The Guiding County of Clwyd can be found in North Wales it stretches from Rhos on Sea in the west to the Cheshire border in the east and goes as far south as the Glyn Ceiriog valley. It operates over 4 local government unitary authorities in the North of Wales; namely Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham.
Girlguiding Clwyd is
divided into 7 Divisions, Berwyn, Colwyn, East Flintshire, North Denbighshire,
South Denbighshire, West Flintshire and Wrexham. Each Division has a Division Commissioner who co-ordinates
activities within those areas. Each Division is divided into Districts with its
own District Commissioner or a team who co-ordinate(s) the administration and
ensures that Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks are carried out for all
volunteers for that area. There are 18
districts in all.
Clwyd came into existence in 1974. It was formed at the time of
local government re-organisation when the old counties of Denbighshire and
Flintshire were amalgamated. It still remains as Clwyd although
local government has been re-organised and the last
political county of Clwyd divided into the three counties
of Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham, with part of Conwy. Girlguiding
Clwyd now spans these three and a bit counties.
Girlguiding Clwyd has 7 divisions