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The Festival of LaSER

Girl Guiding UK is split into regions, counties, divisions and districts. Kent Weald County is part of London and South …

Sun 28 Feb 2021

Kent Weald Walkers in Lockdown

The Kent Weald Walkers would normally be out walking together or planning walks for the months ahead. But, due to lockdo…

Fri 15 Jan 2021

Gold for 1st Vinters Rainbows

The Coronavirus restrictions have affected all of us. The full lockdown in March saw local clubs closing early. At 1st V…

Thu 8 Oct 2020

Evie from Rusthall Rainbows gains her Gold award

Throughout each Girlguiding section, girls complete activities and work towards achieving their Gold Award. Evie from Ru…

Fri 2 Oct 2020

Centenary Celebration for 2nd Southborough

We have been meeting outside since the 4th September and everyone is loving it! We are meeting in 2 completely separat…

Mon 28 Sep 2020

Cartoon Camp for 8th Maidstone Guides

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Mon 10 Aug 2020

An unusual visitor at 1st Pembury Brownies

I recently saw a post on Facebook, which said you could invite a goat to join your zoom meeting. Always willing to try s…

Sat 25 Jul 2020

Girlguiding Kent Weald celebrate the summer with a virtual picnic

When lockdown and covid restrictions meant Girlguiding events couldn't happen as normal, Girlguiding Kent Weald County c…

Sat 4 Jul 2020

LaSER Ambassadors Reception at Museum of London

In November, Sophie Cantwell-Kelly and Hattie Barker accompanied me to the Girlguiding Ambassadors Reception a…

Tue 7 Jan 2020

Leaders take on London Bridge Challenge

On Sunday 29th September 2019 Zoe Peers from Southborough Guides & myself Julie Bryer from Barming Guides, took part…

Wed 18 Dec 2019

Rangers and Young Leaders complete Bronze DofE

On Saturday 12th of October 7 girls from Victoria District began their Qualifying D of E Bronze Expedition a…

Fri 15 Nov 2019

3rd Paddock Wood (St. Andrew’s) Brownies celebrate 50th Birthday

To celebrate our Brownie Unit turning 50 years old this September, we started this term by holding a birthday party. O…

Sun 13 Oct 2019

Kent Weald Walkers hunt for ‘treacle mines’

Frittenden is a small rural village located between Headcorn and Staplehurst. With the expectation of finding the ‘tre…

Sun 10 Feb 2019

1st Southborough Rangers support Macmillan Cancer Patients

1st Southborough Rangers took up the challenge to make care packages for Macmillan cancer patients in time for Christmas…

Wed 6 Feb 2019

Kent Weald Trefoil Guild celebrate 75 years

A great time was had by all at the Birthday Party in Paddock Wood for all the Kent Weald Trefoil Guild to celebrate 75 y…

Tue 30 Oct 2018

Trefoil Guild Danube not so blue Cruise

A group of Five Trefoil Guild Members from Kent Weald joined a group of 311 other Trefoil Guild Members on a Danube Crui…

Wed 24 Oct 2018

International Travel – Cambodia, Ecuador and Malawi 2018

This summer four members of Kent Weald took part in Region Expeditions to Cambodia, Ecuador and Malawi. Region expeditio…

Sun 21 Oct 2018

Exploring STEM with Carol Vorderman

RAF 100 STEM Residential Course at RAF Wittering is a residential course aimed at students in Year 10 who are members of…

Wed 17 Oct 2018

Trefoil Guild celebrate 75 years

As part of the Trefoil Guild’s 75th anniversary, a 75km long distance walk was organised for 75 Trefoil members around…

Sun 14 Oct 2018

2nd PEMBURY RAINBOWS EXPLORE UNDERWATER LIFE

2nd Pembury Rainbows decided to earn a wonderful dolphin challenge badge this summer. In order to achieve it, they had t…

Wed 22 Aug 2018

Helping to walk 75 miles around London

Seven of our local Kent Weald Walkers joined the London Walkers and Talkers Trefoil Guild for their final 5-mile leg of…

Sat 18 Aug 2018

Allington Trefoil Guild explore the solar system

Allington Trefoil Guild visited the scale model (1mm – 4594kms) of Otford Solar System which shows the planets in thei…

Tue 14 Aug 2018

We are sailing…

On Saturday the 12th May 2018, several Girlguiding units took part in a Sailing Day at Haysden Sailing Club, near Tonbri…

Sun 12 Aug 2018

Kent Weald Goes KWACKERS

155 girls and their leaders experienced a day of activities aimed at providing an escape from the pressures of school du…

Sat 11 Aug 2018

Guides go wild for BP Weekend

As part of celebrating the completion of a guide’s Baden Powell award each girl can attend a weekend away. Kent Weald …

Sat 11 Aug 2018

Spring has finally sprung

Six of us started off at Wateringbury for our six-mile walk. After the recent blanket of snow, we saw that the daffodils…

Mon 26 Mar 2018

International Women’s Day

On 8th March, Lorna and Caroline from Soroptimists and Brenda and myself from Girlguiding Kent Weald attended the Int…

Sat 24 Mar 2018

Thinking Day in Weald Division

Weald Division celebrated Thinking Day at St Andrews Church, Paddock Wood. The event started with the fire alarm goin…

Sun 18 Mar 2018

Eight Bridges and a Medal!

