Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers from across the Isle of Wight joined other Girlguiding units from around the country in taking part in Parliament Week earlier this month.
Parliament Week is an annual festival that engages people from across the UK with Parliament, explores what it means to them and empowers them to get involved.
Girlguiding IW members undertook a selection of Parliament related activities within their units.
At Wootton, the Rainbows joined with the Brownies to invite Rachel Brown, Senior Parliamentary Assistant to Bob Seely MP, to a special Parliament Week meeting. Rachel told the girls about her work at the House of Commons and explained that 2018 celebrated 100 years since the first females in the UK were allowed a vote. All the girls had plenty of questions for Rachel and all the Rainbows made ‘Votes for Women’ badges.
Guides in the Bay Area chose inspirational women connected to Parliament as a topic to study. Many chose well known Suffragettes including Emmeline Pankhurst, but others chose HM The Queen.
Members of Carisbrooke Guides learned about the Houses of Parliament, voting and the ballot box by undertaking activities, games and discussions.
Linda Stone Leader of Carisbrooke Guides said:
“We did some activities from our Parliament Week pack, we found out what we knew about Parliament, we were democratic and voted, we made sure everyone’s opinion was heard, and we had some lively discussions.”
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Parliament Week 2018 took place from 12th-18th November 2018.
