{"id":1400,"date":"2026-07-30T14:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/?page_id=1400"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:11:28","slug":"girlguiding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/projects\/girlguiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Girlguiding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m proud to be an Ambassador for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlguidingnwe.org.uk\">Girlguiding North West England<\/a>, delivering planetarium shows and astronomy evenings to groups of Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers around the North West. One of Girlguiding&#8217;s aims is to show that girls can do anything, and love that I can play a part in that by acting as a positive and enthusiastic role model for women in STEM!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025\/6 I visited seven groups, from Lancaster to Northwich, Birkenhead to Oldham, speaking to more than 260 girls and young women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a leader of a Girlguiding group in the North West and would like to book a visit, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlguidingnwe.org.uk\/reach-out-to-our-regional-ambassador-megan\/\">complete this form<\/a> on the Girlguiding North West England website.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-861\" alt=\"Me in a navy blue dress with good stars on it.\" src=\"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps-767x1024.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps-676x902.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/GardenParty-by-the-Palace-steps.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size\">At a garden party at Buckingham Palace, invited in recognition of the award of the British Empire Medal following my pandemic project delivering virtual planetarium shows via Zoom to over 1400 girls in six months<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m proud to be an Ambassador for Girlguiding North West England, delivering planetarium shows and astronomy evenings to groups of Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers around the North West. One of Girlguiding&#8217;s aims is to show that girls can do anything, and love that I can play a part in that by acting as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":694,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7Ni4X-mA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1401,"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions\/1401"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drmeganargo.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}