About Us: Who Are We?

Here in Dunbartonshire we are very proud of our Guiding heritage. The first Royal Patroness of Girl Guides was H.R.H. Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll and daughter of Queen Victoria. In 1920, Princess Louise, who had a home at Rosneath Castle in Dunbartonshire, expressed a desire that the Guide County should be called "Princess Louise's Own" and the County has been proud to bear this Royal Accolade ever since. As far as we know, this makes us the only County who are permitted to use a Royal Cipher on our County banner and badges.

By becoming a member of Girlguiding Dunbartonshire you are be following in some very special footsteps… In fact, one of our most famous members was "Texas" singer, Sharleen Spitteri, who was a Brownie right here in Balloch!

We take our fun just as seriously as we take our Guiding, and you may well find us caught up in all sorts of fabulous activities from flying light aircraft to presenting our own talent shows and raising money for charity.

We have our own outdoor facility at Catterburn with a campsite, newly refurbished Bothy and great indoor accommodation at the "Brownie House".

For those who want to roam that bit further afield, we also encourage international travel. In fact some of our Rangers from Balloch recently went on a trip to Canada!

Dunbartonshire is one of the larger Counties in Scotland, covering 4 local authorities and a very large geographic area from Kilsyth in the East to Helensburgh, Rosneath and Arrochar in the West.

For more information, check out our page on the Girlguiding Scotland Website.