Everyone in the Girlguiding Birmingham team is experienced and here to help...
Our County Team are available to give information and advice about their own area of expertise.
Our President and County commissioners
Sarah Trinder
County President
County President since 2019, Sarah is a former Birmingham County Commissioner. She received her Laurel Award in 2021.
Janice Price
County Commissioner
Janice has been our county commissioner since October 2022, she is also a guide leader, trainer and an active member of Trefoil Guild.
Anne McGibbon
Assistant County Commissioner
As well as the Birmingham ACC, Anne is a guide leader in Edgbaston and county LDP mentor.
Linda Bateman
County Properties Manager
As well a being our Properties Manager, Linda, a former County commissioner, also manages our shop at Trefoil House.
Our County Teams
Adventure
Our Adventure Team, led by Tamsin organise camps and camp skills activity days for girls of all sections. If you would like to get involved with the team, either on a one-off or more permanent basis, please do email us – we are always looking for help!
Archives
If you want to find out more about the history of Girlguiding in Birmingham, or visit/view our county archives, contact us.
Arts
The Arts team run activity days twice a year for girls when they take over the whole of Trefoil House. They also organise very popular craft days for leaders. You can find some of their ideas for crafts/art to do with your unit in our Resources for download section.
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Our County D of E team, led by our Adviser Frances James, helps girls achieve all levels of their D of E. Send us a message and we can let you know how to sign up.
Going Away With
The Going Away With scheme is open to members who have completed the leadership qualification and currently hold an active role as a leader, commissioner or adviser. The first four modules equip leaders with the Going Away With licence. This qualifies you to take girls away overnight or for two nights or more if programme, catering and facilities are already provided. Once you have the basic licence, you can pick up additional modules depending on the responsibility you will have during a residential event. You will only ever need these additional modules if you are going away for two nights or more or going abroad. If you’re interested in starting the Going Away With qualification, you can read through the requirements here. If you’re not sure and would like a chat to find out more, please speak to your Commissioner or contact the office.
Queen’s Guide
The Queen’s Guide award is the highest award you can work towards in guiding. It gives you the chance to develop your skills, give back to guiding and support your local community. It’s open to members aged 16 to 30 and must be completed within 3 years from the start date or before your 31st birthday, whichever is sooner. Sarah, our County Queen’s Guide Coordinator can help you get started, advise on finding challenges and activities and help you coordinate your QGA with other activities that you might be taking part in (such as your Gold D of E). If you are a leader and a girl in your unit is interested in starting her QG, please email and we can help.
Training
Our county training team, with help from our region trainers, can provide all your training needs. Contact us if you need training in your division and we will try to help. We organise First Response trainings at Trefoil House every 2 months and a variety of other trainings including Unit Accounts trainings and specialist trainings for LDP mentors. If there is any training you need, do contact us and we will see what we can arrange.
Walking
Emma Cooper is our County Walking Adviser. She organises our popular social walks several times a year and she is also on hand to guide leaders through their walking qualifications and encourage units of all sections to get their girls walking!