British Girlguiding Overseas is part of UK Girlguiding. Units are based in many parts of the world, either in UK Overseas territories or in areas where it is impossible or inappropriate for reasons such as language or culture for the girls to join the local national organisation. Members make the same promise as in the UK, follow the current programme as appropriate to their Section and wherever possible follow the policy and rules of Girlguiding.
Huge congratulations to our Chief Commissioner Diane Thomas on receiving the Silver Fish award, the highest honour in guiding. This is so very well deserved. Thank you Diane from everyone at BGO.
She writes: "I have been a member of Girlguiding since I was a Brownie aged 7, and have been a leader for more than 30 years mainly in the UK. I have been a Guide, Ranger Leader and now a Brownie Leader here in Dubai. I have been on numerous international trips including leading trips for leaders and supporting guiding in The Gambia. One of my main passions is not just to grow guiding but to make strong leadership teams and to have fun. I am delighted to be asked to represent BGO as their Region Chief and hope to carry on the amazing work that Diane has been doing."
The proposed BGO residential and camping event at Girlguiding Waddow Hall is now planned for 24 - 29 July 2022. Brownies, Guides and Rangers will have the opportunity to enjoy a packed programme of activities. There will be possibilities for our adult volunteers at Waddow. You can find out more on the Outdoor Opportunities page.
As another guiding year, and my time as BGO Chief Commissioner, draws to a close it is wonderful to write that I have once again had the opportunity to meet fantastic volunteers, girls and young women in person while continuing to meet and celebrate with others via zoom. However it's not just me who has been out and about, in June, 17 BGO volunteers went to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Pageant and…
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This meant that in March, Hazel and I were able to go to, and to be part of the training team
at the BeneLux and France County training weekend held in l’Ile de France. There were 35
volunteers at the weekend event which was brilliant. The theme of the weekend was «
reinvigoration and reconnection Girlguiding style » and on the programme was outdoor
cooking, managing mixed units, fundraising…
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Hello everyone Well what another year we have had! Some units have yoyo-ed between virtual and face to face meetings, others have only met face to face (aren’t they lucky?!) while some have remained on Zoom as country restrictions have remained at maximum levels. However, throughout it all, BGO volunteers have stayed positive and offered whatever kind of guiding experience they could to our young…
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Hello everyone I hope that you had a great summer and are ready for a great guiding year? The excellent news this September is that a growing number of BGO units are able to return
to face to face guiding around the world :) This means in depth risk assessments being
submitted to district, division or county commissioners before units can meet and everyone
getting back into the swing of meeting in…
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As I write this blog, I hope that you are all continuing to keep well. For those who have seasons, Spring is now firmly in place and it’s nice to be able to sit outside and see trees, shrubs and bulbs bursting into life and some colour coming back into the garden. Since my last blog, I’m happy to say that more units have been able to return to face to face guiding and this is so encouraging…
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Hello everyone December ended on a high - first heartfelt congratulations to Carol, our Safeguarding lead volunteer, on being awarded Guiding’s highest honour, the Silver Fish Award. It’s not often we see Carol lost for words but on the 19th December that’s what happened during the presentation via zoom. Many thanks to Girlguiding North East England for inviting Hazel and me to the presentation…
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How the world has changed since my last blog. I hope that you are all staying safe and healthy? I was disappointed to not maintain my planned visit to Singapore to meet the leaders and girls as well as sleep at the zoo with leaders and girls from Jarkarta and Malaysia due to restrictions that were put in place for Covid and little did we realise then, that restrictions and then lockdown were going…
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