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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.
Fundraising
We are planning a number of exciting activities;
Adopt a Brick – Secure your brick in the new Headquarters. For just £10 you can adopt a brick and make a real difference to the new Girlguiding facility in Thame. You will receive a special certificate to thank you for your help and your name will appear on a Register of Supporters which will be displayed in the new Guide building to acknowledge your contribution. If you would like to help please click on the bricks below, download and complete the form and return it as soon as possible.
"Buy At" - Exciting news! We’re delighted to announce our fundraising webshop. When shopping online, you can access over 100 leading retailers using our webshop. Every time you use our webshop when shopping online, you’ll automatically earn money for us! You don’t pay anything extra by using our webshop, so please try to use it whenever you can.
Find our webshop at www.buy.at/thameguiding (please bookmark this link for future use) or click on the image below.
Guiding Clothing & Equipment - Do you want to help us earn extra money for guiding in Thame? Order items through Bullingdon Division Depot. If you buy your uniforms, handbooks, camp blankets etc through us we are able to get up to 20% back to use in our Guide funds. This is a very easy way of fundraising.
Brochures are available in the Guide HQ or look at the online shop on the Guiding Web site. We will only get the profit if you order direct from our Depot and not on the web. Please download the form below and send it with payment to Mark Thompson (address on the form).
The items ordered will be delivered to your leader who will pass it on to you.