July 2019 blogging memo

Welcome to your latest blogging memo.

Although we'll still be posting blogs over the summer holidays, your next blogging memo will be at the start of September.

Know someone else who wants to receive this memo? Just let us know and we can add them to the list.

What do we need from you?

If you have an idea for a blog post, we want to hear it.

As the summer term comes to a close we want to know what you've been up to! Let us know what outdoor activities you've taken part in and what else you've gotten up to this term by emailing us at digital@girlguidinglaser.org.uk. We might be able to feature it in an upcoming blog post!

Throughout the summer and into next term we still want to focus on the new programme, and how units have been working on it. We'd love to hear from you about how you've been carrying out the new activities in your units. Have any of your members completed any badges yet?

We hope that last month you saw our first post in our new series looking at Flexible Volunteering. If you've got an example to share please do get in touch at digital@girlguidinglaser.org.uk. We really want to be able to shout about the great ways our units are run, and how there's opportunities for everyone to volunteer if they wish.

We always want to cover everything that guiding has to offer, so whatever you're doing or wherever you're going - we want to hear from you!

What have we been blogging about?

Over the last few weeks we've had some great blogs posted.

  • Sophie has written another fascinating post about feminism and women's rights, looking at how equal rights evolved over the twentieth century.
  • We've got Laura's second blog post detailing her adventures in beekeeping!
  • Izzy, Chair of The Hive, has written about The Hive's Buzzing About Wildflowers mobile photography pack.
  • Sophie has written an important post about celebrities who are challenging the stigma of mental health.
  • Izzy's pulled together a really useful post on applying for grant funding.

You can read these blog posts on the news page on the LaSER website, along with updates from The Hive.

What's next?

Our blog posts cover a variety of topics ranging from what our members are getting up to in meetings, Girlguiding initiatives and opportunities, and important issues.

Blog themes and up-and-coming ideas include:

  • New programme experiences - as above, please let us know if you have any thoughts on this.
  • The Police Challenge – have your members completed Girlguiding’s new activity pack developed in partnership with the Met Police? We want to hear about how they got on! If the girls can write it, even better.
  • The Macmillan Challenge – what have your unit done to help us raise money to support the life-changing work of Macmillan Cancer Support?
  • We know a few units have undertaken some fundraising over the last few weeks - why not write a blog post about what you've been up to?
  • Are you going on a camp or trip over the summer holidays? Let us know as we'd love to feature it!

We want to shout about the great work each of our units are doing, and want to feature different units showing what they've been up to. If your unit would like to be featured in an upcoming blog post let us know at digital@girlguidinglaser.org.uk.

If you've got any other ideas for a blog, or if you already have something drafted, please drop us a line.

Similarly, if you know of anyone else guiding in LaSER who you think would like to be involved in blogging then please do send them our details!

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