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  • What we do

    What we do

    With Girlguiding girls have the best experiences

    • Rainbows (5-7)
      • All about Rainbows
      • I'm a Rainbow
      • Rainbow programme (5-7)

      Rainbows (5-7)

      For girls aged 5-7, our Rainbows section is all about learning by doing and having fun

    • Brownies (7-10)
      • All about Brownies
      • I'm a Brownie

      Brownies (7-10)

      Brownies is about trying new things that teach girls about themselves, their community and their world

    • Guides (10-14)
      • All about Guides
      • I'm a Guide
      • The Guide programme

      Guides (10-14)

      For girls from 10-14, the Guide programme includes lots of different badges and awards - that you can choose from!

    • The Senior Section (14-25)
      • We’re transforming The Senior Section
      • All about The Senior Section
      • Web safe code
      • Young Leader Qualification
      • The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

      The Senior Section (14-25)

      The Senior Section is all about looking wider, taking charge and expanding your horizons

    • Rangers (14-18)
      • Ranger badges
      • All about Rangers
      • Ideas and inspiration

      Rangers (14-18)

      Our exciting new section for young women

    • Guiding for young women (18+)
      • Adventure and challenge
      • Beyond the UK
      • Events experience
      • Voice and action
      • Sharing skills
      • Leading the way
      • Developing others
      • Learning and awards
      • Just for me

      Guiding for young women (18+)

      Our new offer for women aged 18 to 30 is about fun, skills and unforgettable experiences.

    • Our badges and activities
      • Badge finder
      • Activity finder
      • Future Girl
      • Adventure for girls
      • Our new programme for every girl

      Our badges and activities

      Activities, badges and challenges to inspire and ignite girls' imaginations

    • Events and opportunities
      • Event and opportunity finder
      • Regular Girlguiding events
      • Camps and adventure days
      • Gigs and festivals

      Events and opportunities

      Find out about the great things you can do with Girlguiding!

    • International adventures
      • GOLD
      • Regular international events
      • WAGGGS

      International adventures

      We're part of a truly global movement so we can offer our members a range of amazing international adventures

    • Our stories and news
      • Our stories
      • Blogs
      • News

      Our stories and news

      Hear from girls, volunteers and supporters about their experiences and get the latest news from Girlguiding

    • Our Activity Centres
      • Introduction to our Activity Centres
      • Guiding events and visits
      • School trips at our centres
      • Meetings and conferences
      • Activities at our centres

      Our Activity Centres

      Experience a world of adventure at Girlguiding's Activity Centres from a day trip to a week-long stay

  • Information for parents

    Information for parents

    Girlguiding gives girls great experiences that they will enjoy now, remember forever and benefit from in the future.

    • Register your daughter

      Register your daughter

      Take the first step to joining us - register your daughter's interest in Girlguiding

    • Costs, uniform and practical matters
      • How much it costs
      • Uniform information for parents
      • Moving up a section
      • Moving to a new area

      Costs, uniform and practical matters

      From membership fees to uniform, Girlguiding is an affordable way for your daughter to grow and have fun

    • How guiding benefits girls

      How guiding benefits girls

      Whatever inspires your daughter, whatever her interests, Girlguiding offers the chance to develop her potential

    • Our new programme for every girl

      Our new programme for every girl

      What girls do when they're in Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and The Senior Section is changing. Find out how.

    • Our leaders and volunteers

      Our Leaders and volunteers

      Girls in guiding are supported by inspiring volunteers who give their time, expertise and enthusiasm

    • Child safety information

      Child safety information for parents

      When girls feel safe they push themselves to do incredible things. Here's what we do to keep your daughter safe

    • Support for additional needs

      Support for additional needs

      We provide specialist funding and support to girls and young women with additional needs so they can experience the fun

    • Opportunities for parents

      Opportunities for parents

      There are lots of simple ways you can support Girlguiding and help girls to have fun and reach their potential

  • Get involved

    Get involved

    Whether you’re new to Girlguiding or have been involved before, we offer a huge range of rewarding and fun volunteering

    • Become a volunteer
      • Register your interest
      • Ways of volunteering
      • Why volunteer?
      • Student volunteering
      • Getting started as a volunteer

      Become a volunteer

      Join our amazing team of volunteers - whether you've got lots or only a little time to spare

    • Partner with us
      • Benefits of partnering with us
      • Our partners and supporters
      • Trusts and foundations

      Partner with us

      Find out why there is no better charity to partner with than Girlguiding

    • Ways to donate
      • Donate online
      • Donate by post
      • Give a girl joy in 2019
      • Give girls badges not labels
      • Leave a legacy
      • Give in memory of a loved one
      • Other ways to give

      Ways to donate

      Donate to us and you're investing in the future of thousands of girls

    • Fundraise for us
      • Challenge events
      • Fundraising toolkit
      • Fundraising policy
      • Our fundraising promise

      Fundraise for us

      Become a fundraiser to make a real difference to the experiences we can offer to girls and volunteers in guiding

    • Support our campaigns
      • Tell us your #BadgeGoals
      Girls at Girlguiding Wellies and Wristbands festival

      Support our campaigns

      Our campaigns make sure more people know what we do so we can make real change for more girls and young women

    • What adults do in guiding

      What adults do in guiding

      Volunteering, fundraising, sharing skills - see all the ways that adults get involved in guiding

  • Making guiding happen

    Making guiding happen

    Practical guidance and tools to help you deliver our programme and run activities in a safe and creative way

