Our values
We're committed to being caring, challenging, empowering, fun, inclusive and inspiring
Our 6 values describe how we want to be as an organisation.
They’re a shared commitment for everyone who’s part of Girlguiding. Read our values in action framework (PDF, 181 KB) for more on what this involves.
Caring
- Make an effort to take an interest in colleagues and their work.
- Recognise when someone is finding things difficult and offer a friendly ear, helping hand or signpost them onto support.
- Listen actively to one another.
- Behave respectfully towards one another, our volunteers and girls.
- Consider the impact of our work on colleagues, girls and volunteers.
Challenging
- Be open to doing things differently.
- Offer ideas for improvements to our processes and current ways of being.
- Encourage one another to have work life balance.
- Challenge ourselves to develop our own skills and knowledge to stretch and grow.
- Hold ourselves and each other to account in living our values.
- Correct misconceptions about Girlguiding with pride.
Empowering
- Encourage each other to be personally responsible.
- Take ownership of our workload actions and decisions.
- Push our boundaries – try new things out of our comfort zone.
- Encourage each other to collaborate and work as a team.
- Celebrate each other’s achievements.
- Champion girls and young women.
Fun
- Share impromptu fun moments in the working day.
- Come together as teams for social occasions.
- Spend time with our girls and young women.
Inclusive
- Warmly welcome staff, visitors and members to our organisation.
- Avoid jargon or explain jargon so everyone understands what is being said.
- Consider diversity and avoid assumptions about people.
- Treat people equally, inclusively and fairly.
Inspiring
- Bring forward new ideas for consideration.
- Talk with passion about Girlguiding and our work nationally and on the ground.
- Share successes with each other and other teams.
