Girlguiding Midlands
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Girlguiding Midlands is one of the nine Regions and Countries of Girlguiding UK
. The Midland Region HQ is on Lower Church Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
. The Chief Commissioner is currently (2008) Lesley Knighton.
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Girlguiding UK
Girlguiding UK is the national Guiding organisation of the United Kingdom. Guiding began in the UK in 1910 after Robert Baden-Powell asked his sister Agnes to start a group especially for girls that would be run along similar lines to Scouting for Boys. The Guide Association was a founder member of...
. The Midland Region HQ is on Lower Church Street in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, — Zouch being pronounced "Zoosh" — often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest. It is twinned with Pithiviers in north-central France....
. The Chief Commissioner is currently (2008) Lesley Knighton.
Counties
Girlguiding Midlands is subdivided into 11 Girlguiding UK Counties. These may not all correspond to the counties defined by the British governmentCounties of the United Kingdom
The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation. By the Middle Ages counties had become established as a unit of local government, at least in England. By the early 17th century all...
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- Birmingham
- Derbyshire
- Herefordshire
- Leicestershire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottinghamshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Warwickshire
- West Mercia
- Worcestershire
See also
- Scouting in East MidlandsScouting in East MidlandsScouting in East Midlands is about Scouting in the official region of East Midlands. It is largely represented by the Scout Association of the United Kingdom and some Groups of traditional Scouting including the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association....
- Scouting in West MidlandsScouting in West MidlandsScouting in West Midlands is about Scouting in the official region of West Midlands. It is largely represented by the Scout Association of the United Kingdom and some Groups of traditional Scouting including the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association...
- The Scout AssociationThe Scout AssociationThe Scout Association is the World Organization of the Scout Movement recognised Scouting association in the United Kingdom. Scouting began in 1907 through the efforts of Robert Baden-Powell. The Scout Association was formed under its previous name, The Boy Scout Association, in 1910 by the grant...