Rewarding Volunteering in 2025  Every year Girlguiding Bedfordshire county hold a rewards event with Crea tea and during the 2025 Event we recognised over 1000 years of service accrued by our fantastic volunteers.  The service accrued spanned 5 years to a truly remarkable 60 years, and we would like to acknowledge the full recipient list below  60 Years  Sue Champkins   50 Years    Jan Wright   40 Years  …

Girlguiding Celebrates  On Saturday 11th October 2025, Girlguiding hosted it’s annual Girlguiding celebrates an event held to celebrate the highest guiding awards and thank volunteers who have done amazing things.  I was lucky enough the be invited to attend to celebrate achieving my Queen’s guide award and Diane was nominated by a parent to attend for supporting her daughter…

On Saturday, 5th July, I (Gemma Pickering) was invited, along with other members from across the region, to attend Amazing Anglia. This was a regional celebration to celebrate the following awards from 2020 to 2024 · Queens Guide Award · Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award (DofE Gold) · Commonwealth Award · Young Leader Qualification (YLQ)…

On Saturday 12th April, County Commissioner, Amanda Barker had the great pleasure to attend the Silver and Gold DofE Presentation for Girlguiding Bedfordshire, with 11 young women receiving an award. These individuals have worked tirelessly to complete each requirement over the last 12 months and beyond; including volunteering activities, skill and physical sections and an…

Every year Girlguiding Bedfordshire County are proud to hold a rewards and afternoon tea event to recognise our fantastic volunteers throughout the County. Volunteers can nominate those who have made a big impact throughout their Girlguiding duties, and these are then reviewed by our Awards Committee. During the 2024 event we also recognised over 1800 years…

Our county Valuing our volunteers event on 18 November is fast approaching. Now is a great time to recognise and shout-out about how fantastic it is to be a volunteer with Girlguiding. It’s important to say thank you so all our volunteers feel valued, but if you think someone has done a great job, please…

We might have crowned His Majesty the King last month, and we have changed our Girlguiding promise to serve the King.  However, the Queen’s Guide award will remain the same in name and in purpose, as a mark of respect and as a legacy to Queen Elizabeth II’s relationship with Girlguiding. But the Queen’s Guide…