Kim Kemp – Hornchurch

I joined Brownies when I was 7 (there were no Rainbows then), and transferred to Guides at age 10/11, where I achieved my Queens Guide award.  I then went on to Rangers, leaving when the leader moved away from the area and the unit closed.

I came back into Guiding some years later, following a conversation with the wife of one of my husband’s friends.  She was talking about going to Guide camp and I said “I used to be a guide” – to which she replied “We need leaders.  I’ll give you Briony’s number.  It’s only 2 hours a week!!”  I’m sure we’ve all heard that before!!

So I became a leader.  Originally in Bedfordshire and then in Hornchurch when I moved here in 2006.

I currently run 6^th Hornchurch Guides, and am also a leader at 12^th Hornchurch Brownies.  I was the District Commissioner in Hornchurch East for just over a year before this appointment.  I love being part of Girlguiding – seeing the girls develop and achieve amazing things, and being a member of such a great organisation.