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Senior Section Opportunities

We have an invitation from Guides in Chile to join them for Moot 2011 “El desafío es nuestro” (“The challenge is ours”). Please see: newsletter and invitation

QUEENS GUIDE AWARD The Queen’s Guide Award is the highest award for members of Girlguiding UK. The Award is open to any members aged 16 to 25 and must be completed within three years or before your 26th birthday, whichever is sooner. The Award is based on the concepts of personal challenge and participation and is split into five sections: service in guiding, outdoor challenge, personal skill development, community action and residential. Contact

DUKE OF EDINBURGH As a member of the Senior Section you can work towards your Duke of Edinburgh's (D of E) Award. There are three levels of the Award – Bronze, Silver and Gold – and at each level you have to reach the requirements of four sections: Service, Physical Recreation, Skill and Expedition. In addition the Gold level requires you to take part in a Residential Project. Contact

LOOK WIDER Look Wider is a scheme that involves all the members of the Senior Section. It is a framework, not a specific syllabus that you must stick to. You decide what you want to do. It is a personal challenge. It’s about identifying your goals – and realising them. Contact your Young leader Guider for details.

ADULT LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATION A Qualification for those who want to become a Unit Leader. You need to be over 16 to start work on the qualification, although you can’t hold a warrant until you are 18. Contact your Unit Leader or District Commissioner.

SENIOR SECTION CAMP PERMIT The Overnight Permit enables any Senior Section member to take up to eight others, from the Senior Section or Guide Section, away overnight. The event may vary in length but should be no longer than 24 hours. The Senior Section Permit enables any Senior Section member to take up to eight others, from the Senior Section or Guide Section, on a camp or holiday of two nights or more. GOLD GOLD (Guiding Overseas Linked with Development) provides members of Girlguiding UK with opportunities for personal development through participation in community development projects overseas, using the medium of guiding. Development projects vary and could include anything from teaching English as a foreign language to setting up and running a business skills training programme.

4 It’s moving ‘4wards’ from the previous peer education projects, providing personal development ‘4 self’, and training and ideas ‘4 others’.. 4 was created and is run by a group of Senior Section members, who are involved in running the trainings, writing the training materials and planning what happens next! Peer education is about learning from each other – similar people sharing knowledge and information with one another. In the Girlguiding UK context, a peer is a person who is the same age, or belongs to or works with the same section, or who has a similar guiding role to you. There are many different ways that you can get involved with 4 – it depends on what you already know about peer education or how much time that you’ve got to give.

For more information contact your Senior Section leader or email:


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