Brownies and Rainbows are members of Girlguiding UK, the largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women in the UK with around half a million members. Around a quarter of all eight-year-old girls in the UK are Brownies.

Celebrity former members include Cat Deeley, Glenda Jackson, Lorraine Kelly, Mo Mowlan, Anita Roddick, Helen Sharman (the first British woman in space), Tanni Grey-Thompson, Zoe Ball, Emma Thompson, Gail Porter, Carole Vorderman, Carol Smillie, Davina McCall and Cherie Booth.

There are similar organisations throughout the world and Girlguiding UK is a founding member of the World Association that unites them.

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