On the 4 & 5 October 2025, Girlguiding North West England will take over Great Tower, Newby Bridge, Cumbria LA23 3PQ for an action-packed event Adventures… By The Mountains for International Day of the Girl ⛰️🚶♀️🦊🪱 This event is open to all sections across the region.
This event will begin at 10am and finish at 4pm each day.
As this is an adventure site, the activities available will be quite physically demanding, with a range of activities including raft building, Jacobs Ladder, archery, tomahawk, as well as a range of crafts, bush craft skills and much more.
You will be provided with a full list of activities in advance of the day as we will be operating a Queue and Do system.
As this is a unit event, young members will need to attend with their leaders. You will also need to wear uniform. Please remember to follow adult/child ratios for this event.
Tickets cost £10 for Young Members and are free for Leaders.
You will need to bring lunch and enough drinks with you to last the day. There are taps across the site for refilling water bottles throughout the day.
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER – SOLD OUT
SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER – TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
To book your place and for more information click here!
We are also looking for volunteers to help us run our International Day of the Girl event! If you would like to volunteer please fill out our google form here!
This event is non-refundable and has been designed with weather contingencies in mind. Activities may be adjusted or rescheduled to ensure safety.
For more information or if you have any questions, please see our Adventures… by the Mountains 2025 FAQs
Young Leader Sleepover September 10, 2025Join us for our latest young leader social event, a young leader sleepover!💤🌟🍿🍕
This sleepover is a great opportunity to meet peers across the North West and find out more about the opportunities available to you, as a young leader, in Girlguiding North West England. This event includes:
⏰ Friday 7 November 7:00pm – Saturday 8 November 10:30am
📍 Girlguiding North West England, region HQ, Guiding Road, Preston, PR2 5PD
To book your place, please click here
All member call September 3, 2025Join our Chief Commissioner Rona Rommel and Deputy Chief Commissioner, Tracey Johnson for an all member call!✨🎅🎄🎁
To celebrate our amazing members and volunteers and what a wonderful year we have had at Girlguiding North West England, we are holding an all member call for everyone in the North West region. You will be able to come along and celebrate all the fantastic things we have achieved this year and hear about some of the exciting opportunities for you to look forward to in the New Year🎆
The call will be held virtually on Thursday 11 December, 7:30pm – 8:00pm
We would love to celebrate with as many of you as possible, so if you’re interested in attending our all member call, please register your interest by clicking here
We are so proud of our region and we can’t wait to see you there!💚
Voyage Under The Stars July 15, 2025Save the date and join us and other members of Girlguiding, for a virtual voyage under the stars to celebrate World Thinking Day!
Open to all members of Girlguiding, not just North West!👩👧👦🤗
🗓️💻This is a virtual event and will be held on 21-22 February 2026! So… SAVE THE DATE.
World Thinking Day is a day of international friendship and an opportunity to celebrate everything Girlguiding, and what better way to do this than this! Join us individually in the comfort of your own home or find a suitable venue and join us as a unit for a magical night. It’s time to start planning! Be part of something extraordinary. The cost will be £6pp and will include your very own event badge.
All profits will support the Girlguiding British Overseas Territories!
Expression of interest for Voyage Under the Stars is now OPEN! If you are considering or planning to attend the event, then we’d really appreciate it if you could fill in our online form, please click here
We’ll provide more information and open for bookings in September.
It could be record-breaking! Stay tuned for more!🌍💙
The Future is Us September 8, 2025⭐Join us for an unforgettable day at the 2026 ‘The Future is Us’ Youth Conference⭐
Designed as a response to the annual Girls Attitude Survey, this day will focus on the issues that you are passionate about. This includes sessions that will focus on climate change, cost-of-living crises, looking to a more equal future, and much, much more.
This conference brings together inspiring speakers, interactive and creative workshops, and opportunities to foster lasting friendships and build valuable networks. Whether you’re passionate about leadership, mental health, or simply discovering your voice, this space is for you.
Bookings for this event will be open soon. We can’t wait to see you there!
⏰Saturday 7 March 2026
📍Liverpool Friends Meeting House
Please note this event is for members aged 14-25
Girlguiding North West England Annual Promise Day September 4, 2025Our badge design competition for our Girlguiding North West England Annual Day ended in July, and we’ve been working with our Winner on finalising the design! Beth from 6th Chorlton Brownies in Manchester won with her fabulous idea of a ‘Promise Day,’ all about being kind. Her ideas fit with the guiding promise, and we adapted from there! A huge congratulations to Beth and everyone else who entered it was another successful competition with so many ideas to choose from.
With that being said, we are holding our Annual Promise Day on Tuesday, 12 May 2026!
This will be a virtual mass promise for all members to partake in at 6:30 pm and we cannot wait to all make our guiding promise together!
You will be able to purchase the badge from our shop very soon! Stay tuned…
Cityscapes Adventure May 27, 2025This is a national announcement, Girlguiding are hosting a takeover in 5 cities in 2026!😲🏙️
We have a North West volunteer team planning the event for Manchester, and we can’t wait to share with you all the amazing opportunities that will be available. We’re excited to announce that tickets are open for Cityscapes Adventure!
This urban scavenger hunt will take place in 5 cities across the UK – Glasgow, Cardiff, Portsmouth, York and Manchester – on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March 2026. The wide game event will cost £10 and be open to all Girlguiding members from Rainbows to Rangers, and leaders as well!
There’ll be more information to come on the outline of the event, but we can’t wait for a Girlguiding takeover of these fantastic cities. Book your tickets here
Operation: Safari Conservation August 21, 2025In partnership with Knowsley Safari Park, why not take part in our event on Saturday 16 May or Sunday 17 May, 2026!
A jam-packed day full of activities, Q&A sessions, talks with the keepers, bug walks, safari on foot and car, plus a day to remember and take on Operation: Safari Conservation, and earn your conservation badge!
Price of tickets for the event
£25.00 young member – The price includes general admission, foot safari, vehicle safari entrance, amusement rides and a new Girlguiding North West England Conservation challenge badge
£13.00 adult – The price includes general admission, foot safari, vehicle safari entrance, accompanying children on rides if needed and a new Girlguiding North West England Conservation challenge badge
If members of Girlguiding North West England require to use the Baboon Bus, then each member will need to pay an additional fee of £7 to use this service. If members have access to their own vehicle (car, minibus, coach), then they won’t need to pay this fee.
You won’t need to do this until our tickets go on sale. But you will need to book the baboon bus directly with Knowsley Safari at https://www.knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk/our-safari/baboon-bus (please note that tickets for the Baboon Bus are limited).
Expression of interest is now open. If you are considering or planning to attend the event, then we’d really appreciate it if you could fill in our online form, click here