Ammanford's girl guides are no strangers to lending a helping hand.

But now it is the youngsters themselves who are in need of a good turn.

The girls - aged between four and 16 - are facing a bleak future after recent storms left the Guide Hall, in Manor Road, in desperate need of repair.

The hall, which has welcomed generations of Ammanford girls through its doors since first opening 80 years ago, now appears to have its days numbered.

A playgroup has already had to abandon the hall because of its leaking roof and without £5,000 spent on repairs the building is likely to close its doors for the last time.

Now 100 of the town's girls - rainbows, brownies, guides and rangers - are looking for help to save their spiritual home.

Two girls - eight-year-old brownie Olivia Finney and her sister Eluned, a seven-year-old rainbow - have already sold their own playhouse in a bid to raise money for the fund.

"Ammanford's Guide Hall has played an important part in the lives of generations of the town's girls," said the guides' divisional commissioner, Joanna Gallanders.

"There has been a hall in constant use on the site since 1927 and thousands of girls have gone through the doors. But now we are really frightened that the entire roof might blow off."

Joanna explained how recent strong winds have started to lift one side of roof from the building.

Repeated patching and repair work mean that the flat roof is now at a point where a complete renovation appears to be the only option.

"The roof has started to lift right off," said Joanna, "and we have rain coming through the ceiling.

"We need to raise as much money as we can to make the building safe again.

"The roof has been repaired again and again but we are now at a stage where it will have to be replaced."

Anyone who is able to help raise funds or assist with the building of a new roof can contact Joanna at the Guide Hall.