By Isle of Wight Observer
Tessa Bryson, a member of the Carisbrooke & Newport Ranger Unit, has gained a Girlguiding Gold Award, the first Ranger on the Island to receive it.
This award gives each participant the opportunity to put everything they’ve learned through the Ranger programme into practice, and demonstrate their leadership skills by undertaking an activity in their local community.
Tessa has completed all six theme awards: Know Myself, Express Myself, Be Well, Have Adventures, Take Action, and Skills for My Future. She also completed interest badges including morals and values, genealogy, women’s rights, cooking, self-care, sport, festival goer, costumes, event planning, entrepreneur and voting.
Ranger leader, Emily Knight, said: “Huge congratulations to Tessa. It is an amazing achievement, and thank you to Jeannette Ralph, the Isle of Wight Ranger Commissioner, for presenting this award to her.”
Jeanette added: “This new ranger programme is an excellent way for young women to gain confidence as well as learning life skills. The local ranger units always welcome new members and any young women, aged 14-18, can find out more on the Isle of Wight or national Girlguiding websites.”
