Oxfordshire

"My earliest memory was my mum who was a Brownie leader, so I remember waiting to collect her with my dad to take her home, which followed that I would end up being a Brownie too. What I love about my role is being able to share the good things we do in Girlguiding with other people and letting them know how we do it. I love encouraging leaders to give the best guiding in the county."
Sarah Cheetham, county commissioner for Girlguiding Oxfordshire

Guiding began in Oxfordshire from inception in 1910. Princess Mary visited the county many times, donning her uniform as president and both visiting and inspecting many units. The county standard was produced in 1951 – every Guider making a stitch. In 1953, the county organized a Coronation Rally jointly with the Scouts in Blenheim Palace Park and Lady Baden-Powell was there as the guest of honour. The county established fundraising in 1970 and in the mid-70s our first County HQ was opened; Jubilee House near Beckley village. Sadly the house came to the end of its useful life so the county began to fundraise again and proudly opened its replacement HQ on the same site in 2006, also called Jubilee House.