Girlguiding North West England is delighted to announce that it has received a grant from The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award’s (DofE) Diamond fund to enable members to achieve the prestigious award.

Charlotte, 16, Warrington Rangers, offers an insight into what inspires her to get involved in politics and how her day with Baroness Jenkins lived up to her expectation.

Jessica Walmsley shares her shadowing experience at the House of Lords

Comfort bags: The small act of kindness making a big impact How the Comfort Bag Scheme went from 0 to 10,000 in just three years.

Julie Walton will begin her role as Region Chief Commissioner in March 2019.

A huge well-done and a congratulations is in order for the four inspiring young women who received their Queen's Guides Award over the weekend.

For National Poetry Day 2018, we are celebrating what GirlguidingNWE means to our members, by inviting them to share their exciting Girlguiding journey through artful poetry.

Top tips on how to find your ideal career

Following Lauren's experience at Camp CEO

We are looking for members of the Senior Section, ages 14-18 years, to be part of our brand new sports social action project, Motivate, sports social action through guiding!

We’re extremely proud to announce that our Region Chief Commissioner, Julie Bell, has been appointed as Deputy Chief Guide with effect from 1 August 2018. We’re sad to see her go but equally excited to see her fuel her spirited commitment to Girlguiding on a national scale.

We are very proud that Julie Bell, our Region Chief Commissioner has been appointed as Deputy Chief Guide with effect from 1 August 2018.

We're celebrating our volunteers and hope you will join us!

Thousands of Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section members and their leaders joined us for the ultimate sporting event - Energise

We're excited to introduce you to our newest Region Ambassador

A Brownie leader from Darwen has been selected to join thousands of runners at the start line of the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon as part of the Girlguiding UK team, on Sunday 22 April.

Hannah Sanderson, a 19-year-old leader from Girlguiding Lancashire North West County, has recently returned from the UN Commission on the Status of Women Conference in New York.

Have your say on plans for the future of Girlguiding by representing your Country or Region on the Council

Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from Stockport and Cheshire Border County made the exciting journey down to London to join 700 children and young people from across the UK in celebration of Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey.

We are looking for members of the Senior Section, ages 14-18 years, to be part of our brand new sports social action project, Motivate, sports social action through guiding!

Check out Abi's blog all about the Peer Education Training, and how excited she is to become a Peer Educator!

Girlguiding members show the true spirit of Christmas through social action!

Check out Charlotte and Gemma's blog all about our UK Parliament Week Resource, to find out how it was put together and what their unit’s got up to!

This year we're supporting Rock FM's 'Mission Christmas' project which provides disadvantaged children with Christmas presents.

Coming soon - our 2017 #ChristmasCountdown!

Well done to our Queen's Guide Awardees!

We've received funding to help young people make a difference in their community through sport and social action.

We're currently looking for new representatives for Express! our Region Youth Forum.

As the UK's leading charity for girls and young women, Girlguiding have been asking girls what they think every year since 2009 through our Girls' Attitudes Survey. They collect the views of over 1,600 girls and young women aged 7 to 21 across the UK on a wide range of issues affecting their lives.

Members from all over the North West joined us at Manchester’s Pride festival, a celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT*) community.

To celebrate Volunteers' Week, an annual event that takes place in the first week of June, we asked all of our members to nominate their Guiding Idols - the volunteers they felt have been inspirational role models to them.

Hundreds of Rainbows from all over the North West of England travelled to the ACC Arena in Liverpool for a unique event called Razaam.

A Stockport volunteer has been recognised in The Queen’s Birthday Honours for her commitment to supporting young people in her volunteering with Girlguiding and Stockport Action for Voluntary Youth.

Ashleigh Boden, a Rainbow and Brownie Leader from Girlguiding Wirral County has gone the extra-mile for Claire House Children's Hopsice by undertaking a sponsered skydive.

Read all about one of our amazing members; Amy and how she has helped others.

We're excited to introduce you to our new Region President

Just before the General Election earlier this year, 5th Windermere Brownies, a group with 24 girls, have just held their very own election.

Over 200 girls and young women from Girlguiding Moss Edge Division near Warrington, Poynton and Rye have just returned from the ultimate sleepover in the historic Victoria Baths in Manchester.

In March 2017 the Lead Volunteers for Girlguiding North West England came together to celebrate the Region's achievements, and to collaborate on future plans.

Amy Dunn from Stockport shares the positive impact joining Rainbows has had on the life of her six-year-old daughter Ella.

As part of our celebrations for International Women's Day, we've launched our brand new engineering challenge badge - Clever Cogs. Check out our brand new challenge, and find out what some of youngest members thought of it.

Check out the full report from our World Thinking Day parties!

Read all about our most recent Region President's Awardee, who has gone above and beyond to help other people.

Check out all the amazing things we got up to in 2016 in our annual review video

Suzie, our Region President has awarded the very first Region President Award

Members of 206th Liverpool Senior Section were presented with an esteemed award by His Royal Highness (HRH) Prince Charles at the Youth United Social Action Awards at Buckingham Palace last week.

Read all about the fantastic challenges our members have completed through their DofE Diamond Challenge

Help us spread the word about the fantastic experiences that you and your units have with Girlguiding.

Over 9,000 Girlguiding members have taken part in our Beatrix Potter 150th Anniversary Challenge. See the winning entries here.

Find out all about Girlguiding Greater Manchester West's initiative to help those in hospitals

Bag yourself a bargain with our Christmas Merchandise

Over 1000 girls and young women celebrated International Day of The Girl by taking part in an unforgettable day of science at Elements.

Senior Section members from across the North West came together in Liverpool to celebrate 100 years of The Senior Section at a unique event called LiveItUp!

Girlguiding North West England has a comprehensive team of volunteers who ensure the work of the charity is undertaken. Our Region Vice Presidents act as ambassadors for our Region.

Read all about our most recent international adventure

Are you undertaking your Queen’s Guide or Look Wider award? Are you a Leader or Adviser of girls undertaking such awards?

We’re looking for a team of volunteers to work at our Region shop in Preston. Can you help?

Together with their Leaders, over 400 girls from across the North West joined us for the ultimate outdoor challenge!

Nearly 100 girls from all over the Region came together to celebrate 100 years of Girlguiding’s Senior Section.

To try and make things a little easier for you, we have produced a ‘Branding Made Simple’ guide which covers all the basics of the Girlguiding branding!

The Region Chief Commissioner’s Award is for members of Girlguiding North West England who have displayed enthusiasm, abilities or qualities that make her stand out as an Ambassador for the Region. Find out which inspirational members have been awarded this prestigious award here.

In addition to the fantastic awards offered by Girlguiding North West England, there are a number of external awards. We encourage members to nominate others for these awards, which are offered by HM Government and local authorities.