Park In The Dark

Posted by Martin Wynn

Park in the dark 2 – Benthall Hall

Join us at Benthall Hall for another exciting Park in the dark event. Work as a team to complete the clues and help Enola Holmes solve the mystery of Benthall Hall, and all in the dark! 

This event is for Guides aged 12+ (year 8 and above), Rangers and Young leaders. (Depending on take up we may, if numbers permit open up to year 7 12 year olds nearer the time). 

Please ensure that you have sufficient adult volunteers attending to meet ratios. 

Location: Benthall Hall National Trust, The Avenue, Benthall, Shropshire TF12 5RX. The event will be held in the grounds and park land. 

Date: Saturday 7th November 2026

Time: Staggered arrivals and departures between 4.00 and 7.00 pm.

Cost: £7.00 per young member (volunteers are free at this event)

Booking form link. Bookings open Tuesday 1st Sept. 

 Park in the dark 2 – Benthall Hall, 7th November 2026 – Fill in form

Bookings close Friday 16th October. 

Payments to be made in full by Friday 23rd October please.

Silver DofE Practice Hike

Posted by Martin Wynn

Over the May Day weekend 4 Rangers from North Shrewsbury Rangers undertook a Silver DofE 3 day practice expedition in the Shropshire Hills on the hottest days of the year so far. Their hike took them over and around the Long Mynd, camping overnight at 2 different camp sites in the wooded valleys.

Superviser Jeanette said “The Rangers were amazing, they navigated well, worked as a team, looked after each other, kept to time , well we actually told them to slow down due to the heat, wet neckers were worn in a variety of ways to keep the sun off.”

Park In The Dark

Posted by Martin Wynn

On the 31st of January, 101 Guides, Rangers and Young Leaders went on a quest to find King Arthur’s sword.

Hosted by Hawkstone Park Follies, our young members bravely travelled by foot on a trail through the monuments, forests, over bridges and up and down many steps and all in the dark!. The sword was found and the treasure won!

Ready for an adventure? Join Girlguiding-we help all girls know they can do anything!

ELEMENTS CAMP

Posted by Martin Wynn

27th July to 31st July 2024 The Girlguiding Shropshire County Camp took place on the Newport Showground. 356 girls and leaders had a fantastic time taking part in a variety of activities including canoeing, climbing, team challenges and archery. They were joined on the Sunday by 200 Brownie and Rainbow visitors who also took part in the fun. The evenings had camp fires, silent discos and films. All of the girls said it was the best camp ever helped by some amazing weather.

Fantastic Festivities

Posted by Martin Wynn

We started the new year with a sleepover for our 14+ members based on celebrating festivities around the world. From cooking an Indian themed meal to making traditional Christmas decorations and Mexican crafts, a fun time was had by all.

Welcome to our new peer educators.

Posted by Martin Wynn

Congratulations to 7 of our young members who completed their Peer Education training this weekend! (24/25 Jan) Peer educators are 14–25-year-olds who help Brownies, Guides and Rangers explore important topics. As young people, they use their own experience to bring the subject to life. Peer educators run safe, fun and challenging sessions which are developed with expert partners.

Longford Campfire

Posted by Martin Wynn

Girlguiding Longford district had a bonfire at Neville’s Field in Edgmond, with campfire singing led by the Trefoil Guild – around 75 girls spending time together in the great outdoors!

Volunteering in Serbia (9-19/8/2023)

Posted by Martin Wynn

After a year of planning including two weekends and three days getting to know each other, our Midland Region group of 16 Rangers and 4 Leaders, with one Ranger and one Leader from Shropshire, set off on the flight from Heathrow to Belgrade where we were met by volunteers from the EcoCentre, Sremski Karlovski and taken by coach to the Centre (about an hour’s travel) where we stayed for our adventure.

We volunteered at the Nature Reserve 15minutes walk from the EcoCentre, on the banks of the River Danube, where we helped sanding and painting the picnic benches, open sided classroom and the bridge which a previous group had built. While one half of the group were busy with this, the rest of us moved the logs, branches and twigs which had fallen during a recent horrific storm….we loaded them onto a trailer and the tractor driver took them off site to be used locally. The following day the groups swopped over so everyone had a turn with both activities. We even made it into the Regional Newspaper!

This was the daily morning routine (we started early as temperatures reached 34degrees C some days.) Then in the afternoons and evenings we had a variety of activities including a visit to the Bee Keeping Museum, a walk up Mount Fuska Gora, time exploring Belgrade, Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovski, we learnt how to make Kuglof cake, had an International evening and a Board Games night with local volunteers.

It was an amazing adventure, with new friendships made, opportunities taken, and challenges overcome. Thank you to all who made it possible, all the people we met who made this so memorable, Concordia (the travel Company) and to Midland Region for allowing the trip to go ahead.

Look out for the next local, national and International opportunities and sign up for your own adventure – anything is possible.

Pontesbury Guides and Rangers Had Fun

Posted by Martin Wynn

1st Pontesbury Guides and Rangers have had a wonderful summer camp at Blackwell Adventure!

They did so many activities and pushed their own limits, Zip wires, raft building, night line and 3G swing just to name a few. The girls had the most wonderful time and didn’t want to come home

Shropshire Way – Presentation

Posted by Martin Wynn

We enjoyed a lovely walk along part of the Shropshire Way in Shrewsbury with trustees of the Shropshire Way Association(SWA) in February 2023 to celebrate our completion of the 200-mile Shropshire Way Challenge as a County. 

Jo Revell (county walking adviser) was presented with a framed certificate for Shropshire Girl Guiding and an A2 map poster of the route by Audrey Menhinick, Chair of SWA. We presented the four Shropshire Way trustees who attended the walk with a Shropshire Way badge each.

Shropshire Guiding recorded 112 different walks, and covered 513 miles or 2257 Guiding miles (i.e. the total mileage done collectively by all participants). We started the Challenge in February 2020 but this was extended from one year to three due to the pandemic. Overall, more than 116 members (10 from outside the County) have taken part, including 22 Brownie Guides, 29 Ranger Guides and 65 adult leaders.

There are still a few Shropshire Way badges available from Marion Wynn if you haven’t claimed yours yet.

The walking has been so enjoyable that a core group of volunteers are walking about twice per month, calling themselves the Shamblers. Any member of Girlguiding Shropshire is welcome to join any of the walks – contact Jo Revell for details jorevell1@icloud.com or 07834673204.

The next walking challenge is circular walks of any length to appeal to the variety of ages and abilities. This challenge is part of the Shropshire Circles Challenge. If you need help to work out a route for your unit just contact Jo Revell for help.