30th Belfast Brownies Unit - Willowfield

20/05/2025

It was goodbyes all round tonight - to Chloe and Heidi moving up to Guides, to Pauline who has been a leader since 2021 and finally, I said goodbye to everyone. It seemed fitting that we had a mad hatters party to end my time and because crazy people like me are often called "balloons " we had lots of balloon games!

And our newest Brownies made their promise too!

20/05/2025

Brownies finishes up for summer tonight with our very own Mad Hatter Party!

Chloe and Heidi will be moving on to Guides while our newest recruits will be making their promise.

Michelle and Pauline will also be saying goodbye as we hand over the leadership reins to Susan and Ruth.

25/03/2025

With Me moving on, we really need some new leaders to keep our Brownies running in the future. They are an amazing group of girls and there are many personal rewards that come from volunteering with girlguiding, including the leadership qualification which has great transferable skills including first aid, child protection and budgeting training.

If you may be able to help please get in touch with me or fill in the linked form. You could also pass the information on if you know someone who would be perfect or, we would really appreciate everyone praying that the right person or people can be found.

Join as a volunteer or find out more about what to expect from volunteering for us

25/03/2025

Following on from the Rosie the Cow project (still on display near Superdrug in Forestside for those who haven't seen her in all her glory yet!) Rainbows and Brownies have been finding out more about the wonderful work Marie Curie do. They took turns dressing up as fundraisers a couple of weeks ago!

01/03/2025

Look out for Rosie the cow if you find yourself in Forestside over the coming weeks. Rainbows, Brownies and Guides worked together to decorate Rosie to raise funds for Marie Curie having been inspired by Imogen who focused on the charity for her Brownies Charities interest badge.

Lots of fun was had by all the girls getting Rosie ready for her star performance.

04/02/2025

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you all know that after 11 years with Willowfield Brownies I've made the difficult decision to step down. I want to just take a minute to thank you all for letting me be part of your girls lives, they all hold a very special place in my heart and I will miss them all terribly but its time for me to move on. I'll be around for a little while longer in a low key supporting roll while we sort all the admin and switch over, but and will be handling all the queries and planning from now on.

I've spent this afternoon taking a little walk down memory lane so here's a wee video of my favourite activities, big events and lots of the beautiful faces I'm honoured to spent time with during my stint as Brown Owl.

11/12/2024

11/12/2024

There were some odd shapes thrown as our Brownies did the Limbo at our Hawiian Lū'au last night. They were rewarded with a visit from the big man himself - Kanakaloka (that's the Hawiian Santa Claus!)

Merry Christmas to all our Brownies and their families. See you all in January!

28/11/2024

Our Brownies have been very productive in recent weeks preparing for our fundraiser at the indoor bootsale on Saturday and the decorations for our tree in the Christmas Tree Festival next week. Come along to both to see their hard work and help support them.

24/11/2024

Rainbows, Brownies and Guides will be attending the Willowfield Indoor Boot Sale on Saturday 30th November to raise vital funds to help us continue empowering the girls in our unit.

Please come along and support us. There will be S'mores, gifts and more available.

05/11/2024

It was all a bit "tents" at Brownies tonight (sorry!)

Brownies have now completed the Camping Skill Builder level 2! Great work girls!