On Saturday 13 January 2018, 12 intrepid walkers met at Westminster Bridge. It was grey, it was chilly but that did not…

Mon 19 Feb 2018

Science Museum Sleepover

On Saturday the 25th of November I went for a sleepover with 13th Tonbridge Brownies. We were dropped off at Sevenoaks s…

Thu 28 Dec 2017

8th Tonbridge Brownies host Christmas Dinner

“To serve our Queen and my community” – well 8th Tonbridge Brownies have certainly done that this weekend. Last…

Fri 8 Dec 2017

Brighton Beckons – BP Weekend

This weekend has been really fun and exciting. On Friday we were all really nervous as we did not know anyone except peo…

Wed 6 Dec 2017

Rainbows – All Singing, All Dancing

Rainbows had a busy time at Kent Weald’s County Rainbow event on Saturday, 18th November. There was much singing and d…

Sat 2 Dec 2017

Leaders learn and share during ideas weekend

A group of Kent Weald Leaders gathered at Paxwood in November for an informal couple of days to learn and share skills, …

Sun 26 Nov 2017

Allington Trefoil Guild Walk the London Bridges and Meet Paddington Bear on Route

Back in June, Allington Trefoil Guild were meant to walk the London Bridges together with 4,000 Girlguiding LaSER member…

Fri 24 Nov 2017

3rd Southborough Guides take part in Parliament Week

I first saw UK Parliament Week advertised on Facebook back in May and so decided to aim high and invited the Mayor of Tu…

Tue 21 Nov 2017

Nearly 200 Guides and Senior Section take part in Challenge Invicta

A favourite day in the Girlguiding Kent Weald Calendar for Guides and Senior Section is Challenge Invicta. This seven mi…

Sat 18 Nov 2017

North Downs Division find their pot of gold at IGGNITE 2017

At the end of July, members of North Downs Division traveled to Ireland to visit IGGNITE 2017, Ireland's largest ever I…

Wed 15 Nov 2017

Kent Weald Walkers Go Welsh!

On Friday 27th October, 7 Kent Weald Walkers and 3 of our Guiding Friends from Surrey West travelled down the M4 to the …

Sun 12 Nov 2017

Local Hero Award for Guide Leader

Congratulations to Sybil Oddy who was nominated for the Community hero award for her dedicated work in Speldhurst and wo…

Sun 29 Oct 2017

Volunteering in Belize

We spent 3 weeks volunteering in, and exploring, central America with a group of Girl Guiding rangers. Our journey...…

Thu 26 Oct 2017

Boughton Vale Brownie Challenge Day

Boughton Vale Brownies gathered together for a fun day on 14 October for a morning challenge to decorate a bed sheet as …

Mon 23 Oct 2017

Dunorlan Division’s Rainbow Circus Activity Day

Roll up, roll up, for the Greatest Show on Earth….. Rainbows from Dunorlan Division celebrated our 30th Birthday …

Sat 21 Oct 2017

Kent Weald Walkers Ramble for Pudsey

Is it a muddy walk or not....? Seven of us met on a grey but warm Saturday at Harrietsham. A village that I’m not f…

Mon 16 Oct 2017

Growing up Wild – Growing Your Own

1 st Pembury Brownies did the ‘Growing Your Own’ badge in the spring term. Amongst other things we made scarecrow…

Mon 9 Oct 2017

8th Tonbridge Guides – Safari – Wild At Heart Sleepover

What an amazing weekend. 13 Guides, 2 Leaders, 1 Unit Helper and 1 Young Leader headed off to Port Lympne Zoo for thei…

Thu 21 Sep 2017

Kent Weald County visits Croatia

Our trip to Croatia was an incredible experience that I will never forget. It was full of exciting activities such a…

Sun 27 Aug 2017

Headcorn Brownies raise over £1000

At the start of the year, Headcorn Brownies decided they want to do something to raise money for Cancer Research as they…

Mon 14 Aug 2017

Guides go Kwackers 4 a Night

In July, 100 Guides and 18 leaders came together for Kwackers 4 a Night at Blacklands Farm. The event offered units with…

Sun 30 Jul 2017

Allington Trefoil Guild walk the Maidstone Bridges

When the news arrived that the London Bridges Walk had been cancelled, meaning that Allington Trefoil Guild members woul…

