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Hello from Karen and Sue and Happy New Year!

Sue and Karen

We hope that you have had a good Christmas and New Year and that all the food and drink have now been used up! So it’s all go until Easter, and no doubt you have plenty of challenges and activities planned for your Unit.

This year has lots of things going on in the County and South west Region,

So have a look at the new South Region Web Site –it has a very modern outlook and very easy to use. One of the forthcoming events are this years’ South West Region Road Shows. If you can get one of these, then we are sure that you will have a good time!

We are pleased that the Chocolate Mud Camp in February at Somermead is now full – so all that are going - we hope you have a great time. Don’t forget to send us some pictures of the event!

Our District and Division Commissioners will be having a training Day on 10th March and will cover a variety of topics and discussions.

The Rainbows are 25th this year so keep a look out on Patric for something happening just for them.

The Guides will be having an Outdoor Day in July 7th at Woodhouse Park more details on Patric to come out in March.

We have a new County Brownie Adviser – Mrs Judith Yeaman – who is a very experienced Brownie Guider, and is on hand for any advice needed – email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it – we wish her well in her new post, and say a huge Thank You to Kate Davis who has just finished the role.

We hope that some of you applied to go to ‘All the world’s a Stage’ in February at Filton College; this is going to be a great day with lots of activities for the girls to do with the theatre.

Wishing you a good Spring term with your girls; thank you for all you do to keep them active and happy!

Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 20:17

Hello from Karen and Sue!

We were both surprised and happy when we were asked to be Joint County Commissioners for Somerset North; this is the first time a job share has been done for the County Commissioner post, and we look forward to the next five years, and hope that you will be pleased with our plans, several of which you have suggested.

Between us we have 75 years as adult leaders, and have held various appointments, the last being Division Commissioner for Clevedon & Portishead, and County Outdoor Activity Adviser

We are both Unit Guiders, so we know what you do for your units is very important to the girls, and that a lot of time and hard work goes into planning lots of activities, and we thank you for your continued support.

We hope you are enjoying the summer break and that if you have been on Camp or Holiday that you had a great time; and if you are getting ready to go, we hope you have fun and that the weather stays fine!

Can we ask you to take photos of some of your activities and Email them to us, so we can include some in future presentations’ & publications.

Saturday 8^th October will be our next County Day and there are some great activities to do, sessions to attend, and stalls to visit!

We are looking forward to seeing you there so please come up and speak to us, as we would like to get to know as many people as possible.

Also, we’d really like to be invited to your units, and to any District events; we want to enjoy your Guiding with you!

Karen & Sue

Last Updated on Monday, 15 August 2011 20:45

Sue's last blog - May 2011

Our first County Day for 18 months on 14^th May was a great success and the start of a new era for Girlguiding Somerset North. After five wonderful years as County Commissioner I officially handed over the role to our two new Joint County Commissioners, Karen Rees and Sue Betts.

In a short ceremony I presented Karen and Sue with their new Commissioner Badges and wished them every success as they start their new adventure. Both Karen and Sue have a great deal of experience in guiding and also in their professional lives which, I am sure, will help them take the County forward.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 June 2011 19:14

Somerset North thank you

It was a pleasure to present awards and certificates to our leaders who have given many years of outstanding service at our recent Awards Evening.It was particularly good to see many Baden-Powell Guides support the event and receive congratulations from the County for their achievement. Two new Queen’s Guide Awards were presented; this is the highest award our young people can achieve.

Last Updated on Thursday, 21 April 2011 18:02

Welcome to this new feature of our web site!

Over the summer months the leaders and members of Somerset North have been enjoying amazing activities and camps celebrating the Centenary of Guiding. On a lovely sunny day in June, we all spent a wonderful day at our SNAP (Somerset North Action Packed!) event held at Ashton Court. All of our members enjoyed a great day of activities and it was lovely to see all sections from Rainbows to the Trefoil Guild, coming together to celebrate and enjoy much of what guiding has to offer.

Last Updated on Monday, 06 September 2010 17:40