    • Forms and resources
      • Forms and resource library
      • Online print centre (OPC)
      • Create a resource
      • How to use our brand
      • Using other people's content
      • guiding magazine

      Resources

      Explore our resource library to find unit forms, marketing materials, merchandise and information about our brand

    • Delivering our programme and activities
      • The Girlguiding programme
      • Our Educational Framework
      • The Five Essentials
      • Planning your programme
      • Peer education
      • Activity Finder
      • Guidance on activities

      Delivering our programme and activities

      Specialist frameworks and practical guidance to help you provide girls with a programme that supports their development

    • Running your unit
      • Membership administration
      • Safeguarding and risk
      • Events and going away
      • Finance, insurance and property
      • Uniform and clothing
      • Including all
      • Starting a new unit
      • Managing your team
      • Keeping units open

      Running your unit

      From unit finances to working as a team - advice and support to help you run guiding in your local area

    • Growing our membership
      • Recruiting and retaining volunteers
      • Recruiting and retaining girls
      • Recruitment and growth toolkit
      • Promoting guiding
      • Working with Youth United
      • Improving Access to Guiding
      • Lead into guiding
      • New pilots to help us grow
      • The Growth and Insight team

      Growing our membership

      Ideas to help you recruit and retain more members and grow guiding across the UK

    • Learning and development
      • Programme training
      • Leadership skills
      • Training for travel and residentials
      • Leading outdoor adventures
      • A Safe Space training
      • First aid training
      • Fundraising and communications skills
      • Helping others to learn
      • Information for Trainers
      • e-learning

      Learning and development

      All the skills you need to give girls the best guiding experiences - from leading and safeguarding to narrowboating.

    • How we're being our best
      • Discover, grow: updates for members
      • Our programme journey
      • Upgrading our membership systems
      • Volunteer Communications Panel
      • Being our best
      • Our strategy 2020+
      • Doing Our Best

      How we're being our best

      More about the innovative work that we're doing to achieve our Being our best plan for 2020

    • Volunteer roles in guiding
      • Roles working with girls
      • Roles working with volunteers
      • Training and mentoring roles
      • Admin support roles
      • Recruitment and membership roles
      • Roles promoting Girlguiding
      • Using role descriptions in your team
      • Your progression as a volunteer

      Volunteer roles in guiding

      Your opportunities as a volunteer - from working directly with girls to keeping things running in the office

    • Commissioners
      • Resources for commissioners
      • New Commissioners
      • Guiding Conversations
      • Supporting Leaders to run events
      • Approaching sensitive conversations

      Commissioners

      Information and resources that are relevant to you in your role as Commissioner

    • Policies
      • Behaviour of volunteers
      • Responsibilities of Commissioners
      • All Girlguiding policies

      Policies

      Volunteers must follow policies so that all guiding units are safe spaces for girls to learn, have fun and be heard

    • The Guiding Manual
      • A-Z of the Guiding Manual

      The Guiding Manual

      The Guiding Manual is now part of the Girlguiding website - here's how to find what you need for everyday guiding

    • Celebrate every girl
      • Programme guidance notes
      • Programme posters and activities
      • Your questions answered

      Celebrate every girl

      Our new programme is coming so we're ready to celebrate - dive into these resources to learn all about it

  • Social action, advocacy and campaigns

    Social action, advocacy and campaigns

    We give girls and young women a voice so they can speak out on the issues that matter to them and make change happen

    • Promoting girls' voices
      • Girls influencing policy
      • Girls and the media
      • Advocates
      • British Youth Council Delegates

      Promoting girls' voices

      We give girls a voice and empower them to change the world

    • Research
      • Girls' Attitudes Survey
      • Care vs Control: Healthy Relationships
      • Mental Wellbeing

      Research

      Our Girls' Attitudes Survey and in-depth research sets Girlguiding apart as the UK experts on girls and young women

    • Social action and campaigns
      • End Period poverty and stigma
      • Vote 100
      • Social action at Girlguiding
      • Action for Change
      • #iwill
      • Campaign to end sexual harassment in schools
      • Girls Matter
      • Campaigning at Girlguiding

      Social action and campaigns

      If you're a girl in guiding, we want to empower you to change what is holding you back

  • About us

    About us

    As the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK, we empower nearly half a million girls to be their best

    • What makes guiding special
      • Our mission
      • The Promise
      • Our history

      What makes guiding special

      Girlguiding is dedicated to creating a better world for girls and young women

    • Our impact
      • Our impact in 2017
      • Our impact in 2016
      • Our impact in 2015
      • Annual Report and accounts

      Our impact

      We are proud to make a positive impact on the lives of girls and young women across the UK

    • Our partners and supporters
      • Benefit providers
      • Google
      • Cotswold Outdoor
      • Dove self-esteem project
      • Merlin Entertainments
      • Pets at Home
      • PGL
      • Players of People's Postcode Lottery
      • Rolls-Royce
      • Legal & General
      • Amey
      • The British Army
      • easyJet

      Our partners and supporters

      Meet the organisations that are helping make guiding happen

    • Press and media
      • Our spokeswomen

      Press and media

      Responses to news, arrange interviews with young spokeswomen and access the latest research on issues affecting girls

    • Our organisation
      • How Girlguiding is run
      • Structure of guiding
      • Groups affiliated with us
      • Contact us

      Our organisation

      Get to know our unique charity for girls and young women

    • Jobs at Girlguiding
      • Our vacancies
      • Seasonal vacancies
      • Why work for us
      • Equal opportunities

      Jobs at Girlguiding

      Find out what it's like to work for Girlguiding - and see our current vacancies

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