Changing the World
In September
2008, Girlguiding UK challenged all our members to take part in a
landmark community action project to kick off our Centenary
celebrations… and almost 300,000 members rose to the challenge,
raising over £850,000 for charity in just one year! But it
wasn’t all only raising money; the Changing the World project
focused on activities that raised awareness of some important
issues that affect us all and provided our young members with the
opportunity to take part directly in some community action
tasks
Girlguiding UK teamed up with well-respected
partner organisations - 18 charities and our Girlguiding UK Branch
Associations - to create 19 unique projects for girls and young
women to take part in.
We recorded all our members’ actions to show
that little things make a big difference including:
- raising over £130,000 to enable WaterAid to take 8,681 people
out of water poverty in Nepal.
- sending 26,400 books to Africa with Book Aid
International.
- working with the Woodland Trust to plant over
56,000 trees across the UK
- This truly proves GIRLS + ACTION =
CHANGE.
Helen Humphreys, Lead
Volunteer for Changing the World was thrilled at the success of the
project: 'Girlguiding UK: Changing the World was a chance for girls
and young women to choose the issues that matter to them most and
act to make a real difference. Not only do they know more about our
charity partners and the issues that they tackle, they have also
through their actions and fundraising made a difference to many
young people and their families in the UK and across the
world.'
You can view the full
results of our Changing the World project here, which were
announced by former guiding member, Pixie Lott, at Girlguiding UK’s
Centenary Big Gig in October 2009.