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Leadership & Programme Ideas
Programme & Activities
Being a reliable team player, learning how to lead, developing a sense of well-being – guiding offers all of this to girls and more.
The activities and adventures that girls experience through their programme help them to learn about themselves and gain the skills and confidence to realise their dreams. The specialist frameworks and practical guidance collected together here help leaders and volunteers to provide girls with a programme that supports their development.
Programme Ideas
Adventures at Home
The adventures don’t stop just because we’re staying home, there’s still lots of guiding fun to be had! In case you aren’t sure where to start, here are some ideas of where to look:
- GGG Centenary Challenge Give, Grow, Go
- GGG Celebrates at Home
- Adventures @ Home
- Girlguiding @ Hame Hub
- All Things Guiding – self care & mindfulness
- See other Challenge badges below
Programme and Activities
Programme and Activities includes information on:
- The Girlguiding Programme
- Educational Framework
- The Five Essentials
- Doing our Best checklists
- Peer Education
- Activities and Guidance
- Get inspired for Activities to do with your Unit
Challenge Badges
Girlguiding Scotland and WAGGGS have lots of exciting Challenge badges to suit all ages
- GGS Tri Sports Individual Challenge ~ the first of three new challenges encouraging girls to get active, try something new and boost their physical and mental wellbeing
- GGS @ Hame Challenge ~ or adults & girls and based on the 6 programme themes and much more!
- GGS Out and About in the Dark ~ go on an outdoor adventure at night, learn about the night skies, discover nocturnal animals and more. Find out more in our own Stargazing page
- GGS Digital Scotland Challenge ~ get to grips with technology by getting stuck in to fun challenges from mixing beats and animating adventures to designing wearable tech and creating a robot maze
- GGS Media Mindful ~ in partnership with the University of Strathclyde and Gender Equal Media Scotland. It’s all about supporting girls and young women to challenge how women are represented in the media
- GGS Window on the World ~ exploring the world through taking part in lots of exciting activities
- GGS WOW woman ~ to empower a new generation of girls and young women to aim high!
- WAGGGS UN Climate Change Challenge badge
- WAGGGS World Centres International Adventure activity pack
Future Girl – Make change today. For our world, tomorrow
Future Girl is built around five topics that we all really care about. Explore the issues that matter to us, start a conversation with the girls you know, and stay tuned for more updates on how we can all work together to change the world.
- Planet Protectors – Protecting our planet and the animals we share it with
- Adventurers – For fun and adventures of all kinds open to every girl
- Self Believers – Feeling free to be ourselves
- Respect Makers – Feeling safe in a respectful world
- Barrier Breakers – For a world without barriers for girls and young women
Get inspired at Future Girl Live! Future girls can change the world. Come and find out how at our live sessions for Guides and Rangers – dates tbc.
Beyond Scavenger Hunts
Do you want more activity ideas – find out more on the Beyond scavenger hunts sessions to hear about what other leaders have been up to with their girls and gather lots of ideas. The recordings of webinars and supporting resources in this Dropbox folder.
How to take guiding online
Guiding online is going to be a bit different to real-life unit meetings, but it can still be a great way to connect with young members, have fun and try new challenges. There’s different ways of doing virtual guiding – find what suits you and your unit with more information here
Safe Online Guiding
For information and resources Girlguiding website has all you need to know to keep all our members safe is a priority when we connect online
Help & Ideas?
Do you need help and ideas with how to use Zoom for your Unit Meetings? Leader and Trainer Beatrix from Angus is here to show you the Zoom ropes…
Unit Housekeeping
It’s that time of year to review your Unit and ensure all details are captured correctly on GO. We have a Unit Checklist to make things a little easier which can be used whilst Guiding virtually or once we return face to face in our Units.
Leadership for Volunteers
Take advantage of our great leadership learning opportunities and be confident that you have the skills and knowledge to be an inspirational leader. Find out about your Leadership Skills and the 12 Steps to becoming a great Leader in the Leadership Toolkit. There are lots of online training courses from programme training to leadership skills to branding, to help you progress as a volunteer.
Have you heard of GLOW (Global Leadership Online for WAGGGS)? These are international leadership courses run by WAGGGS. Links to all can be found below:
*WAGGGS – World Assoc of Girl Guides & Girl Scouts
