Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The DCMS Uniformed Youth New Groups Fund supports the growth of Girlguiding
The support from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) helps more girls to build their confidence, develop their skills and make lasting friendships through Girlguiding.
Since 2022, the DCMS (opens in a new tab) Uniformed Youth New Groups Fund has supported us to reach more girls and communities across England. This funding has enabled volunteers to create new groups, reduce waiting lists in their area and reach even more communities.
Helping more girls to continue their Girlguiding journey
Scarborough-based leader Fiona shared how funding from DCMS helped her welcome Rangers (aged 14-18) in her area. She began noticing that girls in her Guide unit were concerned about moving up to Rangers as they got older. They also didn't have a Rangers unit nearby and the Guides didn't want to leave the friends and leaders they knew.
Fiona applied for DCMS funding to launch a newly joint Guides and Rangers unit. Which provides crucial continuity for older girls, worried about leaving familiar surroundings, to continue their Girlguiding journey.
Beyond supporting those members, the unit enabled them to welcome Rangers from the area after a nearby unit closed. It has also opened up the opportunity for new girls in the area to join.
It meant we could really say ‘right come back in September…here’s your new uniforms and you’re now Rangers’ and it really gave them a sense of identity. Rather than if we hadn’t had the funding, we might have had to do a little by little’. - Fiona, unit leader in Scarborough.
Listen to the interview with leader Fiona
Listen to an interview with unit leader Fiona about how the funding helped welcome Rangers to her area.
About DCMS
The DCMS supports culture, arts, media, sport, tourism and civil society across every part of England.
DCMS established a £1.5 million Uniformed Youth New Groups Fund. It was set up to help create new units, reduce waiting lists and support more young people to access uniformed youth groups.
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