Region Team

As the head of the Region Finance and Property Committee, the Chair helps to oversee the financial planning, monitoring and reporting on behalf of the Region Executive Committee. She ensures that appropriate budgets are set across the full range of Executive responsibilities and manages financial transactions to ensure compliance with audit and Charity Commission regulations. The Committee also provides support to the various local property management groups as well as having responsibility for the Region Headquarters building.

The Region Chair of Awards is the head of the Region Awards Committee which meet twice per year to consider applications for Region and National awards. The committee is responsible for ensuring that each application meets the criteria of the award as set out by Girlguiding and Girlguiding North West England.

The Assistant Region Chair of Guiding Development is responsible for providing support to the Chair; having particular responsibility for Commissioner training.

The focus of the Region Guiding Development (Adult Support) Adviser is to coordinate all activity relating to Leader support; including Commissioner support, the Leadership Qualification, First Response, Safe Space, Trainers and Membership Systems.

The role of the Region Guiding Development (Young Member) Adviser is to coordinate all activity relating to our young members; including programme for all sections, Peer Education and events.

The Region Adventure and Challenge Advisers are responsible for coordinating all activity relating to adventure and challenge within the Region, including the outdoors, residentials and external partnerships.

The role of a First Response Adviser is to support all Leaders and units with any First Aid queries such as qualifications, forms, equipment and badges, as well as organising trainings.

The role of Region Trainer Coordinator involves supporting current Trainers in the Region through communicating new training initiatives and identifying and offering opportunities for Trainers to maintain current training standards and develop new training skills.

The Region Tutors and Prospective Trainers Coordinator ensures that Tutors and Prospective Trainers receive the support and training they require to deliver the Training Qualification.

The Region Walking Adviser is responsible for increasing awareness of walking qualifications in the Region and to ensure safe walking practices are undertaken.

The Region Water Activities Adviser’s role is to advise and support Leaders to enable girls and young members to enjoy water activities. The most important aspects of this role are to ensure all Adult Leaders are properly trained and all members are safe when enjoying water activities.

The Region Safeguarding Adviser is responsible for providing support to ensure safe guiding for all of our members.

The Region Heritage Adviser is responsible for maintaining the heritage of Girlguiding North West England, taking particular responsibility for looking after its archives.

Express! is the Region’s Youth Forum which is made up of a Chair, Vice-Chair and a County Representative from every County within the Region. Express! meets four times a year to discuss important issues affecting members of The Senior Section within the Region and come up with solutions, such as the Promise, the name and age range of The Senior Section.

The Region International Adviser supports and encourages members to take advantage of all the international opportunities available to them, such as Region trips and GOLD (Guiding Overseas Linked with Development). They also provide training opportunities and support for Leaders to encourage them to take girls, from Brownies through to Senior Section, abroad with confidence. They facilitate events and provide resources to encourage members to look at the international aspect of guiding as part of their programme and run events abroad such as the ‘Adventures in…’ trips.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Adviser offers support to County Advisers and Leaders who are supporting young members working on their DofE Award. The Adviser is supported by the Region Headquarters Team who help to register DofE groups and approve completed Bronze and Silver Awards. Region Trainings are coordinated throughout the year to encourage Leaders to become DofE Expedition Supervisors and Assessors and to help them train their girls in expedition skills.

The Arts Adviser is responsible for increasing access to the arts for all our members. They specifically offer support to members who are working towards their Arts Award.

The role of the Region Rainbow Adviser is to organise and develop Rainbow activities and identify training needs for Rainbow Leaders.

The Action for Change Lead Volunteer is responsible for supporting Action for Change within the North West Region. They work closely with members of the Region and Girlguiding to ensure that the project is a success.

The Region Membership Systems Coordinator provides support to the Region Office Team, Region Advisers and County Lead Volunteers for Membership Systems and works proactively with them on projects involving membership systems and processes.

The Guide Adviser is here to support Guide Leaders with a wide range of queries such as queries around the programme, permission, activities and qualifications etc. The role will also work with country advisors to successfully introduce the new and exciting Guiding programme; to ensure all our members get the best experience to grow on their Guiding journey.

The Region Residential Adviser is responsible for coordinating all activity relating to residentials, and encourages Leaders to take their girls away as part of their unit's programme. They provide support to members undertaking residentials.

The PR Adviser is here to coordinate and organise the PR and Communications for the Region. They support Leaders with any media queries and help promote our brand through marketing opportunities.

The Sport Adviser is key in supporting the Guiding Development Young Members Adviser and the Sports Development Worker within a wide range of tasks such as meetings, events, activities and qualifications.

The Membership Growth Lead volunteer is here to help Girlguiding grow by supporting, motivating and influencing volunteers. The role will support Counties to retain and grow their membership through supporting the development of local plans and offering the opportunities of shared learning/best practice, activities and networking.

The Brownie Adviser is here to support Brownie Leaders with a wide range of queries such as queries around the programme, permission, activities and qualifications.

The Region Peer Education Coordinator has been trained through Girlguiding's Peer Education scheme and encourages other Senior Section members to become peer educators too. The role also includes organising Peer Education training for prospective peer educators and supporting peer educators in the Region, as well as representing Girlguiding North West England's peer educators nationally.