Rangers year in review

We asked our fabulous Ranger leaders to give us a recap of their unit's year.    Have a look below to find out what their best bits of the year were. 

Forres Rangers

Over the past year Forres Rangers have been super busy doing lots of fun activities. A big highlight was our trip to Kent international Jamboree. We had a day trip to London, we went to a music concert, plus a silent disco. We were also acquainted with so many people and that came with a bunch of new friends! Next up was a trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. Girlguiding took over the park for the entire day!! There were headbands, dinosaurs, food, doughnuts, pedalos, parks and of course ANIMALS!!!! 3 of us even became #famous!!! on the Girlguiding Scotland socials. A few of us were applying for jobs, so as one would, we spent an evening creating CVs using' Barclays Lifeskills' as a useful source to help make these. Then there was the Christmas camp! Which was an amazing experience, for every one of us, as it was the perfect way to celebrate Christmas with one another. We decorated Christmas cupcakes, watched a movie, painted our nails (Christmas themes of course), and played just dance. In March we went to the town hall and listened to the witches’ stories. It was an experience that we will never forget... as it was utterly horrifyingly interesting. Some other activities to round us off are cooking on trangias, creme egg decorating, marble runs, creating our VERY OWN BAND!! And we called the band 'The Speedways'. A sandcastle building competition on the beach when it was too hot to stay in our usual accommodation. And who could forget the night that we ate almost 12,000 chips. We rounded off the year with a cookout at Broom of Moy with 1st Forres Guides. We had great fun cooking our own sausages and burgers, they were super yummy, not one of us got food poisoning! Luck was on our side and so was fun! The sun shone in our eyes it was wonderful, just lying there in the sun while eating delicious burgers and sausage rolls and it was the BEST way to end the year.

Elgin Landward Rangers

This year has seen 4 of our Gold Duke of Edinburgh participants undertake their residential experience. Gemma and Abigail volunteered at a Single Parent festival near Dundee. Lucy worked at Camp America using the skills she learnt on her sailing expedition last summer to teach small craft water sports. Jenna’s residential was an outdoor activities experience at Girlguiding’s Glenbrook outdoor centre. This was the final section for these 4 Rangers, and we are looking forward to their award presentations next year. 6 Bronze awards were completed in 2022/23 by Erin, Georgia, Katie, Lauren, Madison and Tia, with 3 silver Awards completed during the year by Gemma, Georgia and Phoenix. There are 6 others who are working on their silver award andanother 4 working on their Gold Award. We also had two of our Rangers, Lucy and Charlottecomplete their Young Leaders awards.

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