Guiding is a game - with a purpose. It provides opportunities for girls and young women to:
Be challenged by new adventures and experiences and achieve a sense of pride in accomplishment
Develop self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence
Develop a personal faith and values to give life meaning and direction
Think for themselves, govern themselves and make their own decisions
Make friends and have fun in the family of Guiding
Develop a sense of tolerance, justice, kindness and honour learn teamwork and acquire leadership skills, working with and for others
Appreciate the environment and how to live in it
Understand and learn about the world, its people and cultures
Our Mission & Vision Girlguiding UK, as part of a worldwide Movement, enables girls and young women to fulfil their potential and to take an active and responsible role in society through its distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.
Our Vision is to have sufficient volunteer leaders to enable every girl and young woman to have the opportunity to join Girlguiding UK.
Personal Achievement Guides are individuals - and it is not Girlguiding UK's aim to make them conform to a standard mould. Each girl has her own talents, skills and interests - unique to her. Guiding challenges her to use and extend these abilities in a positive way.
The scope and flexibility of the programme, designed to meet the needs of each girl, reflect this emphasis on personal achievement. Guiding is about doing one's best, not about meeting set targets in a strict time limit. As Baden-Powell said,
'The only standard that counts is the amount of effort on the part of the individual.'
Guiding is for EveryoneGuides come from all kinds of backgrounds.
Guiding is open to every girl or young woman - regardless of race, faith or personal circumstance - provided she is able to understand the Guide Promise to the best of her ability and is willing to make it.
The Promise is a three-fold commitment which asks that a Guide should do her best to:
Seek spiritual development
Contribute to society
Live by a simple code - the Guide Law.
Guiding respects the special requirements of each girl's faith or culture, such as dress, diet, holy days and so on.
To apply to join online - [Click on logos below]:
Alternatively you can contact one of the Guide Leaders at St Bart's - Enquiries via the Parish Office for contact details.
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