Sat 15 Jul 2017

Paddock Wood District go stateside

Paddock Wood District enjoyed weekend away in America (commonly known as Cudham Shaws) over the last May Bank holiday we…

Sat 1 Jul 2017

8th Tonbridge Brownies Go Jurassic

The news reached us in April that dinosaurs were hiding amongst the shrubbery at this new 18 hole miniature golf course …

Wed 28 Jun 2017

Shepway Brownies and Guides enjoy a weekend away

2nd Shepway Brownies and Guides visited Hornhill Activity Centre, Milstead, near Sittingbourne for the weekend. The gir…

Sat 24 Jun 2017

Walking Adviser takes on Scafell Pike

The first time I met members of the Invicta Mountaineering Club (IMC) was at a 16hr survival first aid course in January…

Fri 9 Jun 2017

Independent Living in London for Shepway Guides

On Saturday 6th May, 4 Guides and 2 Leaders met bright and early at Maidstone East station to travel to London to the IC…

Wed 31 May 2017

Rural Malling Experiments with Science

On Saturday 13 May, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Young Leaders and Leaders joined together for a fun afternoon …

Mon 29 May 2017

8th Tonbridge Brownies at Blackland Farm

For the second week of the Easter Holidays, 15 Brownies, 3 Leaders and 3 Young Leaders from 8th Tonbridge Brownies heade…

Sun 14 May 2017

Kilometers or miles?! Kent Weald Walkers visit Devon

On Friday 10th March Kent Weald Walkers travelled to Dartmoor to have a weekend of great scenery and walking. We all …

Thu 30 Mar 2017

Paddock Wood Guides join 26,000 others for special showing of Beauty and the Beast

Guides from Paddock Wood attended an exclusive girl-only screening of the live action release of Disney’s Beauty and t…

Sat 25 Mar 2017

Loose Brownies Complete Tesco Farm to Fork Trail

2nd Loose Brownies have just returned from a special visit to Tesco. Instead of completing the weekly shop, the Brownies…

Sat 25 Mar 2017

Speldhurst Guides Winter Camp

Recently 16 of the 1st Speldhurst Guides went on a winter camp at Blacklands farm with 4 young leaders and 3 leaders…

Sun 19 Mar 2017

Old Railways and many stiles….!

Eight of us met in Goudhurst village for a crisp cold first walk of 2017 with Kent Weald Walkers. We welcomed two new wa…

Tue 17 Jan 2017

Christmas Ventures of Girlguiding Barming District

1st Barming Rainbows plans for Christmas began in September 2015 with a booking to Girlguiding's London HQ to “I Can D…

Mon 9 Jan 2017

Tonbridge Brownies gift smiles this Christmas

For the last few years as part of their unit Christmas community action, 2nd Tonbridge Brownies have chosen to visit a l…

Thu 29 Dec 2016

1st Loose Brownies make up Christmas boxes for the homeless

After a discussion with the Brownies, they asked to do something at Christmas for the people in our community. We sugges…

Sat 3 Dec 2016

Kent Weald Leaders Adventure to India

On 2 November, a group of leaders from Girlguiding Kent Weald County flew from London Heathrow to Mumbai. We drove to S…

Tue 29 Nov 2016

Kent Weald Walkers

Each month leaders can join other leaders on a social walk with Kent Weald Walkers. Saturday 12 November dawned grey …

Wed 16 Nov 2016

Maidstone Guides Visit Disneyland Paris

On Monday 24 October, 1st Loose Guides were joined by members of 8th Maidstone, Mote Rangers and 9th Watford Guides on a…

Sat 29 Oct 2016

Maidstone Guides and Senior Section Celebrate Double Victory

Two groups from Maidstone are both celebrating after winning a county competition. The groups beat over 40 other teams f…

Wed 5 Oct 2016

Region comes together for Use Your Voice

Lucy Bunting, a member of 1st Maidstone Senior Section and Young Leader at 1st Boxley Rainbows attended the region event…

Thu 15 Sep 2016

County Senior Section Trip to Mexico

Emily Edwards, a Senior Section member who took part in the County trip to Mexico had this to say about the trip: “…

Mon 5 Sep 2016

Rainbows Go Rambling

Rainbows from Girlguiding Kent Weald County enjoyed a day of outdoor activities in sunny weather in the beautiful ground…

Sun 10 Jul 2016

Brownies and Guides take on an adventure at PGL

Over 130 girls from Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells have returned home from an exhilarating weekend of activiti…

Fri 20 May 2016

Girlguiding Reunites Lenham Community

Over 50 women and girls joined together to remember their time at Lenham Guides who have been running for over 80 years.…

Mon 11 Apr 2016