Training for Leaders

Girlguiding UK offers a range of trainings for Young Leaders and Leaders, which are delivered by local guiding. These include leadership skills, programme training, outdoor skills, international opportunities, interpersonal skills, management skills and safety. Your local Commissioner should be aware of when trainings are happening and is a good first contact point of contact. Counties and some Divisions also have Training Advisers.

Some Counties allow you to attend adult trainings from 16, so its worth finding out the rules in your area. Talk to your Unit Leader or Young Leader Leader and explain what trainings you would like to do and why. Then look at the different options open to you for example

• attending a training session at a Training and Activities Centre
• going to specific Young Leader Training Day (maybe in a different District, Division, County or Region)
• organising a local training just for Young Leaders and Leaders in your local area (sometimes known as a fireside training)
• one-to-one trainings
• training provided by other organisations such as the Scouts, Red Cross, and so on.

There are a range of trainings held at the Training and Activity Centres that you can attend. These are advertised on the main Girlguiding UK website and in guiding magazine. Girlguiding UK has several training and Activity Centres (TACs) at Foxlease, Waddow, Blackland Farm, Hautbois, Lorne, Bronierion and Netherurd.

Internal training programmes

1st Response - information for Unit Leaders

1st Response is a first aid training course designed specifically for members of Girlguiding UK and The Scout Association. It aims to address the basic skills you need in managing first aid within guiding and Scouting. Contact your local Commissioner, Training Adviser or Mentor for more information.

Keeping Children Safe - A child protection awareness programme

Keeping Children Safe is a training programme on child protection that you can do by distance learning. The programme is provided by Educare and endorsed by Girlguiding UK, The Scout Association and St Johns Ambulance. The cost of the programme is just 10 and can be covered by unit, District, Division or County Funds. The programme is open to all Senior Section members.

On completion of the programme successful participants gain a certificate from the NSPCC.

For more information contact:
Pat Wheatley
Girlguiding UK
17-19 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0PT

Tel: 020 7834 6242
Email: pat.wheatley@girlguiding.org.uk

Click to download a PDF of the NSPCC Keeping Children Safe distance programme.