Welcome

Objectives of Stay Awhile Aim of Stay Awhile To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer. Objectives of Stay Awhile It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention Networked and made connections Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

Today’s Programme 10:30 Session 1 11:20 Session 2 12:05 networking lunch 12:45 Speed presentations 13:15 Session 3 14:05 Action planning 14:45 Summing up 15:00 Close

Housekeeping Refreshments Lunchtime Please help us to keep the rooms tidy Assist us and your trainer First aid and emergencies Expenses Feedback and evaluation Photography

Girlguiding Retention report – the story so far (girls) Initial Findings Rainbows 40% leave 57% leave at transition Brownies 70% leave 49% leave at transition Guides 86% leave 25% leave at transition Average age of leaving: Rainbows is 6.9 Brownies is 9.6 Guides is 12.9 Average length of time in guiding for girls is 2.6 years, for adults is 18 months! 38% of girls stay longer than three years On average we lose 65,000 members every six months.

Girlguiding Retention report – the story so far Girlguiding LaSER adult retention snapshot Half had an immediate response from Join Us, half waited 3 weeks to one month Half were parents wanting to join along with daughters, or had been members when they were young Half said the expectations of them and their role were made clear Induction could be improved, for example by offering a visit to another unit for experience A quarter said that a lot of ‘spin’ was put onto roles when signing up and the reality turned out to be different – more time, more paperwork etc Half were offered training, ranging from first aid to Division section training, some said training locations were too far from their area A quarter hadn’t received any thanks or recognition “Bear with the people who have never done it before, and offer them support and advice”

Being Our Best Our commitment to girls By 2020, we will empower more girls to find their voice and be their best through high quality, girl-led programmes delivered by inspirational Leaders. Our vision for the future An equal world where all girls can make a positive difference, be happy, safe and fulfil their potential. Our mission as a charity Through fun, friendship, challenge and adventure we empower girls to find their voice, inspiring them to discover the best in themselves and to make a positive difference in their community. Our shared values Caring, Challenging, Empowering, Fun, Inclusive, Inspiring

Closing session

Objectives of Stay Awhile Aim of Stay Awhile To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer. Objectives of Stay Awhile It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention Networked and made connections Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

Think for a minute about what you have done at Stay Awhile

Share this with the person next to you

What next? Think about why you signed up to attend Stay Awhile. Most likely because you care about Girlguiding and what it gives our members. You want to see it grow so that in the future more girls and young women can become engaged with it and learn and grow together.

Action planning

Look at the action planning sheet Ensure these are printed and added to member packs on the day!

List 3 ideas Take 1 idea Make an action plan Share with the group Hand in your plan Participants will be given some time to do this, then will be asked to share with the group. Some participants might want to do this alone, others in pairs or threes or similar. People will work together to come up with an action plan, which will be collected in by the Region office, scanned and e-mailed back to participants. That way, we can keep track of what is happening. Each group then has 2-3 minutes to feedback to the wider group.

Objectives of Stay Awhile Aim of Stay Awhile To enable the sharing of best practice and ideas for encouraging volunteers to stay involved with Girlguiding for longer, enabling the retaining of more volunteers for longer. Objectives of Stay Awhile It is hoped that by the end of the day, participants will have Had the opportunity to share good practice around volunteer retention Attended a range of interactive and useful sessions on various aspects of volunteer retention Networked and made connections Drafted an action plan to take forward in their area

Thank you Goodbye and good luck Please keep in touch