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Go All In with Pongo
You may have seen that 2026 is the National Year of Reading – a year to celebrate the power of stories and the joy of reading for pleasure. In partnership with the National Literacy Trust, we want every member in our region to rediscover the magic of a good book, to find out more about what they love, and boost mental health and wellbeing by reading for pleasure!
Whether you are a Rainbow exploring your first story, a Brownie baking, a Guide learning about your favourite astronaut, or a Ranger using books for activism, this pack is designed to help you “Go All In”. Remember, reading includes audiobooks – if you’re into it, read into it! Come along and meet Pongo, our gentle orangutan friend, as he helps us explore the joy of reading. He loves stories almost as much as he loves swinging in the trees, and he can’t wait to share that excitement with all of you.
All the activities in this pack can be adjusted or adapted to work better for members’ needs and preferences; audio books are just as appropriate as reading books.
Download the pack here
Order your badges here
White Ribbon challenge
Make a difference. Start a conversation. Be part of positive change.
Our White Ribbon challenge pack gives young people the opportunity to learn about respect, equality and how we can all help create safer communities. Through a range of engaging, age-appropriate activities, participants will explore the importance of positive attitudes and behaviours, build confidence to speak up when something doesn’t feel right, and discover how small actions can make a big impact.
Created in support of White Ribbon, this challenge encourages members to think about kindness, inclusion and respect, while learning why it is important to prevent violence against women and girls.
By completing the challenge, young people will make a meaningful pledge, take part in creative activities and become advocates for positive change in their communities.
Take the challenge. Start the conversation. Help build a future where everyone feels safe, valued and respected.
Rainbows first try
England Rugby and Girlguiding Midlands have come together to inspire girls through non-contact rugby and related activities, emphasising fun, fitness and inclusion.
We know that opportunities for sport are important to girls, who can often feel limited by perceptions of which sports are ‘for girls’. And, with women’s rugby increasing in popularity with every international tournament and grassroots game, we want to inspire the rugby players and fans of the future.
100 years of friendship
Did you know that 2026 marks 100 years of World Thinking Day? 💙
To celebrate this incredible milestone, we’re inviting you to join a special day of connection and celebration from wherever you are!
Whether you take part from home with your family, as a group with your unit, or as part of a district, division or county event, you’ll be part of something truly special.
Expect a day full of:
✨ Fun challenge-style activities
🌏 Getting an insight into some of our World Centres
🕯️ A magical virtual candlelit promise renewal
No matter where you are or who you’re with, we’ll all be united as one guiding family.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there’s none showing in the badge list then unfortunately we are out of stock.
Love Rugby
We’re coming together with England Rugby to inspire girls through non-contact rugby and related activities, emphasising fun, fitness and inclusion.
This exciting partnership comes ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 in England. We want to inspire the rugby players and fans of the future, in what is sent to be a momentous year for the women’s game.
Discover the Wild
Our Discover the Wild challenge has 6 sections focused around the 7 continents that make up our world.
The activities included in our challenge pack are focused around creating crafts; both simple and a bit more advanced, virtual tours or live cams, food-based activities, some physical movement, fun games and raising environmental awareness.
2025 is our year for Discovering the Wild and we hope you will join us!
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Brownies Super Slumber
Make a den, sleep under the stars – with your unit, your friends or your family! Our super slumber is designed for everyone to be involved in – whether you’re a seasoned Brownie sleepover-er or waiting to join the adventure! You can join with 1000s of others to join this event 17/18 May or take part on a different day that suits you better.
With movie themed ideas, musical suggestions and much much more – there’s ideas for everyone in our challenge pack.
Download a low ink version of the pack here.
You’ll be able to order your badges for everyone taking part from our shop.
Rainbows Super Slumber
Make a den, sleep under the stars – with your unit, your friends or your family! Our super slumber is designed for everyone to be involved in – whether you’re a seasoned Rainbow sleepover-er or waiting to join the adventure! You can join with 1000s of others to join this event 17/18 May or take part on a different day that suits you better.
With movie themed ideas, musical suggestions and much much more – there’s ideas for everyone in our challenge pack.
Download a low ink version of the pack here.
You’ll be able to order your badges for everyone taking part from our shop.
The Azores
We are a group of 24 Guides, Rangers and leaders from Girlguiding Midlands who will be travelling to The Azores in 2025. We will be completing various activities whilst staying on São Miguel.
We have designed this activity pack together to complement our pineapple shaped trip badge. We have given suggestions for the number of activities to be completed by each section but this can be adapted to suit.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Adventure time
Get out and have an adventure!
Challenges based around task, inspire, move and explore!
- Learn a new skill…
- Be inspired by nature
- Get outside and move
- Get out and explore
Check out our suggestions for how to earn this badge.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Betty bus
Packed with ideas on how to maximise growth in your local area and ideas on how to minimise your carbon footprint and live more sustainably, our Betty bus challenge is just as relevant now as it was when Betty was touring the region.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Capture the Castle challenge
Join the fun of Capture the Castle without leaving your own unit/city. Our Capture the Castle unit challenge is open to all – and there’s a badge!
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Building Bridges Challenge
This year, Girlguiding Midlands will be giving international experiences and opportunities to all sections.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
12 ways to celebrate
Here you will find 12 weeks of reasons to keep Celebrate!-ing, for you and your guiding friends, at home or in your unit, indoors or outside.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
Smile
SMILE was a virtual event over World Thinking Day weekend in 2021.
Taking part in SMILE! During this time we would like each person to celebrate World Thinking Day in the following way;
S – Sleep somewhere different or in the style of a different country, maybe a hammock, or on the floor like in Japan
M – make music or a craft from another country
I – Imagine you are an explorer, where would you go? See if you can listen to one of our stories from people that have explored or make a poster about where you would love to go
L – Learn a dance from another country or learn about the animals around the world
E – Experience the culture of a county by trying the food or finding out about it
Finally, living our promise, do a good turn to make someone SMILE!
There were online sessions available but feel free to come up with your own creative ideas to meet the headings above.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
I am one in 10 million
To celebrate World Thinking Day 2025, this badge pack is designed by the Girlguiding Midlands international team to help all of our members understand that they belong to a global community of guiding and a community that has over 10.8 million girls and young women from all across the world.
The pack aims to introduce you to some of the different countries where Girl Guides are located throughout the world by exploring the crafts, games, food, music and activities that are inspired by those countries.
We couldn’t possibly cover every country that belongs to WAGGGS so if you need any further inspiration, please do have a look at the WAGGGS website.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
IDOT
This resource has been created through a collaboration of the Wildlife Aid Foundation and Girlguiding Midlands to support taking small actions collectively, that overall make a big impact on wildlife and our natural environment.
The Wildlife Aid Foundation (WAF) is dedicated to the rescue, care, and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned animals. Established in 1980, the charity’s veterinary wildlife hospital in Leatherhead, Surrey, deals with more than 20,000 wildlife emergencies every year. Their aim is to return every patient to the wild once they have recovered. The Foundation’s work was the focus of the popular TV series “Wildlife SOS” on Discovery’s “Animal Planet” and has now moved onto the worldwide platform of YouTube. The Founder of WAF is the environmental broadcaster and campaigner Simon Cowell MBE.
As a historic resource, badges are available subject to availability. Check our shop here – if there are no badges showing then unfortunately we are out of stock but have left the pack live so you can use the activities & ideas in it.
