World Thinking Day

Exceptional experiences for girls

World Thinking Day

Taking place in the middle of a nationwide lockdown, our Thinking Day Event 2021 was the first large scale online event for members run by Girlguiding Scotland. The event provided lots of fun and interesting sessions through a closed Facebook group, giving everyone the opportunity to comment on the activities, ask questions, share their results and, most importantly, feel like they were part of a larger community. We were joined by girls from all over Scotland as well as United States, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, and the Cayman Islands too!

The activities were suitable for all ages and needed very little equipment so that everyone could take part from home. With a broad and exciting range of topics, from dancing to laughter yoga, coding to a live forensic experience, a cook along with a chef to an author workshop, there was truly something for everyone! Every hour one of our young members hosted a live session to bring everyone together, pick out our activity highlights, and discuss what we were looking forward to. Girls also got involved by helping Moira Mckenna (our Scottish Chief Commissioner) run a live promise renewal for their sections. We were delighted to be able to provide the promises in British Sign Language, Makaton, and Gàidhlig.

With an estimated almost 2,500 participants the engagement on the day was brilliant, being able to see their reactions after so long apart made it quite an emotional experience for all.

“It’s days like this even when we are virtual we can still participate in Girlguiding events that make me proud to say #IBelong” – Theresa

“Our wee household has been really starting to struggle (no doubt like many others), so to have had this day of fun activities, well, it’s been fantastic! And life has almost seemed normal today. We’ve danced, laughed, promised, and had fun. Thank you all, so, so much.” – Heather