Aisleigh Webb from Carlton received Girlguiding UK’s top accolade at a special ceremony in Scotland last week. The coveted Queen’s Guide Award was presented to Aisleigh – a member of Girlguiding Nottinghamshire – by Chief Guide Gill Slocombe, who is herself a Queen’s Guide.
More than 20 young women from around the UK joined Aisleigh at Dalmeny House near Edinburgh to receive their Queen’s Guide Awards, which see participants take the lead in developing personal skills, working within community projects and overseeing ambitious outdoor pursuits.
Aisleigh, 26, is a Guider with the 25th Nottingham (St Ann’s) Brownies and Rangers, which meet weekly at the St Ann with Emmanuel Church in the city centre. She embarked on a range of challenging activities during the course of her award programme, including raising funds to take her unit to Lorne in Northern Ireland and working with the church to send blankets to a hospital in Romania.
‘When I took my unit to Lorne, I realised how much I enjoyed travelling and working with children and young people in St Ann’s, and the experience led me to develop a career in this field.’ she says. ‘Guiding has changed my life and given me a passion for working with girls and young women in this area of Nottingham. Guiding gives these girls a voice and opens up a whole world of opportunities that otherwise may not be possible.’
