Welcome to Girlguiding Norfolk's Heritage Project on-line. Have a browse around our site, and contribute to it by adding to The Forum and telling us about your visit to see us at Gressenhall Farm at the Rural Life Museum during the days we are there in August prior to and over the Bank Holiday weekend ie 20th-27th August.

Yes, once again we will be down on the farm leading up to and including during the Village at War weekend.

One of the girls has done us all proud, as well as herself. Look at her wonderful video diary, enjoy and get a feel of what it was like those fabulous ten days in August 2007.

Have you looked at the girls' own page on Bebo yet? http://www.bebo.com/1940swonders

Girlguiding Norfolk is part of Girlguiding UK, the UK's largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women. The organisation is part of a worldwide Movement that enables girls and young women, whatever their background or ability, to realise their full potential and take an active and responsible role in today's society. This is achieved through a distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities provided by 68,000 trained adult volunteer Leaders.

In Norfolk, we have just under 8500 members, including around 1000 trained adult volunteers who give their time to make guiding happen for Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers - that's the equivalent of 100 fulltime jobs!

We also have more than 700 girls on our waiting-to-join list - girls who would be eligible to join if more leaders could be found.

Rainbows join the guiding family at the age of five and their activity programme, the Rainbow Jigsaw, has four areas - Look, Learn, Laugh and Love. Brownies are a busy bunch, aged 7-10, whose Brownie Adventure gets them involved in lots of different things. The Guide section is for girls aged 10-14 and they are encouraged to Go For It! with a whole range of exciting challenges and activities, while the Senior Section covers the age range 14-25 and includes Rangers, Young Leaders and young adult leaders.

Girlguiding Norfolk has its own activity centre, Patteson Lodge, at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, which celebrates its 25th birthday in 2007. Nearby is Great Hautbois House, the Girlguiding Anglia regional training and activity centre. The house and estate were left to Anglia Guides in 1984 by the two Patteson sisters, Phillippa and Beth, who had a long and active association with the movement.

To find out more about Girlguiding Norfolk and how you can help get more girls into guiding, visit our website at www.girlguidingnorfolk.org.uk