving with over 140 girls between the ages of 5 and 18 in our Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Senior Section.
Being a member Girlguiding opens a world of opportunities that will last a lifetime. It provides a safe, girl only space to explore activities, issues and possibilities that are available to girls today.
The building committee and Guiders have decided to press ahead with the new headquaters build. The contractor will start work on 3rd November and it is planned for the work to take 5 months.
Girlguiding is very grateful to Thame Scout Group and Thame Cricket Club who have offered their facilities for us to meet in whilst the build is taking place. Below is a list of the units and where they will meet, your unit leader will keep you up to date with their own programmes.
1st and 3rd and 4th Thame Brownies and 3rd Thame Guides will meet at the Cricket Club.
1st Thame Rainbows, 2nd Thame Brownies, 1st Thame Guides and BERYL (Young Leaders) will meet at the Scout HQ.
Please check out our fund raising page for all the different ways we are trying to raise funds for the new headquarters.
We have recently added the "Buy At" site which enables us to raise funds via a new webshop. Every time you shop using its links, you’ll automatically earn money for us! You don’t pay anything extra, so please try to use it whenever you can. Click on the image below to try it out. Thank you!