How Trefoil Guilds are Changing the World

Banstead Guild Changing the World with Woodland Trust

Guild Chairman with Town Crier

Below are snippets of how Trefoil Guilds across the country are Changing the World. For the full story click on the report at the end of this article

ANGLIA - HARLOW Trefoil Guild, Essex West County, knitted 400 hats and raised $50 at a coffee morning for Save the Children. LONDON & SOUTH EAST - BANSTEAD Trefoil Guild Held a Caribbean lunch with steel band in April. Earlier they collected over 150,000 Christmas cards for recycling the Woodland Trust. WALLINGTON Trefoil Guild, Greater London West, filled two cars with carrier bags unwanted books, videos, CDs, clothes and ornaments for the local Save the Children shop. MID KENT Trefoil Guild collected in excess of 30,000 Christmas cards on behalf of the Woodland Trust.

NORTH EAST - CHESTER- LE- STREET GUILD, Durham South, joined with their Division Guides to support Island Café Anguilla. TODMORDEN Trefoil Guild, West Yorkshire West County, decided to support the Help the Hospice challenge in Changing the World. They raised over £300 which will be shared between two local Hospices, Overgate and the Forget-me-Not-Trust NORTH WEST - One of BURNAGE Guild’s members is hearing impaired and brings her hearing dog to the meeting so they took part in Hand’s Up! WIRRAL COUNTY Trefoil held a "Sing for Water Aid" afternoon at our campsite Hadlow Fields. GOOSTREY had a 'Sing for Change' sponsored event for Water Aid. JODRELL Guild raised £200 at Goostrey Rose Day for UBUNTU project – Book Aid.

SOUTH WEST ENGLAND - YEOVIL, Somerset, held a Big Breakfast in February and made £1,040 profit. TORQUAY Guild held a very successful Barn Dance and finger buffet tea in aid of Island Cafe, Anguilla raising £400.

ULSTER - Trefoil Guild members joined LIMAVADY District Guides, Brownies, Rainbows and Leaders to 'Change the World' raising money for BOOK AID. WALES PRESTATYN Guild took part in Change the World completing The Power of Dreams, Railway Children. At a meeting they made Dream catchers and performed a play about the Runaway Children and their dreams and aspiration's for the future.

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